McKINNEY, Texas (CBS Newspath) – A 19-year-old is on trial in Collin County, accused of fatally stabbing a competitor at a Frisco-area high school track meet last year\u2014an incident that has drawn national attention and racially charged reactions on both sides.<\/p>\n
Karmelo Anthony faces a first-degree murder charge in the death of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf. <\/p>\n
Prosecutors say the two teens, who attended different schools and did not know each other, argued after Anthony sat under a tent belonging to Metcalf\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
According to the defense, Metcalf asked Anthony to move and Anthony responded, \u201cTouch me and see what happens.\u201d <\/p>\n
Defense attorneys say Metcalf then grabbed Anthony, and that Anthony reacted in a split-second act of self-defense. Prosecutors allege Anthony pulled a knife from his bag and stabbed Metcalf in the chest.<\/p>\n
On the second day of testimony, Collin County District Attorney Bill Wirskye played body camera video of a Frisco police school resource officer arresting Anthony. In the video, Anthony tells the officer, \u201cI\u2019m not alleged, I did it,\u201d adding, \u201cHe put his hands on me. I told him not to,\u201d according to the prosecution.<\/p>\n
Outside the courthouse in McKinney on Tuesday, a small group of Anthony supporters gathered, a calmer scene than the day before when demonstrators on both sides shouted heated words as the trial began.<\/p>\n
The trial is also raising questions about the makeup of the jury. No Black jurors were seated on the 12-person panel. Prosecutors say the selection process was race-neutral and that the remaining three Black candidates were struck because they were educators.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn Law School professor Alexis Hoag-Fordjour said challenges to jury selection can resurface later in a case. \u201cI would expect them to raise it again, depending on what the verdict is,\u201d Hoag-Fordjour said, adding that it could be an issue raised during the direct appeal process.<\/p>\n
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