Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: moviePig Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv Subject: Re: Karmelo Anthony Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:54:44 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 41 Message-ID: References: <1524337070.766545434.156332.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> <53226780.766546577.857714.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Reply-To: nobody@nowhere.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2025 04:54:45 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="73888ff1aad08b07ad9c64ac7c52792f"; logging-data="3896761"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+HJCTXpK9xlT1chMdHLOlpdFOI389tOSI=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:XWn8n/xGiwCsm6oWRMfcympXEok= In-Reply-To: <53226780.766546577.857714.anim8rfsk-cox.net@news.easynews.com> Content-Language: en-US On 4/16/2025 9:41 PM, anim8rfsk wrote: > anim8rfsk wrote: >> moviePig wrote: >>> On 4/16/2025 1:18 PM, BTR1701 wrote: >>>> So the black kid who stabbed the white kid to death at the high school track >>>> meet started a GoFundMe, which was somehow allowed despite the company's >>>> prohibition on allowing fundraising for accused murderers. >>>> >>>> Rittenhouse's was quickly deleted but this one has been allowed to continue. I >>>> wonder what the difference could be? It's on the tip of my tongue, just can't >>>> quite put my finger on it... oh, well. I'm sure it'll come to me. >>>> >>>> The news is reporting that the family has already used the money to buy >>>> themselves a McMansion. I gotta say, blowing your kid's legal defense fund on >>>> a brand new house before his murder trial even begins is *hilariously* on >>>> brand. >>> >>> Can't find a link to the "McMansion" news... >>> >> >> Sort of: >> >> https://nypost.com/2025/04/16/us-news/karmelo-anthony-renting-900k-home-in-gated-community-with-family-bought-new-car-after-release-on-bond-in-austin-metcalf-murder-case-report/ >> >> It’s unclear when they got the Mc mansion or if they used the crowd funding >> money towards it, but he got a new car for sure. >> > > This article says they told the court they had to move to a new house for > security reasons and they did use the crowd funding for it > > https://www.the-sun.com/news/14030418/karmelo-anthony-family-jail-security-austin-metcalf-murder/ Thanks. The incident itself sounds awfully like simple HSDMR*. (*high-school dick-measuring rage) So, not a McMansion, but a gated community for safety. Still, I can't say that using donations for "legal expenses" is a good look.