An activist group supporting Karmelo Anthony, who is accused of murdering fellow teenager Austin Metcalf at a Texas track meet, posted a bizarre POV-style video on social media showing their security team escorting the alleged killer from jail after he made bond.
In the clip posted by the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN), a member of the organization’s security team shakes the teen’s hand and tells him to “get behind us” and “just stay close” as they walk past the media while leaving the Collin County Jail.
One female reporter shoves a microphone in Anthony’s face and asks if he has anything he’d like to say to the Metcalf family and why he was armed that day, calling him “sweetheart.”
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Anthony, 17, stays mum as they continue to the vehicle, where the security team ushers him into the backseat,the video shot from the NGAN security director’s smart glasses shows.
The video sparked outrage online for appearing to treat Anthony like a “celebrity” after it was revealed that his family was living in a ritzy gated community and had recently purchased a new car.
“This is sickening, he is not a hero,” one X user wrote in response to the clip.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 16, 2025NEW: Karmelo Anthony’s team releases a “POV” video filmed on Ray-Ban META glasses, brag about intimidating a female reporter.
They’re treating him like a celebrity.
Anthony’s family has also allegedly purchased a new car.
The footage below was proudly filmed & posted after… pic.twitter.com/2s9Tk4MPvf
“It’s the Mangione effect. Everyone has been primed and they are setting up another side show,” another wrote, referring to alleged UnitedHealth CEO killer Luigi Mangione.
“He’s not a sweetheart. He’s a murderer,” another posted.
Anotherdescribed the videoas “disgusting,” claiming that “Celebrating a murderer like this is beyond disgraceful.”
“None of this is acceptable,” they added.
Anthony is charged with murder after he allegedly stabbed Metcalf in the heart at an athletic event in Frisco on April 2.
The fatal stabbing allegedly followed a brief altercation sparked when Metcalf, also 17, asked Anthony to move out of his school’s tent during a rain delay and Anthony refused, according to a police report.
Metcalf’s twin brother, Hunter, rushed to Austin’s aid butcouldn’t save him.
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Anthony allegedly admitted to stabbing Metcalf as he was taken into custody, but claimed it was in self-defense, the police report said.
He was initially being held on a $1 million bond but was released this week after a Collin County judge slashed it to $250,000 and ruled that he may await trial under house arrest with his family.
His family claimed “the narrative being spread is false, unjust, and harmful” on a GiveSendGo.com fundraiser for their legal fees — which has raised more than $453,000 as of Thursday morning.
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However, as of Wednesday, none of that nearly half a million dollars had been withdrawn, the crowdsourcingsite’s co-founder told TMZ.
Meanwhile, the Anthony family reportedly moved into a home inside a gated community, which they are renting,according to the Daily Mail.
NGAN said in the post it has always had its own internal security team “who step up to protect and serve families in moments of crisis.”
“What you witnessed yesterday was not new to us,” the post continued. “It was simply a reflection of the critical, consistent work we’ve been doing for over a decade.”
“This is what Team NGAN looks like. This is what people-powered justice looks like,” the group added.
The Dallas-based organization says its mission is “To cultivate young leaders driven towards the eradication of social injustice through social, education, civil and community reform.”
