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Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, downplayed the size of the blade Karmelo Anthony used to kill Austin Metcalf and suggested his recent guilty verdict and 35-year sentence were the result of racism.
During a Tuesday episode of her podcast "Clock It with Crockett," Crockett disputed that the knife Anthony used to stab the 17-year-old Metcalf during a track meet at Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, last year could be considered a "deadly weapon."
“Wait a minute, it was this?" she said, gesturing with her fingers to indicate a small blade. "Was it a switch? I don't know what he had."
When one of her guests said the murder weapon was like a Swiss Army knife, she said, "Yeah, like with the little scissors and everything and whatever, so it was small."
“Well, I would argue the size of it alone, you wouldn't even think it's a deadly weapon," she added.
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During a Tuesday episode of her podcast "Clock It with Crockett," Crockett disputed that the knife Anthony used to stab the 17-year-old Metcalf during a track meet at Memorial High School in Frisco, Texas, last year could be considered a "deadly weapon."
“Wait a minute, it was this?" she said, gesturing with her fingers to indicate a small blade. "Was it a switch? I don't know what he had."
When one of her guests said the murder weapon was like a Swiss Army knife, she said, "Yeah, like with the little scissors and everything and whatever, so it was small."
“Well, I would argue the size of it alone, you wouldn't even think it's a deadly weapon," she added.
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Rep. Jasmine Crockett blames Karmelo Anthony verdict on racism, downplays murder weapon
Rep Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, downplayed the size of the blade Karmelo Anthony used to kill Austin Metcalf and suggested his guilty verdict was racist
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