Sick Karmelo Anthony fans mock Austin Metcalf's stabbing death in cruel new social media trend

Published: 00:19, 19 June 2026 | Updated: 00:23, 19 June 2026 Karmelo Anthony supporters have started a disturbing new social media trend in which they mock Austin Metcalf's stabbing death. Young fans posted videos dancing to a song called the Austin bop (stabbing my chest) as they imitated stabbing motions. In some of the videos, they even used knives in their dances. The trend appeared to have started after user 600Notti uploaded the song to Apple Music and Spotify, including an altered image of Metcalf crying and holding a sign reading 'I learned my lesson.' Lyrics in the song include: 'Knife had blood on the tip when he dropped' as the song pushed for Anthony to be freed from prison. It comes just one week after Anthony, 19, was sentenced to serve 35 years behind bars for fatally stabbing Metcalf, 17, at a high school track meet in Texas last year. Many people have taken to social media to slam the sick new trend.  'Disgusting! This isn't free speech. This is terror and incitement,' one X user commented. 'Remove them from social media permanently.'  By Thursday evening, the song no longer appeared in a search on Spotify but was still available on Apple Music and on YouTube. In videos posted online, young Karmelo Anthony supporters dance to a song called the 'Austin bop (stabbing my chest) as they imitate stabbing motions The trend appeared to have started after user 600Notti uploaded the song to Apple Music and Spotify - including an altered image of Austin Metcalf crying and holding a sign reading 'I learned my lesson.' The song was no longer available on Spotify as of Thursday evening Black Americans have started a trend called the “Austin Bop,” where they dance to a song made about Austin Metcalf’s death while reenacting the stabbing that claimed his life. pic.twitter.com/dL6JP1bJZI The Daily Mail has reached out to the platforms for comment.  The ghoulish new trend comes as Anthony supporters continue to argue he was treated unfairly at his trial because he is black, and there were no black members on the jury.  Anthony and his legal team had claimed at the trial that he stabbed Metcalf in an act of self-defense after they got into a confrontation during a rain delay at the sporting event on April 2, 2025. But prosecutors destroyed the self-defense claim with video evidence and witness testimony. Witnesses who were in the tent described Anthony as the aggressor, testifying that Anthony told Metcalf: 'Touch me and see what happens,' provoking Metcalf to push Anthony, who then pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the chest. Prosecutors said Metcalf's twin brother, Hunter, rushed to his aid as Anthony ran from the scene and later tried to blend into groups of kids who were exiting the stadium. Still, when the verdict was read, those who had shown up to the courthouse in Collin County, Texas, to support Anthony crumbled to the ground. Ousted Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett also told TMZ that Anthony was wrongfully convicted of murder - calling it 'evidence of a broken [justice] system.' Anthony, 19, was sentenced last week to serve 35 years behind bars for fatally stabbing Metcalf, 17, at a high school track meet last year Metcalf called out Anthony for standing under a tent that did not belong to his school  Witnesses who were in the tent (pictured) described Anthony as the aggressor, testifying that Anthony told Metcalf: 'Touch me and see what happens,' provoking Metcalf to push Anthony, who then pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the chest She noted that Anthony, a black teenager, only struck Austin, who was white, once but will now be in prison for at least 17 and a half years before he is eligible for parole. 'Thirty-five years for a kid who decided to go under a tent that was not his team's tent as it was raining and simply didn't want to be put out in the rain by some random kid that he didn't know who was larger than him?' Crockett said incredulously of the jury's sentencing verdict. The congresswoman also argued that 'it wasn't against the law' for Anthony to have the knife. 'It may have been prohibited by school rules, which he wasn't at his school at the time, but it definitely wasn't against the law.' When Crockett was then asked whether she believed race played a role in the verdict, she said: 'Oh my God, I know Collin County, so absolutely. 'And unfortunately that was not the county for a black boy.' Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett was among the critics who called the verdict racist Supporters for Anthony leaned on one another as the guilty verdict was announced At that point, the journalist asked Crockett whether she believed a white teenager who committed the same crime against a black teenager would have received the same sentence. 'I would guarantee you, it wouldn't have happened,' she insisted. 'I don't even know if he would have been convicted, because if a white boy would have said they were afraid of a black boy, something tells me that that jury that didn't have any black people on it, they would have believed him in his fear.'  Yet Judge John Roach, who oversaw the trial, said he believed the jury made the right decision in an interview with WFAA last week. 'Yes, they did, because they were picked based upon the law, they listened to the facts,' he said. 'It happened in this courtroom, and they got a verdict.' The judge also told how court officials began preparing for the trial eight months in advance, anticipating the extraordinary public interest in the case, and said he was satisfied with how the proceedings turned out. 'As long as I follow the law, I sleep well at night,' he said. No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. 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