karmelo gets 35 years ! what's next?

Transcript

Racial Loyalty And Double Standards

SPEAKER_03 0:00

A very dangerous, colorblind consciousness that makes black people feel bad for practicing racial loyalty. It makes black people feel bad for putting African people first. We're the only people in the world. You can't find another race who feels bad and ungodly for showing favor to their own kind. Black people are the only people who will go out of their way to prove to you that I'm not just loyal to black people. I don't just care about black people. I care about everybody. You'll never hear that from the message of the most animal Marcus Messiah Bobby when he said put the race first. We still have to put the race first. We will die for religion. We will die for fraternity. We will die for sorority. We will die for Masonic art. We will die for our gang. We will die for our neighborhood. We will die for our profession. We will not die for our race. We do not have a racial ego. We got a religious ego. Talk about my religion, I'll kill you. Talk about my gang, I'll kill you. Disrespect my church, I'll fight you. But disrespect African people, I'll forgive you before you even commit the offense.

Knowledge Equality And Constant Resistance

SPEAKER_04 1:08

Peace and welcome back. Welcome back to Freedman's Affairs Radio. I'm your host, Aaron Vaughn Black. And as always, we greatly appreciate you tapping the button and joining us once again, this glorious sunrise of June 16th, 2026. Today's numerical focus is knowledge equality. And we try to keep the people in the frame of mind of constant resistance when we're dealing with this thing called equality. Because what is equality? Right? And these are, I would say, equipment needed to keep us in constant resistance in order to attain justice. And that's what we're going to be talking about up here today. So today's today's math, as I give every week up here today, each week, uh knowledge equality, and that bonds God. So in this resistance of ours, in our constant struggle for resistance to stand up for what is right and fight against what is wrong, is a God calling. That God inside of you, that is a God calling. I played that clip just a moment ago. That was Dr. Umar Johnson, and he gave homage to Marcus Garvey. Now, up here on this program, I don't support Umar Johnson. I'm not a supporter of his or anything like that. Uh, nor do I support the historic Marcus Garvey. I should make that clear up here with you. I don't talk bad about Marcus Garvey. Uh there was some some things there, which is not really important to me at this moment we are in the time we are in and in the moment we're at. But however, I should say, I'm trying to start to use correct language instead of saying, but however, when someone makes good sound logical statements like the brother did, even though he's a pan-Africanist and we don't we don't really support pan-Africanism, that is not the ideology on this program, that is on this platform, that is not the ideology of pan-Africanism. But excuse me, they I go again. However, when something makes sound logic, that's what we support. We support evidence, sound logic, science, mathematics, because all those things have a direct relationship with reality, and reality has a direct relationship with truth.

Garrett Morgan And Bessie Coleman

SPEAKER_04 4:42

So that said, family, that said, real quick, the the two bios for today, the two bios for today would be one, a brother by the name of Garrett Morgan. That's gonna be uh yeah, Garrett Morgan, born March 4th, 1877, in Paris, Kentucky, died July 27, 1963, in Cleveland, Ohio. This brother here was an inventor in the patent. He had a bunch of patents out, and some of the things, let me see, can I go to him? Let me see, can I go to him a little bit before we get started because we're gonna, we, you know, we rolling up here. But anyway, yeah, he was an inventor for he was the first one to patent the the triangular traffic signal, which later became the traffic light, you know, the red, the green, the yellow for caution, and so on and so forth. He patented at first. He also was the first to patent what they call the uh what do they call it? The oh, oh, the hood mask. The hood, the hood mask, which later became the uh what they call them, uh smoke mask. You know, uh you have these uh masks you put on when there's a fire and you gotta go through the smoky rooms or whatever like that, and you put the hazmat uh smoke mask on to um so you'll be able to breathe. You know, even in situations with tear gas or whatever the case might be. But he he was that who patent that uh those those those two things amongst other things, he had different patents. And the other bio is a sister by the name of Bessie Coleman. That's her name. Bessie Coleman. She was an aviator. Uh she was the first black American woman and the first Native American to hold a pilot's license, and is the earliest known black person to earn an international pilots license. Go Google these two or whatever search engine you search engines that you use for information, put them in or ask the AI about them and get the history on the those are two of those are our two uh biopicks for this week's program. Okay. All right. So

Carmelo Anthony Verdict And Sentencing

SPEAKER_04 7:23

now that we got that underway, family, now that we got that underway, we're going to look at, as I was up here with you last week, as we did the program, they hadn't reached, they went into the the the in the Carmelo Anthony murder case of Austin Metcalfe. They went the the prosecutor and the defense rested their arguments and they sent the the case up to the jury, and as you know by now, that he was found guilty, murder one, and was sentenced on the same day to 35 years in prison. Now, that said, where where we at literally with this case is that's where we're at. He is now in a ward of the state. He's been found guilty. He is in a ward of the state, and he will start his sentence. I believe he is uh I believe he's in in some kind of correction center for the state. They took him out of the county, and he's now a ward of the state, and he's waiting, I guess, reception of where the his classification, where they're gonna put him, and so on and so forth. Now, there's been a lot of speculation and rumors and different things like that, and we tend not to really get into that because this case has been emotional roller coaster for a lot of people for a lot of different reasons. Now, this case has a 10,000-pound monkey on its back, and it's a racial monkey. At the inset of this incident, when this incident first happened, I don't I'm not sure if it was racially motivated. There is no evidence of that. However, once the media and social media got involved, it became an issue of race. And that's you know, you gotta pick a side, of course. You gotta pick a side. I'm just being realistic and calling it like I see it. However, the the circumstances, being the circumstances of what what it is, it became the like I said, the 10,000 pound monkey on the back of this case. Right. Now there is much speculation, and I've seen some things as I've been following this case from the beginning, I've seen some things that raised eyebrows from the very arrest of this young man, Camelo Anthony. Now, I gotta say this. I said last week that there was a there, I think they were at one point they were offering him a manslaughter to cop out, to plea out to a manslaughter, and I said that wasn't a good idea since the case is such a big case, he is so young. Uh a lot of times you have to roll the dice with a trial because of what's at stake. Now, for him to take a plea at his age, 19 years old at the time, not even 20, 18, 19 years old, for him to take a plea. Because he was 17 when the incident happened. So he's about 18 now, getting ready to turn 19. For him to take a tenure, he probably could have been out in seven, but see that as a blemish. This kid had a promising future, as did the Metcalf uh kid. Promising future. They were into sports, they were athletic. This kid was a was a uh was a straight A student from from all accounts, and he was athletic also. So both kids had promising futures. So do you really want to take a cop out, a plea to a f to a murder, fel a manslaughter felony that could probably blemish your life, but they took the shot and went to trial in blue. So that's where we're at. And there's a lot of talk of appeals right now. Now, a bunch of people are saying, well, you know, they filed for appeal. No, they haven't filed for appeal yet. They filed notice to the court of appeal because all of the the financial resources, excuse me, all of the financial resources that the family had are depleted. I believe the attorney fees took that money from the fundraising and stuff like that. But see, that was a lot, it was like $600,000 that was raised. Um, one fundraiser was raised to bail to bond him out, and the other one was raised for his attorney fees. Now, that was not $600,000 worth of legal counsel. That's one thing I can say with assurity here. You're talking, I'm you're listening to someone who is very, very experienced in criminal court proceedings. Now, I've never been through a trial because in any case that I ever had, criminal case that I ever had, either I end up getting charges dismissed in pre-trial pretrial hearings, or I pleaded out. When I felt there was no other recourse for me or no other way out, I pled out. Yes, I did it, and this because I'm looking at a lower sentence, then I would go to trial and blow. And you have to take into account your your past history and your criminal record and stuff like that. So it's it's a it's a chess game when you get to that level. It's a chess game. Now, this

Never Talk To Police Without Counsel

SPEAKER_04 14:08

kid, the mistake, the biggest mistake I seen that he made at the incipients of this case was that he talked to the police, which you're never supposed to do. And you learned that early. But this kid did not come from a criminal background. He was not a criminal, he was not a street kid. He he didn't come up that way. This kid was a straight A student, worked two jobs, he was into athletics, he was not into the into the book to the bull mess. Now, those of us who were raised in that lifestyle, we know you do not ever, ever, ever, ever talk to the police. And I'm talking to all of you who are listening to me, young, old, and in between. Anytime something happens and you're being held in charge with anything, there's nothing to say until your attorney is present and you had a chance to speak with your attorney. You don't say anything to the police. I don't care what they're trying to tell you. You can put me in an interrogation room and film me. I'm not saying anything to you. I don't have nothing to say to you. You could show me video with me actually doing the offense. I'm gonna tell you I don't know who that is. That's not me. He don't even look like me. I don't know who that guy is. I've done it. So when he gets a when the police first approached him about this this incident, he automatically confessed to what happened and he made the statement he was defending himself. You don't talk to the police. You have to give yourself a fighting chance. Because they're going this in in the Miranda rights, they're gonna read you your Miranda. They're gonna mirandize you and tell you anything you say can and may will be held against you in the court of process, in the court of law. This is why you don't you don't make statements to the police, you don't talk to them. You might ask them, hey, what's going on here? What's this about? And I said, You don't talk no more. What's your name? Da da da da da da da da da da da da. What's your name? Got nothing to say to you. You're gonna fingerprint me. If I got a background, you're gonna find out who I am, or you're gonna find out some aliases, or you're not gonna know who I am. But I'm not talking until I have counsel available present with me. I have nothing to say to you. And they usually, when they got a kid like Camelo Anthony, they usually will use tactics to manipulate him into saying him or her into saying something. And these kids, they don't know the game. They don't know the game. They're gonna talk. And they're gonna make statements that that may hurt them down the line. But this is what we're saying, family. So right

Appeal Grounds And Courtroom Red Flags

SPEAKER_04 17:32

now, there's there's uh talk of the from what I understand, the the attorney, the attorney uh uh he had, I'm not sure of his name. I I didn't I can't I don't have it down here with me, but he has found a notice of it of an appeal. The appeal, the actual appeal hasn't been found yet, but there the court is on notice of an appeal pending. So that's where we're at. He's he's since the 35 years, he'll be eligible according to the censing guidelines. He'll be eligible for release in, I believe, in 2043. It's now 2026, he'll be eligible for release if the conviction stands. He'll be eligible for release in 2043. That is about approximately 17, 17 and a half years from now. And that's that's what's uh that's what we're dealing with. So there's a lot of people on one side saying one thing, there's a there's a contingent of people on the other side saying another thing. Uh it's it's a lot of um back and forth, which is to me at this point is unnecessary because, as I said, the the facts are what they are. He is sentenced, he is in a ward of the state, he's been found guilty. Now, we can sit up here and make an argument all day long about whether he got a fair trial or not. In my personal opinion, watching the case closely, I'd have to say there was a lot of shenanigans going on. And the first sign that I seen of some some salty play going on, some fish market stuff going on is when the judge did not allow cameras into the courtroom. That's the first sign to me. As the trial went on, was like a week, a little over a week, as the trial was going on, the testimonies, the testimonies that I heard seemed all coerced. Now there's there's talk of there was uh witness tampering by the father of the Metcalf kid. What's the name? Jeff Metcalf, yeah. There was there's supposed to be some kind of um witness tampering where he was coaching witnesses. This is what this is being said. I don't have any proof of that. There was no cameras in the court, so that's not gonna matter. There's two things he he can um come back on appeal on, and the two biggest things that I see so far, it was some things that the police made mistakes in his arrest that he can he can use to help amplify his appeal. But the two biggest things that stand out to me is one was the ineffective counsel. He has to put a motion in for appeal for that because his his his lawyer was trash. I heard there was hardly any objections to to the witnesses, and some of the witnesses' statements were according to their first statements to the police, was not the same statements in the courtroom on the witness stand, and there was no objections or anything raised behind that. Now, the other thing is is the jury selection. A lot of people saying that that it's uh it's it it was uh an impartial jury. There was no black people. There was three black women and one black man that were scratched from the selection. The one guy made the statement, and I don't know why this guy did that. I don't know why. Some people take that keeping it real stuff to the extremes where actually shoot yourself in the foot. Sometimes they say, if you don't have nothing good to say, don't say anything at all. He got up there when they asked him a certain question, yo, I I I I just can't see myself sending a brother to jail. Why would you make a statement like that? That was idiotic. But some people are under the mindset of I have to tell the truth how I feel. And sometimes that can hurt you. It can hurt you. But there were also three other black women that were educators, and they were scratched from the selection in the pool. And there was a white person that was also an educator that was allowed. Now, the logic that the judge used was that as the three educators, the black women, as it pertained to them, he felt they they would be biased because they are educators and they might have a soft heart for Carmelo Anthony. Well, then why you didn't scratch the white guy? He's an educator just as well as they are. So there might be this possible there's a strong possibility that he can win an appeal on that merit. And also, like I said, the ineffective counsel. Those are the two biggest things that jump out to me.

The Missing Video And Retrial Stakes

SPEAKER_04 22:57

Now there are people talking about a video, videotape that they didn't show in court that was 4K versus the greeny one that they showed in court that you really couldn't make anything out. But they said that the the 4K video shows everybody crystal clear and just what happened. And from all from all accounts that I'm getting about that video, this boy was jumped. He did not initiate the action, and he was jumped and chased. So if they can manage to get some kind of um thing with that on the appeal, I don't think they're gonna release him on an overturn. But at least, at least, I think the the best they'll probably be be able to do is get a new trial. And that's gonna be fine. Now that is that is also a shake of the dice, but the max he could face on this, on this chunk, this thing is uh on a retrial, is I think 40 years. So he already has 30, 35 years. So what's the difference? Go shake the dice with a retrial. If he can get that, I I believe that he can get he can be free. Because there's just too much inconsistencies with the witnesses and everything else. So that's what we're hoping for, family. That's what we're hoping for. And brother's gonna have to sit down for a minute. He gotta stay on the lockup for a minute. And another

What Prison Politics Could Mean

SPEAKER_04 24:24

thing I want to make perfectly clear to you who are listening, because there's talk about, you know, these deeds on white supremacists and some of these um the black bootlicker class, talking about, yeah, now he's gonna see what it's like to be a thug. He's gonna be in jail, it's gonna be rough for him. Let me tell you something. Let me tell you something. Them cats that's running the prisons, them brothers between the Muslims and them them gang leaders and stuff, they already know this case. Whatever prison he's going to, them cats know he's he's equal to a political prisoner. Ain't nobody gonna touch a hair on that boy. As long as he stays true to his character, they know he was a straight student. He was not no street kid, he was not into no mess. That boy's gonna be fine as f as far as protection goes. As long as he don't get into any of the bull crap that goes on in there, he stays up under them OGs and stay up under the right people, he's going to be fine. He ain't got to play no PC or nothing. He can go in population and live just like anybody else. Them shot callers and the dudes that's running the prisons, even some of the staff, he's gonna be well taken care of in there. Trust me when I tell you, the bosses already know whatever prison he's going to, they already know who he is, what the case is about, and it's hands-off. So all that about the Aryan Brotherhood gonna get him, he's gonna find out what it's really like in there, as long as he stays out of the bull mess that goes on in there with the little gangs and the clicks and all that stuff, and he stay in his books and stay around them OGs that that that's that can teach him something, he's gonna be fine in there. He's gonna be fine. He don't get mixed up in no drugs and nothing like that, no gambling and nothing like that. He's going to be fine. It's messed up, he gotta be in there, but he's gonna be fine.

Georgia AR-15 Attack And Hate Crime Gap

SPEAKER_04 26:27

Before I depart, family, before I depart, it's a story I want to bring you, and this is back to what we're dealing with as far as a hate crime bill specifically for the descendants of the American freedmen. I want to take you to a story. Uh I believe, wait a minute, let me get it right now. Let me get it right. I believe this was in Georgia. Okay, let me let's let's see if we get to the story. Hold on. Give me a second. Let me let me let that run down. Check this out, family. Check this out.

SPEAKER_05 27:05

By the Lee County Sheriff's Office. WALB News 10's Mariah Norman is in the studio now to tell us what their involvement means for this investigation.

SPEAKER_00 27:15

Carla, Greg, GBI investigators and Lee County deputies were back on the scene today at a home on Autumn Leaf Drive. The GBI confirmed to WALB they were called in by the Sheriff's Office to assist, but have not said what they were looking for or if they found anything. Sources provided WALB News Tim pictures of investigators outside the home today. This comes days after a Sunday night shooting that witnesses describe as a racially charged attack. We told you earlier this week that Jeffrey Kinzer opened fire with an AR-15 at a family gathering. Surveillance video shows family members, including seniors and children, running from the gunfire. Witnesses say Kinzer, who is white, yelled racial slurs at the African American family from a passing car. Minutes later, witnesses say he came back in body armor and armed with an AR-15. Fortunately, no one in the family was shot. Kinzer was injured when a family member returned fire. He was charged with aggravated assault and is free on a $5,000 bond.

SPEAKER_01 28:22

So the mom, I'm like, oh my God, this man is gonna kill his whole house. So the kids, they run and they screaming. You see the video with them in the house, they so terrified. Like 30 kids locked in the room on the floor. We got them in the room on the floor, and they just screaming nonstop to their lungs, and we tell them they're gonna be okay. They saying, Lock the doors, lock the windows. They just screamed in the and it went on for a long time.

SPEAKER_02 28:54

We shouldn't be going through this, especially these kids. You know, they didn't have a chance. They they just starting their lives. So they they deserve a fair opportunity, and he should be, this should be handled accordingly. He needs to be punished gratefully.

SPEAKER_00 29:12

Incident reports show Kinzer works as a firefighter at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany. We did reach out to the base for a comment on Kinzer's employment. We have not heard back. Reporting in studio, Mariah Norman, W A L B.

SPEAKER_04 29:28

Yeah, family. That's it. That was in the state of Georgia. This dude opened with an AR-15, opened fire on a black family that was having a reunion at this residence. There were a bunch of children and elderly people at this house, and this cat, he rode by screaming out the N-word and ra other racial slurs, spent the block, went and came back with fatigue armor on and different things with an AR-15 and let loose. They said it was multiple shots. Now, this dude has been bonded out on a $5,000 bail, charged with no hate crime, no attempted murder, no child endangerment, nothing. Aggravated harassment. That's what he's charged with. Family, they're daring us. They're daring us with all of these cases going on. Camelo Anthony, the brother, the young man out there in South Carolina, uh Cyrus Belton, all of these cases coming up. Chud the Builder, this one, that one, Dalen Roof, Peyton Gendron, oh you we can sit here, Omar Aubrey, Sandra Bland, uh uh Sandra Massey, Brianna Tell. We can go on and on. We can sit here for an hour and just give you names and incidents. They're daring us, they are daring us to do something about it. And they're telling us we can do who we want and y'all ain't gonna do nothing. That's that family.

Final Charge And Closing Words

SPEAKER_04 31:03

I'm gonna depart from you. I'm gonna depart. Your brother's gotta go. We kept you long enough. And uh, in the words of King, must respect life, love, justice, cherish freedom, and treasure to peace. We're gonna see y'all next week, and we're gonna talk about it. We're gonna have another discussion. And I'm gonna continue to remind you of the greatness that you come from. And I want you to think on those things, think over these things as you walk through the rest of the week. And y'all go in peace and keep the peace. Till next time. We love you. Peace.