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Megan Basham

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Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Yeah, Georgia, Anthony's trial is now in its second week, and momentum really shifted Saturday when the prosecution rested its case after calling about 21 witnesses.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

And, you know, just a quick reminder about what's not in dispute here, and that is that Anthony was sitting in the tent for Metcalf's team, and there was some kind of brief confrontation where Metcalf asked Anthony to leave, and then Anthony fatally stabbed Metcalf.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

But the fact that Anthony is black and Metcalf was white, and also that the jury is all white, has led some experts like Attorney Royal Oaks, who represented media during the O.J.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Simpson trial, to say that this case is creating a similar racial divide.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Now, what jurors have heard so far, multiple students who were in the tent that day testified that Anthony refused repeated requests to leave and appeared confrontational even before the stabbing.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

So several witnesses denied the defense's claim that Anthony became scared when a quote-unquote large group

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

surrounded him.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

They said that wasn't true.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

A forensic expert also walked jurors through video provided by the Frisco School District that was captured from multiple stadium angles.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Now, it reportedly captures Anthony running away from the tent after that stabbing.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

He then runs down the bleachers and across the track while coaches and students reportedly tried to chase him.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

And then there's also the police body cam video that jurors saw this week.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

And that's also key because immediately after the stabbing, Anthony can be heard saying, quote, I'm not alleged, I did it.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

He also reportedly even asked in the moments right after Metcalf was confirmed dead if he could claim self-defense.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

But meanwhile, those protests in support of Anthony have continued outside the courtroom.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

And in fact, some protesters told TPUSA's Savannah Hernandez that they're not going to be swayed by any evidence that's presented, no matter what it shows.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Yeah, just a reminder, Georgia, that Henry Novak was an 18-year-old college student who was fatally stabbed by 23-year-old Vikram Digwa.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

Now, the case has drawn international accusations of biased policing because police responded first to Digwa's false claim that Novak had called him a racial slur rather than Novak's plea through a mouthful of blood, no less, that he had been stabbed.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

So officers initially treated that dying white teenager as a suspect, handcuffing him as he laid there bleeding out.

Morning Wire
DOJ Digs Into LA Ballots & Racial Tensions Smolder Over Stabbings | 6.8.26

So when Novak told the police that he'd been stabbed, one officer is shown on this viral video saying, I don't think you have, mate.

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