Frisco athlete Austin Metcalf’s killing prompted racist vitriol online / Texas Monthly
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[{'start': '2.720', 'end': '6.960', 'text': 'Tomorrow will mark one month since the'}, {'start': '4.880', 'end': '8.639', 'text': 'deadly stabbing at a track meet in Fris.'}, {'start': '6.960', 'end': '10.320', 'text': 'And right now, Carmemelllo Anthony is'}, {'start': '8.639', 'end': '12.320', 'text': 'accused in the stabbing death of Austin'}, {'start': '10.320', 'end': '14.559', 'text': 'Metaf. And the case has led to'}, {'start': '12.320', 'end': '16.640', 'text': 'heightened concerns in the community.'}, {'start': '14.559', 'end': '18.640', 'text': 'Some parents called on Frisco ISD to'}, {'start': '16.640', 'end': '20.560', 'text': 'improve security. And some people'}, {'start': '18.640', 'end': '23.119', 'text': 'questioned the motivations of a rally'}, {'start': '20.560', 'end': '24.960', 'text': 'centered on race. Our media partners at'}, {'start': '23.119', 'end': '26.880', 'text': 'Texas Monthly have also been taking a'}, {'start': '24.960', 'end': '28.720', 'text': 'look at this case. Robert Downin is'}, {'start': '26.880', 'end': '31.119', 'text': 'joining us tonight. Texas Monthly,'}, {'start': '28.720', 'end': '33.520', 'text': 'Robert was able to talk to someone who'}, {'start': '31.119', 'end': '35.120', 'text': 'tracks domestic extremist groups. What'}, {'start': '33.520', 'end': '37.040', 'text': 'were they able to tell you about the'}, {'start': '35.120', 'end': '39.760', 'text': 'reactions to this case that was seen'}, {'start': '37.040', 'end': '42.320', 'text': 'online? Yeah. What they told me was that'}, {'start': '39.760', 'end': '44.559', 'text': 'there was a flurry of activity in the'}, {'start': '42.320', 'end': '46.640', 'text': 'immediate aftermath of the killing. Um,'}, {'start': '44.559', 'end': '48.559', 'text': 'including, you know, on the online forum'}, {'start': '46.640', 'end': '50.640', 'text': '4chan, which is kind of has a known'}, {'start': '48.559', 'end': '52.559', 'text': 'history of radicalizing people to'}, {'start': '50.640', 'end': '54.079', 'text': 'towards violence. And on those sites,'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '56.640', 'text': 'they saw people, you know, calling for'}, {'start': '54.079', 'end': '58.960', 'text': 'arson attacks at the house of the judge'}, {'start': '56.640', 'end': '61.039', 'text': "in the uh who oversaw Anony's bond"}, {'start': '58.960', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'hearing. Um there were, you know, real'}, {'start': '61.039', 'end': '65.600', 'text': 'real vile um explicitly racist, racist'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '68.400', 'text': 'slurs being used. Um and then on'}, {'start': '65.600', 'end': '70.560', 'text': 'Twitter, we saw a a number of um users'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '71.840', 'text': 'with large platforms really just rushing'}, {'start': '70.560', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'before there was any kind of information'}, {'start': '71.840', 'end': '76.080', 'text': 'about the case to turn this into an'}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '77.920', 'text': 'issue of race. Um and in despite of, you'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '79.680', 'text': "know, what Austin Metaf's dad has really"}, {'start': '77.920', 'end': '83.240', 'text': 'pleaded for. Now, the group that I'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '86.240', 'text': 'talked to, Moonshot, um, observes, uh,'}, {'start': '83.240', 'end': '88.400', 'text': 'online extremist activity exclusively'}, {'start': '86.240', 'end': '90.159', 'text': 'and said that they saw, you know, as'}, {'start': '88.400', 'end': '92.479', 'text': "much activity in the wake of Metaf's"}, {'start': '90.159', 'end': '94.560', 'text': 'death as they did in to the New York'}, {'start': '92.479', 'end': '97.280', 'text': 'City subway station choking, which they'}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '98.720', 'text': 'found pretty surprising given um, the,'}, {'start': '97.280', 'end': '100.560', 'text': 'you know, size of New York City and the'}, {'start': '98.720', 'end': '102.720', 'text': 'size of the media market there compared'}, {'start': '100.560', 'end': '104.240', 'text': 'to say Frisco. So, well, CBS Texas has'}, {'start': '102.720', 'end': '106.240', 'text': 'dug into the background of a man who'}, {'start': '104.240', 'end': '108.560', 'text': 'organized a protest last month, Jake'}, {'start': '106.240', 'end': '110.479', 'text': 'Lang. was charged in the January 6th'}, {'start': '108.560', 'end': '112.399', 'text': 'riots at the US capital. He was pardoned'}, {'start': '110.479', 'end': '114.320', 'text': 'by President Donald Trump. And Lang'}, {'start': '112.399', 'end': '116.560', 'text': 'recently announced that he is running'}, {'start': '114.320', 'end': '118.880', 'text': 'for US Senate in Florida. Now, Texas'}, {'start': '116.560', 'end': '120.880', 'text': 'Monthly, as we understand it, also'}, {'start': '118.880', 'end': '122.960', 'text': "looked into Lang and another man's"}, {'start': '120.880', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'background, Philip Anderson, who was'}, {'start': '122.960', 'end': '127.200', 'text': 'with Lang at a rally. What did you see'}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '129.200', 'text': 'at the rally, and what did you learn'}, {'start': '127.200', 'end': '132.239', 'text': 'about both of those men and their motive'}, {'start': '129.200', 'end': '133.680', 'text': 'for visiting Frisco? since um being'}, {'start': '132.239', 'end': '135.280', 'text': "pardoned, they've really kind of made"}, {'start': '133.680', 'end': '137.440', 'text': 'this whole idea of a black crime'}, {'start': '135.280', 'end': '138.720', 'text': 'epidemic their um you know, really the'}, {'start': '137.440', 'end': '140.319', 'text': "thing that they're harping on. And at"}, {'start': '138.720', 'end': '142.800', 'text': 'this rally, which again, I I do want to'}, {'start': '140.319', 'end': '145.400', 'text': 'just reiterate, it was very uh poorly'}, {'start': '142.800', 'end': '147.440', 'text': 'attended. I think media um'}, {'start': '145.400', 'end': '148.879', 'text': 'counterprotesters and police probably'}, {'start': '147.440', 'end': '150.720', 'text': 'made up at least half of the people'}, {'start': '148.879', 'end': '154.080', 'text': 'there. But the people there, you know,'}, {'start': '150.720', 'end': '155.599', 'text': 'many of them were overtly um fascist.'}, {'start': '154.080', 'end': '157.440', 'text': 'You know, there were people sighing'}, {'start': '155.599', 'end': '159.599', 'text': 'across the streets. there was a man'}, {'start': '157.440', 'end': '161.440', 'text': 'wearing a sweatshirt that proclaiming'}, {'start': '159.599', 'end': '163.280', 'text': 'himself a skin head and some people that'}, {'start': '161.440', 'end': '165.120', 'text': 'I talked to who you know really had some'}, {'start': '163.280', 'end': '167.760', 'text': 'just openly anti-semitic and racist'}, {'start': '165.120', 'end': '169.840', 'text': 'views. Um you know and that that rally I'}, {'start': '167.760', 'end': '172.000', 'text': 'think is was really important for us to'}, {'start': '169.840', 'end': '173.519', 'text': 'be at at least because while it was'}, {'start': '172.000', 'end': '175.440', 'text': 'sparsely attended and while it was'}, {'start': '173.519', 'end': '177.040', 'text': 'widely condemned by people in the Frisco'}, {'start': '175.440', 'end': '178.800', 'text': 'community and elsewhere, I think it'}, {'start': '177.040', 'end': '180.879', 'text': "really was indicative of what we've seen"}, {'start': '178.800', 'end': '182.560', 'text': "online in response to Metaf's killing."}, {'start': '180.879', 'end': '184.560', 'text': "And as you've reported, Frisco ISD,"}, {'start': '182.560', 'end': '186.560', 'text': "they're pursuing trespassing charges"}, {'start': '184.560', 'end': '188.720', 'text': 'against Lang after breaking into the'}, {'start': '186.560', 'end': '190.560', 'text': 'stadium where Metaf died. With so much'}, {'start': '188.720', 'end': '192.959', 'text': 'rhetoric fueling emotions around this'}, {'start': '190.560', 'end': '195.680', 'text': 'case, what are the people who actually'}, {'start': '192.959', 'end': '198.319', 'text': 'live in Fris saying to you about this'}, {'start': '195.680', 'end': '200.400', 'text': "case? I'm curious. Sure. And, you know,"}, {'start': '198.319', 'end': '202.239', 'text': 'it is a town of 200,000 people, so I do'}, {'start': '200.400', 'end': '204.000', 'text': 'want to be clear that this these people'}, {'start': '202.239', 'end': '205.760', 'text': "don't speak for all of Frisco, but"}, {'start': '204.000', 'end': '207.840', 'text': "overwhelmingly the people I've talked to"}, {'start': '205.760', 'end': '209.680', 'text': 'have kind of been saying, you know, that'}, {'start': '207.840', 'end': '212.159', 'text': 'their community is grieving. You know,'}, {'start': '209.680', 'end': '214.000', 'text': 'the Frisco mayor definitely articulated'}, {'start': '212.159', 'end': '215.920', 'text': 'that to me. But also that they are'}, {'start': '214.000', 'end': '217.440', 'text': 'waiting for more details in this case.'}, {'start': '215.920', 'end': '219.519', 'text': 'They are waiting for the legal process'}, {'start': '217.440', 'end': '221.440', 'text': 'to play out unlike the kind of discourse'}, {'start': '219.519', 'end': '222.720', 'text': "that we're seeing online really. And you"}, {'start': '221.440', 'end': '224.879', 'text': 'know, a lot of the people again,'}, {'start': '222.720', 'end': '226.640', 'text': "including Metaf's father and the Anthony"}, {'start': '224.879', 'end': '228.959', 'text': 'family, have really been outspoken about'}, {'start': '226.640', 'end': '231.280', 'text': "this desire by people who don't live in"}, {'start': '228.959', 'end': '233.360', 'text': 'the community to really affect what what'}, {'start': '231.280', 'end': '234.560', 'text': 'is happening on the ground in meaning in'}, {'start': '233.360', 'end': '236.000', 'text': 'ways that are really having, you know,'}, {'start': '234.560', 'end': '237.920', 'text': 'tangible effects on the people there.'}, {'start': '236.000', 'end': '239.760', 'text': 'So, I would say that Frisco is from the'}, {'start': '237.920', 'end': '242.239', 'text': "people I've spoken to, you know,"}, {'start': '239.760', 'end': '244.159', 'text': 'grieving but also keeping a relatively'}, {'start': '242.239', 'end': '245.519', 'text': 'calm head about this and not trying to'}, {'start': '244.159', 'end': '247.840', 'text': 'give in to the narratives that are'}, {'start': '245.519', 'end': '249.760', 'text': 'playing out on online spaces. Robert'}, {'start': '247.840', 'end': '251.680', 'text': 'Downin, we thank you so much for joining'}, {'start': '249.760', 'end': '253.439', 'text': 'us tonight to discuss this developing'}, {'start': '251.680', 'end': '255.479', 'text': 'story. And of course, you can read his'}, {'start': '253.439', 'end': '259.519', 'text': "full article. It's on"}, {'start': '255.479', 'end': '259.519', 'text': "texasmonthly.com. We'll be right back."}]