Imagine your son was murdered. Imagine you show up to a public event hosted by the people raising money for the teen accused of killing him.
You quietly take a seat. You want answers, maybe some accountability.
Now imagine being kicked out of that event—by the very activist who’s leading the charge to free your son’s accused killer.
That’s exactly what happened to Jeff Metcalf last week in Texas.
And it tells you everything you need to know about the twisted priorities of today’s so-called “social justice” movement.
JUST IN: Minister Dominique Alexander, who is representing Karmelo Anthony, blasts Austin Metcalf’s father for being “disrespectful” for showing up to his press conference.
You can’t make this up.
Anthony admitted to stabbing Metcalf in the heart, however, the family of Karmelo… pic.twitter.com/iDqS0a4fEP
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) April 17, 2025
On April 2, a 17-year-old named Karmelo Anthony allegedly stabbed and killed another teen, Austin Metcalf, during a track meet in Frisco, Texas.
The two reportedly had a history of conflict, but police and witnesses say Anthony pulled a knife and took things way too far.
Enter Dominique Alexander, a Dallas-based activist and the self-appointed president of the Next Generation Action Network (NGAN).
Alexander jumped into the case almost immediately—not to help the grieving family, but to defend the accused.
Alexander claims Anthony acted in self-defense.
He’s organized rallies, run press conferences, and raised nearly half a million dollars online to help pay for Anthony’s legal team.
Some of that money, according to reports, is being used to move the family out of state and beef up their personal security.
In other words, this teen is being treated more like a civil rights martyr than someone facing a murder charge.
At a recent press conference hosted by NGAN, Jeff Metcalf—the victim’s father—quietly showed up.
He didn’t disrupt. He didn’t yell. He simply wanted to hear what was being said about his son.
Instead of showing compassion, Alexander lashed out.
He called Jeff’s presence a “disrespect to the dignity of his son.” He accused the father of making things worse for the accused.
Within minutes, NGAN staff tried to kick him out. After a 30-minute standoff, the police showed up—and escorted the grieving father out of the room.
That’s right. The man who lost his son was kicked out. The man defending the accused killer stayed behind the microphone.
Even some liberal-leaning folks thought this crossed a line.
Dominique Alexander has a long, controversial history. He calls himself “Minister,” but that title appears to be self-appointed.
He’s been arrested before, including on serious domestic violence charges—though the case was dropped when the woman involved stopped cooperating.
He’s also been active in pushing bail reform and helping release Black Lives Matter protesters. His group, NGAN, talks about justice—but only seems interested in one side of the story.
This is the same kind of activism that pushes to defund the police while communities suffer more crime. The same kind that champions criminals while ignoring victims.
And the same that uses emotional stories to raise money, gain followers, and push an agenda that has nothing to do with fairness or truth.
This case shines a light on what happens when emotion takes the place of justice, and when so-called civil rights leaders act more like political operatives than peacemakers.
Jeff Metcalf deserved better. He deserved a voice.
At the very least, he deserved to sit in the room without being publicly humiliated by someone with a megaphone and a personal agenda.
If we want a justice system that works for everyone, it has to be grounded in facts, not feelings—and certainly not in mob-driven activism.
No one, not even a teenager, is above the law just because an activist group says so.
You can believe in due process and still believe in accountability. You can care about fairness and still see that what happened at that press conference was wrong.
When activists are more outraged by a father quietly showing up than by a teenager taking a life, we’ve lost our compass. It’s time we find it again.
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