‘Black Children Have Boundaries’: College Professor Blames Austin Metcalf’s Father For Son’s Murder

Jeff Metcalf is to blame for the murder of his son, according to one professor at a historically black university. Dr. Stacey Patton, a journalism professor at Howard University, accused Metcalf of failing “to teach your boy that Black children have boundaries” in a personal Substack post on June 10, 2026, a day after Karmelo Anthony was found guilty in the 2025 murder of Austin Metcalf. Anthony, of Centennial High School, pulled a knife on Metcalf, of Memorial High School, and stabbed him in the heart at a track meet in April 2025 moments after Metcalf asked Anthony to leave...