Frisco ISD also confirmed trespassing charges were filed against a person who broke into district property after the protest.
Frisco ISD also confirmed trespassing charges were filed against a person who broke into district property after the protest.
Frisco ISD also confirmed trespassing charges were filed against a person who broke into district property after the protest.
FRISCO, Texas — Two people were arrested this weekend during a protest related to the fatal stabbing at a Frisco track meet earlier this month, officials say.
Austin Metcalf, 17, a student at Frisco Memorial High School, was fatally stabbed at the University Interscholastic League’s (UIL) District 11-5A championship track meet April 2 at Frisco ISD’s Kuykendall Stadium. Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old student at Frisco Centennial High School, was charged with murder in connection with the stabbing. Anthony was released from jail and placed under house arrest last week after his bond was reduced from $1 million to $250,000.
The case has garnered national attention and fueled racial tensions.
On Saturday, a protest in Frisco at Kuykendall Stadium, organized by a group called “Protect White Americans,” purporting to be organized to call for “Justice for Austin Metcalf” and for Anthony to remain in jail pending a trial, according to a poster, led to two arrests, according to police.
Police said Saturday’s final charges are pending after the event.
“A person pepper-sprayed by one of the arrestees refused treatment at the scene, and no other injuries were reported,” Frisco police said in a statement. WFAA has reached out to the department for more information about the arrests and charges.
Frisco ISD confirmed in a statement that the district also filed trespassing charges against a person who broke onto district property after the protest.
“Protect White Americans” was founded by Jake Lang, according to the poster. Lang was pardoned by President Donald Trump earlier this year on charges in connection with participating in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot, WJLA reported, and is running for Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s former Senate seat in Florida, as Yahoo reported.
In a post with a video shared on X Saturday, Lang wrote that he “broke into” Kuykendall Stadium.
“I gotta get out of here before the police come. I just hopped the fence to get in here,” Lang said.
Videos shared online of the protest appear to show Austin Metcalf’s father, Jeff, denouncing the protest over speaker phone, telling Lang, “you’re trying to create more racial divide than bridging the gap.”
“I do not condone anything you do,” Jeff added. “You take my son’s face off your website. I am not associated with you.”