WASHINGTON, D.C. — As racial tensions continued to rise in the wake of the verdict handed down in the Austin Metcalf murder trial, a somber former President Barack Obama said if he had a son who stabbed someone in the heart with a knife, he would look just like Karmelo Anthony.
Obama made the solemn statement as part of a press release in which he bemoaned the lingering racial disharmony that exploded during his presidency, clearly exemplified by the horrific stabbing of Metcalf at the hands of Anthony last spring. According to the former president, if he had a murderous son, he and Anthony would bear more than a passing resemblance.
"If I had a boy of my own, he'd be stabbing whiteys, too," Obama said in the statement. "To see this young man, Karmelo Anthony, being tried, convicted, and sentenced for perpetrating the same type of horrific act I would raise any son of mine to commit, it really brings the racial divide in this nation into clear view."
The 44th president went on to reminisce about the role he and his administration played in the country's current social predicament over the course of his two terms. "It is indeed sad to see where we are as a people," he continued. "We clearly have a long way to go to heal the deep racial wounds that permeate our populace, the ones that white people are entirely to blame for."
At publishing time, Obama had assured the American people that he would continue to work as hard as he always had at stirring up further racial conflict.
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