Austin Metcalf’s father has angry exchange with ‘Protect White Americans’ protest organizer

A protest organized by a group called “Protect White Americans” — purportedly to condemn the stabbing of Austin Metcalf as an act of racial violence — attracted more police officers and media representatives than supporters in Frisco on Saturday.

But it did lead to an angry exchange between the protest organizers and Jeff Metcalf, the father of the victim. Seventeen-year-old Austin Metcalf was fatally stabbed at a high school track meet in Frisco earlier this month. Karmelo Anthony, a 17-year-old high school senior, is charged with first-degree murder in that stabbing.

The stabbing has received national attention online. Many posts on social media have racist undertones. Anthony is Black and Metcalf was white…

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