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  1. Nobody said it was a universal experience - you inferred that and ran with it.
  2. I've seen it briefly, almost always to grab a phone and share something with another kid. More with girls than boys. Just hanging to hang, almost never, but that by itself isn't gospel, just never seen it at the dozens of meets I've been to. Why would you - you have your own tent and your own teammates to be with, why camp at another's tent and then become enraged when asked to leave? Makes no sense.
  3. There are reported to be multiple GoFundMe accounts, all operating as legitimate - which they clearly are not. Lot's a third-party grift trying to take advantage of an awful situation.
  4. Yes and no. Friends of friends do spent time together, but there has to be a reason. The majority of the time kids are spending time together on the football field/infield, not at the tent. They want to watch the events. If they come back to the tent, and they do, it's essentially an invited situation. What you don't see are random kids just parked under another teams tent. That's a huge red flag, especially against the backdrop of property theft concerns. Then for the kid who was told to leave to refuse, and escalate with threats of "make me" goes form confrontational to inciteful pretty quick.
  5. No, my experiences are with Frisco meets, covering an event that happened at a Frisco meet. At a stadium that I have been to dozens and dozens of times.
  6. Nobody "knows" the intent of the attacker but the attacker, but that is why the victim was watching the tent and why it escalated so quickly. During events you'll have the majority of the other kids on the football field, inside the track lanes cheering on their classmates. This leaves the tents exposed, and again, with concerns about theft, you have the coach have a kid camped out just in case.
  7. Bull. Kids that know each other is usual. Kids that are friends, dating, etc. is very usual. A complete stranger camped out under your tent is cause for alarm. When I say no "adults", I'm talking about parents, not event staff and coaches - to clarify not being near the tents. XC is different. That also isn't held at a stadium. As for kuykendall stadium, where I've been to dozens of meets and games, as Frisco HS's don't have their own stadiums.....is a recessed field, fenced off from the bleachers. There is no direct access to the field except through the outside fence. There is a walkway near the field to get up into the bleachers that also will have tents or at either endzone. This is why the coaches wanted kids to watch everyone's stuff as again, there had been concerns about theft at these meets.
  8. That's the angle? Really? This wasn't some back alley or gas station parking lot. The victim was told by his coaches to watch their tent. You see another kid in the tent you are told to watch and he's going to tell that kid to leave. That's what he was told to do as is very common at these meets. It was a clear act of provocation by the attacker who could have just walked away. He's a track athlete, not some out of town kid that doesn't know the landscape and how things are done. His initial acts were confrontational and his words touch me and see what happens are confrontational. It wasn't raining. It wasn't his tent. He chose to bring the knife. Your brain is broken.
  9. Stop. Those are eyewitness accounts from HS kids. Teenage boys and girls. The only adult statements are from other coaches at the event. There are no adults anywhere near the tents. They are not allowed to be near the tents. Hence the concerns of theft, as the coaches have to be near the races to coordinate and collect kids between events.
  10. The bullying angle just isn't there. It doesn't add up. Again, coaches told their kids about concerns of theft at these meets, so they "park" kids to watch everyone's stuff between meets. This is pretty standard. This is why the victim was at the tent. Every school competing has a tent with the name/colors of the school to coordinate the athletes and keep their stuff together. Many have mats for kids to rest on, foam role, etc There are often coolers with drinks/snacks, etc. It's home base. There are often not coaches in the tent as they are running around coordinating events and athletes, getting them lined up, etc. so you need someone back to watch everyone's stuff. Another kid in your tent is as unusual as a football player lined up on the opposite side's bench. It just isn't done. So you have a kid warned about theft, and you see a kid camped out under your tent, your first thought if of course theft. So yeah, you are going to bark about clearing out. That's also how Anthony got so close to the victim. The whole "make me" line. He either got in his face or touch the bag that Anthony already had his knife in hand hidden in. There was no warning. No brandishing of the knife as you would expect and we've all seen a thousands times on social media - holding the knife out as a warning. This was an immediate and fatal stab. No warning.
  11. There are more than 30 eyewitnesses and a half dozen coaches all corroborating the same chain of events I posted earlier. People will engage in low-hanging race baiting as they will, but the sequence of actions seems pretty clear at this point.
  12. Another update. There had been concerns from many of the coaches about theft at these meets. You heard this brought up by the brother explaining why they had someone camped out at the tent to watch everyone’s bags. This explains why the brother was so adamant about the kid moving on and away from their tent and why it escalated quickly. The whole “touch me and see what happens” like everyone heard and was in the police report. There had been an earlier rain delay but it wasn’t raining at that time. After the incident there was a deluge and they had to move the tent to cover the body and responders.
  13. I’ve been to plenty of track meets. At that stadium. They set up the tents around the field, often at the open area under the large scoreboard or on the opposite side. That’s where kids place their bags, kids change their shoes, put on spikes, etc. It’s also where the coaches have kids meet prior to events to walk through the races. During events most kids are on the field cheering each other on so their stuff isn’t being watched. Some kids stay around the tents to rest, others mingle, others follow friends in each event. Before each event kids are lined up by lane, etc and yes, it’s pretty damn organized considering there are hundreds of kids and often dozens of schools. Especially the hurdle events as they have to get them placed and st the right height depending on the race. Then you have the race Marshalls around the track all coordinated between each event. Again, unless you know the kid and are friends, you NEVER have other schools kids in your tent. It’s their turf. Their school. Where coaches talk strategy and plan the events. Where the kids talk about how they are going to approach each event.
  14. There are by all accounts 30+ eyewitnesses that are being vetted by the police and a half dozen coaches. Most are aligning with what I posted above.
  15. Here's what we know, according to reports and all the Frisco chat groups talking about this endlessly. * taken from their chat, which by all accounts seems up to date. - A witness says Metcalf was sitting under his school's tent when Anthony approached - Metcalf told Anthony to leave - Anthony grabbed his bag and warned, "Touch me and see what happens," according to police - No one knew Anthony had a weapon - One witness says Metcalf touched Anthony, another says he grabbed him - Anthony immediately pulled a knife from his backpack and stabbed Metcalf in the chest - He then fled the scene - Metcalf clutched his chest, told teammates to get help, and died in his brother's arms - When police caught Anthony, he said, "I'm not alleged, I did it" - In the cruiser, Anthony asked if Metcalf was okay and whether what he did counted as self-defense
  16. We have friends of my child in Frisco HS that knew the deceased. This is patently false. further, if you are being bullied to the point that you feel the need to bring a weapon to defend yourself, why are you stationed under the very tent of those you are so fearful of you feel that your life is being threatened by? This idea of rain? They are in the football field. Every team brings tents. Every one. This is how the coaches coordinate their runners. 4x100 runners….meet at the tent at xyz time, etc. This is also where their packs are. Packs with cell phones, headphones, etc. It’s not done. Ever. I’ve been to dozens of meets between both kids. You never. Ever. See another schools kid under someone else’s tent unless they are friends and talking between events.
  17. I'd geta list of the Reacher books in order that they were written and start with the early ones and work forward. They obviously follow a similar trajectory, but the early ones were pretty good. Kind of like with Baldacci or Connelly.
  18. Fucking hell, I've been to dozens of meets all across Frisco for track & XC meets. Both went to HS in Frisco.....one is still just a junior. Phone has been lit up from friends and family across the country. We JUST had a playoff soccer match at that very stadium. Impossible for security to cover everything as they set up tents for dozens of school on the field to rest and change between events. Two families destroyed over, what? A place to sit, a phone? This 17yr old asshole will be facing 1st degree murder charges, his family has to be devastated and the family of the victim? The twin brother held his drying brother in his arms as he passed. You don't just come back from that....especially after your father survived cancer years prior.
  19. Tripwire is pretty good
  20. Mine are old, but they are a higher arch I picked up the store. Nothing too fancy. These are for square-toe Ariat work boots. My new Frye ropers are so damn comfortable I can't imagine having to do anything to them for years to come.
  21. I think it's the surging popularity and efficacy of the 9mm. Modern rounds check all the boxes that the larger .45 acp used to fill. Penetration/expansion/kinetic energy similarities, with twice the capacity and half the recoil?
  22. Some people need to be in a little physical proximity to other people that don't have their best interests at heart to learn what confrontation really is.
  23. If you want to get talked down to by someone that doesn't know what they are talking about for an already overpriced item, McBrides is your jam.....
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