Moderate Activist Friend Got A Death Threat

I just finished a conversation with an activist friend who just received a death threat on social media.

The threat is ironic given his change from self-described 'militant' as he calls past aggressive advocacy to moderation embraced over the years. He's part of the initial group of activists I met after moving to New Orleans nearly 20 years ago. As such, I'm quite familiar with his old and new selves.

He intended to hold an out-of-town press conference regarding the contentious Karmelo Anthony case where a Black teen fatally stabbed a White one during a confrontation at an athletic meet on April 2nd, 2025, in Frisco, Texas.

Threat-maker told him in thinly veiled terms he wasn't deceased conservative activist Charlie Kirk and how unspecified 'good ole boys' will meet him there as an unwelcome welcoming committee.

Message received loud and clear.

The case is a redhot flashpoint for self-defense and racial animus, so much so that some take offline rage to their keyboards and hit 'send' without a second thought.

Like my friend, I'm an advocate for personal protection, including Black men for whom it's a highly contentious topic. Such stances are fraught with historic tensions but remain revealing barometers for where we stand in society. Especially when accessing each states' laws for defending ourselves or others.

Self-defense advocacy isn't an unreasonable proposition, regardless of differences about certain cases.

What is unreasonable is the death threat my now-moderate friend got for feeling Karmelo Anthony committed a justified use of deadly force.

Nadra Enzi aka Cap Black addresses 'anti safety' theory and policies through advocacy and consulting.