A right-wing influencer who injected himself into a racially charged murder trial was arrested Tuesday and charged with making terroristic threats — his second arrest this month in connection with his activities around the high-profile North Texas case.
Florida-based activist Jake Lang was booked into Dallas County jail after allegedly stating that if the jury did not find Karmelo Anthony guilty he “would take care of it himself,” and a judge set his bond at $1 million, reported The Dallas Morning News.
The arrest came the same day jurors found Anthony, 19, guilty of murder and sentenced him to 35 years in prison for fatally stabbing 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a Frisco track meet last year.
Lang’s arrest capped weeks of escalating provocations around a case that had already drawn national attention and ignited a torrent of racist rhetoric because Anthony is Black and Metcalf was white.
It was Lang’s second arrest this month. On June 2, he was charged with criminal trespass outside Frisco City Hall during a “Rally Against Rednecks” — a charge stemming from an April incident in which Lang hosted a sparsely attended “Protect White Americans” rally outside the stadium where the stabbing occurred.
He later posted a video claiming he broke into the stadium and alleged a dark streak on the ground was Metcalf’s blood, but school district officials said the video was filmed on the opposite side of the stadium from where Metcalf died.
Lang had been released from that arrest on a $7,500 bond, with a court order prohibiting him from approaching within 200 feet of the Collin County courthouse. He appeared near the courthouse anyway, holding a “White Lives Matter” sign bearing Metcalf’s photo.
Lang’s record extends well beyond North Texas. He was among nearly 1,600 people pardoned by President Donald Trump last year while awaiting trial on charges related to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, including assaulting a law enforcement officer. Court documents show him swinging a baseball bat at officers during the riot.
Last month, Lang appeared at a Frisco City Council meeting to oppose plans for a mosque, Hindu temple and Jain temple, telling council members that Muslims and Hindus were conspiring to take over Texas before suggesting mosques should be burned down. Police escorted him out.
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