" The descent into anarchy has arrived."That's both not true and somewhat true. The problem starts with the nature of Man. People have separated by culture since the beginning, and that remains true today. The chief obstacle to desegregation after the law was the sense that government was forcing people to accept strangers, even possible threats, to their life and family.
The good news is that racial division today is not nearly as bad as it was eighty years ago, and some of the improvement seems permanent. The bad news is that for some people, racism is a deliberate choice, and for such people violence is a preferred method of expression. The most common example today is the minority who uses social forms and legal standards to leverage opportunity and advantage for themselves and their group, which in short is why DEI thrives how and where it does.
Mr. Anthony is in a bad way now, even if he does not realize it. Once he arrives at his prison, Karmelo becomes the focus of attention for a number of groups, and is certain to join one of them. Once part of a prison gang, the odds of Anthony finding his way to a peaceful, normal life become very poor. After a few years, when he is no longer the attention of adoring mobs, Karmelo will face the true consequence of his actions, and when that happens he is likely to send himself even further into a hopeless condition.
That which does not kill me, will try again and get nastier