If any man deserves an opportunity to fulfill [his] dream of playing professional football in the NFL, Brian Banks most certainly does. After serving five years and two months in prison for the false charge of rape, Banks was finally set free after his accuser, 'hood rat' - Wanetta Gibson, admitted she was not raped by the former Long Beach Polytechnic High School football star, who was set to ball with the University of Southern California [USC] - Trojans, back in 2002-03.
At the time of his arrest at age 17, according to Banks,
he was not allowed to give his side of the story, or speak with his mother to ask if he should plead "no contest" or fight the case before a jury.
His public defender straight-up denied, a minor at the time, an opportunity to consult with his moms. His attorney told Banks he had to make the decision on his own, at that moment, without speaking to anyone.
Obviously scared of facing up to 41 years in prison, by risking a trial by jury, the young athlete took the "advice" of his public defender (who, obviously, also didn't believe he was innocent of rape charges). No doubt, Brian Banks was also stripped of his scholarship from USC.
On June 7, Banks is scheduled to work out for the Seattle Seahawks, coached by former USC coach - Pete Carroll, who recruited the star linebacker years before this horrible miscarriage of justice.
Although Banks is eligible to file a claim and receive $100 for each day he was denied freedom by the State of California, according to State Penal Code 4900, there is a larger issue that must be addressed; It can no longer be acceptable that young black males, especially, are considered public enemy number one, and not given fair and equal treatment in a country that largely relies on young black males to fight its foreign wars.
With regard to this case, Banks was just another number...another notch on the belt of injustice. The question must be asked, how can someone make a false accusation, of this magnitude, about another individual, without the support of independent witness(es) or physical evidence, and there being an immediate investigation to establish legitimacy?
Well it's possible when it comes to stereotyping young black males.
Had Banks been a young white male falsely accused of raping a young white female, virtually every young black male living in America knows that his racial counterpart would likely have been treated fairly, without [the] racial bias demonstrated by arresting officers and the State's public defender.
Cases like these, including that of Trayvon Martin, are unfortunate reminders that the assault on YBM's (young black males) is business-as-usual in the United States of America.
Hopefully, USC will reinstate Banks' scholarship, the State of California will award him every dime owed to him for this horrible miscarriage of justice, and the National Football League will give him a legitimate opportunity to fulfill a dream deferred by a racially biased and corrupt system of so-called "justice for all"!
And as for 'Miss Thang' (hood rat - Wanetta Gibson), although Banks is too nice and too classy of a guy to go there -- YOU STANK!
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Lesson to YBMA (Young Black Male Athletes):
Focus on your sport of passion, and leave the 'hood-rats' alone! Unfortunately, too many of their mothers have taught them to prey on brothas with a baller's future. And you already know that America views you as guilty until you can prove your innocence.
