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On Tuesday, a New York judge officially sentenced former New York Giants receiver Plaxico Burress to two years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges of attempted criminal possession of a weapon, stemming from an incident in which he accidentally shot himself in the thigh. With good behavior, Burress could only serve 20 months and be out in spring 2011.Burress went to the hearing with his son in his arms and was accompanied by his pregnant wife, grandmother, father and stepmother. After the judge read the sentence Burress addressed the court, saying "I apologize to my family. ... I thank everyone for their support."
Burress then hugged and kissed his wife and son as everyone teared up. He was taken into custody and whisked away to Rikers Island. He will also be spending a majority of his sentence at Fishkill Correctional Facility in upstate New York. Check out the video of Burress arriving at the courthouse and with his family leaving.
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By: Mrs. Jackson on 9/22/2009 7:52PM
Damned shame, another bites the dust. Although I don't agree with his sentence, brothers gonna have to get some common sense, lose the senseless, destructive ego and MAKE THE MONEY. Leave money for those who will come after you as well. Who is he going to help behind bars? This "thug"."hood" mentality ain't gonna blend with these white folks program, or just decent folk period! Now 2 years of his life gone and for what? You making millions, change your friends, dump the entourage, nothing impressive about them following you around anyway, you paying for everything FOOL, they only hanging with you for the money, change your zipcode if you need to. Get a good black woman on your side and ya'll can run things!
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By: Maakeru on 11/18/2009 6:12AM
Awesome statement sister:
This should be a serious wake-up call to ALL Black brothers, especially black athletes. How long will they continue to allow themselves to be victims of the white man's program? It is so dis-heartning to see brothers & sisters in the position to really make a defference and change the sterotipical view of Blacks in this country but fail to recognize the need. I applaude those who are trying make a difference and displaying a positive image, but thanks to a bias media, we seldom hear about them unless it will enhance "their" program.
However, I must remain optimistic!!
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