Weve updated the security on the site. anyone ever TAKE DOWN these MICRO-LOCS? it was a very touching docu. Dixon later began an unrelated sentence for armed robbery, although Moore, interviewed in the 2012 documentary Benji, claims that his own confession was coerced, and that Dixon was not involved in Wilson's shooting. According to Chicago's then emergency protocol, Wilson was taken to the nearest available hospital, which was St. Bernard Hospital in Englewood. Dixon was given the lesser sentence because even though he was involved in the crime, Moore had been the one to fire the fatal shots.[21]. Wilson will not be available to practice in the Bengals'. But now he's a hardened criminal probably because of the time he spent in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Fat dude whose packing or good looks? NOW COME ON!! Brandon was the oldest to two brothers; Jared and Jalen. That doesn't make sense to me. Dildy, though, found Brandon to be a bit more reserved than Ben, whom Dildy described as a "jokester" who would hide other players' basketball shoes and goof around with children. Just kidding. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/236651330/brandon-sherrod-wilson. GREAT NEWS! Moore yelled up the street at Wilson to watch where he was going. Ben left that playful side of his personality behind when it came to basketball. [33] ESPN premiered a documentary on Wilson titled Benji on October 23, 2012. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Brandon Wilson (236651330)? "His serious side was out there on that court," said Dildy, whose King team lost to Simeon in the 1984 Public League semifinals. Search above to list available cemeteries. He said the lack of serious high-level interest has not been too disappointing. I think it was self defense and if they had good attorneys they could have got off or had much less sentences. That stuff doesn't play a role. Still sad for blacks who can't understand the system. Remove advertising from a memorial by sponsoring it for just $5. Wilson began playing basketball at an early age, starting in elementary school. CHICAGO (WLS) -- The two brothers of slain Simeon High School. Within minutes, word of the shooting reached Simeon's campus, and a crowd gathered near Wilson. Benji was a 6'9" jack-of-all-trades swingman who's since garnered comparisons to Kevin Durant but who patterned his game after those of Magic Johnson and George Gervin. When Mama Wilson said I forgive you, that started everything. All photos appear on this tab and here you can update the sort order of photos on memorials you manage. More NBA Transactions . To have the two families come together was amazing.. 59. "Canary in the coal mine". . cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. That is probably why she did not want to comment on the documentary. Thankyou for this link. I just watched the 30 on 30 docu on ESPN last night, man the BBYMama pissed me off! Sounds like a big Super Star ego talking to me. Jun 28, 2007 - Brandon Wilson went undrafted in the 2007 NBA Draft making him an Unrestricted FA. Malatesta, in response to these charges, chose instead to focus on the actions that led to Wilson's death. Sorry, I just think Omar Dixon and Billy Moore are not guilty! The pastor that DeSantis appointed to oversee Disney's district believes drinking tap water will turn you gayyyyyyyyyyyyyy, Some of you are so weird about celeb kids. Used To Live In. Once again, Rush was not interested. [7] Wilson turned and went back toward Moore, with an argument leading to Moore eventually drawing the pistol. Year should not be greater than current year. If not for the tragedy that later befell him, Benji may well have enjoyed the best basketball career of the three. He leaves to mourn: his mother, Mary; his father, Benjamin, Sr.; brothers: Brumet and Curtis Glenn, Jeffery (11) and Anthony (8) Wilson and a two month old son, Brandon Wilson. Police presented both suspects with a case theory that after Moore's conflict with Wilson, Dixon tried to pick Wilson's pockets, and then urged Moore to shoot Wilson. In anticipation of "Benji" hitting the airwaves, here's a look at eight aspects of Wilson's life, death and legacy. Brandon accepted Christ at a young age. The 1984-85 team, which would have seen Wilson team with future NBA star Nick Anderson (whom he convinced to transfer to Simeon), went 28-2 without their captain. The prosecution's lead witness was Jetun Rush, who testified to that effect. Benji's rise to the top spot came after leading Simeon to the first Illinois state title in school history. On January 13, 2022 he was called home for eternal rest. Brandon spent his early childhood in Chicago before moving to New York with his mother, Jetun, and his stepfather, Edward Rivers. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. "I'm excited," he said about Saturday's game, "but more so just to represent New York and myself.". Wilson died from injuries sustained in the shooting the following morning. [1][2][3][4][5], At the time of the shooting, Wilson was seventeen years old and had just started his senior year at Simeon. The two boys were brought into interrogation rooms and questioned by detectives for most of the night, eventually signing statements of confession. Special friends; Ana Memic; uncles, Darrell Rush (Dawn), Peter Cashaw; great aunt, Patricia Cashaw; aunts, Tracy Person (Leroy), Erica McClay (Alton), and Alicia Rush; godmother, Marcia Kinnie, and a host of cousins, and friends. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. It was during the Prairie State Games at Illinois State University that Benji first had the opportunity to play with Nick Anderson, a 6'6" wing who went on to play at Illinois and enjoy a productive career in the NBA with the Orlando Magic, the Sacramento Kings and the Memphis Grizzlies. That hospital, St. Bernard Hospital in the Englewood section, was not equipped to handle major trauma cases and thus Wilson was not able to be seen by a doctor for several hours. Moore and Dixon were not known thieves. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. It may not display this or other websites correctly. Dixon's arrest followed, with the charges upgraded to murder once word of Wilson's death reached the police. Please try again later. Moore and Dixon's attorneys chose to present Wilson's celebrity as the primary reason for the charges against the two teenagers. If you have questions, please contact [emailprotected]. He served for five years on the PWPD force, but was killed in a single-car crash on the Northern State Parkway near East Hempstead, New York in January 2022 after losing control of his vehicle. Wilson died on the same day that Simeon was to open its season. [32] Following Nick Anderson's tribute to Wilson in wearing number 25 at Illinois, many others who graduated from Simeon and moved on to play for the Illini have carried on the tradition of wearing the jersey number 25. Early the next morning, November 21, Wilson died.[9][10]. Yes and I think that's a shame that the mother of his child (Jetan) would keep that child away from Ben and his family. Wilson's performance during his junior year and the summer thereafter left him to choose between scholarship offers from Illinois, DePaul and Indiana once the basketball world discovered just how prodigious his talents truly were. The team decided to play in his honor the next day, beating Evanston, whom they had defeated in the state championship game the year prior, by a decisive 71-50 margin. Brandon Wilson (c. born in 1978) is incarcerated on Death Row at San Quentin State Prison for the murder of 9-year-old Matthew Cecchi in Oceanside, California on November 14, 1998. Ben Wilson's been gone from this earth for nearly 28 years now, but his legacy is far from forgotten. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. African fonts, can y'all recommend me some African female artists? The 22-year-old's mother reportedly suffered years of abuse at the hands of his father, Craig, and he'd had enough. After those aforementioned greats, long before Kevin Garnett was a national name, and even before Derrick Rose, Anthony Davis and Jabari Parker were twinkles in their mothers' eyes, there was Ben Wilson. Nonetheless, Brandon earned scholarship offers from a few small schools and wound up playing in the Wendy's All-Star Shootout at the DePaul Athletic Center in Chicago in 2002. 25 in 2009, ending a long-standing tradition at the school of the team's best player wearing it on his jersey to honor Benji's memory. Why do people post controversial opinions online but are surprised when they get dragged? Soon after the shooting, Erica Murphy returned to her home to find Billy Moore sitting in her living room watching television. From left, former U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Rapper Common, William Moore, and Anthony and Jeffrey Wilson, speak at Malcolm X College, during a conversation and private screening of Both Sides of the Gun, Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020, in Chicago. He has been working on it for 13 years now. HOWLLelujah! Please enter your email and password to sign in. March 18 Basketball Player #2. I will tell you why I think it was self defense. An argument ensued and Moore shot Wilson. I see him sometimes in my minds eye, playing in the NBA, which he could have done after only two years in college. "I'm self-motivated. ", Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. At their trial, the prosecutors presented the same case theory to the jury when the trial began the following year. You tell me what type of money Benji was going to have on him? A: The biopic is organized by Jeff Wilson, he will announce once it's done. SANG Christina - Xtinas Chile concert highlights, Tom Sizemore -- famous roles in "Saving Private Ryan," "Black Hawk Down" and several cult classic movies -- has died. Did Benji Wilson have a son? Continuing with this request will add an alert to the cemetery page and any new volunteers will have the opportunity to fulfill your request. Wilson's brother Curtis Glenn recounted in the ESPN documentary seeing his brother being wheeled by him in the hospital and noticing his feet were unnaturally pale. Oops, we were unable to send the email. He was 10 weeks old when Ben was killed in 1984. . Jetun Rush was the prosecution's lead witness and testified to the same effect. Benjamin Wilson Jr. (March 18, 1967 - November 21, 1984) was an American high school basketball player from Chicago, Illinois. Are you adding a grave photo that will fulfill this request? "Ben loved basketball. This account has been disabled. That's when I think about this story. Brandon Paul Wilson. That status was partly a tribute to his gifts for the game and partly the awful handiwork of the two punks who killed him. Give a memorial tree. Plant a tree. Dixon's attorney, Brian Dosch, called his client's confession "garbage" and destroyed a copy of it in front of reporters. Erica Murphy stated Ben and Jetun were arguing and loud. Billy Moore remained at Erica Murphy's home for most of the rest of the day. Basketball Player Born in Illinois #23. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. I'm about to begin my journey in rewriting my life after all the trauma, pain, and loneliness. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. But he said Thursday his hatred for Moore eventually turned into forgiveness. What the hell is going on in our community such that ten fck!ng dollars is the impetus for settling a beef ? Biden works harder than you! The "Fab Five" later paid homage to Benji when Juwan Howard sported the No. By all accounts, the film, co-directed by native Chicagoans Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah, is an emotional, Houseman-esque ode to an athlete dying young and the devastating effects that senseless violence has had and continues to have on Chicago's inner-city youth. I started crying when the young girl started singing Going up Yonder while the other people were falling out and haven't stopped crying since. Brandon Wilson. Please complete the captcha to let us know you are a real person. Just as he was getting into his car, an ambulance arrived to the scene on South Vincennes. He started at St. Dorothy School and transferred to Ruggles Elementary School, graduating in 1981. Ben Wilson was angry about something with Jetun, his girlfriend. According to Mirror, Benjamin attacked his abusive father with a hammer to stop him from further abusing his mother. Here is the full documentary. Would you date a rich man who admitted he had a starter wife? I thought you might like to see a memorial for Brandon Sherrod Wilson I found on Findagrave.com. Kristen Doute posts pic supporting Ariana Madix, the woman who STOLE her live-in-boyfriend of 6.5 yrs very A. Keys/Mashonda-ish, FREE GAME FRIDAY: Adults who had to raise themselves. In his closing on October 11, 1985, he urged the jury to focus less on the celebrity of the victim and simply follow the law. Close this window, and upload the photo(s) again. After Derrick Rose graduated from Simeon in 2007, the school stopped issuing the number and in 2009, it was finally retired in honor of both Rose and Wilson. Simeon retired Wilson's No. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. I want to make sure other young people dont have to go through the things I had to dealwith.. Why would they pick a 6'8 supertar basketball guy in front of other people to have witnesses to rob him infront of heads resturant where all the other kids liked and loved Benji? ETA: All I know is that Ben's girlfriend, mother of his child eventually moved from Chicago and married a policeman in NY. This year, however, the Wendy's All-Star Shootout is selling the past as well as the future, at least to fans on the gray side of 30. On Ben Wilson's birthday. Both Moore and Dixon were convicted on charges of murder and attempted armed robbery. Real loss. Benji was survived by a son, Brandon, who turned out to be a decent basketball player in his own right. Despite being underage at the time, the Cook County States Attorney's office elected to try both men as adults. 1967. An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial.