Plaxico Burress talks shooting aftermath

ESPNNewYork.com / August 14, 2011

At first, Plaxico Burress didn't know he shot himself in the leg. He told his wife he'd never go to prison. He never heard of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg until the aftermath of the shooting. He cried in jail too many times to remember.

Burress, in an interview with HBO's "Real Sports" that air will Tuesday, made these revelations and retraced some of the key events that put the former Super Bowl star behind bars for 20 months.

The controversial wide receiver, who signed a one-year, $3 million contract with the New York Jets at the start of training camp, recalled that fateful night, Nov. 28, 2008, when he brought an unlicensed handgun into a Manhattan night club.

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Burress' attorney, Benjamin Brafman, tells "Real Sports" that a bail agreement for $10,000, which would've allowed Burress to be released on his own recognizance, was undermined by Bloomberg. On the day of the agreement, the mayor delivered a harsh public rebuke of Burress, saying he deserved to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

http://espn.go.com/new-york/nfl/story/_/id/6859362/new-york-jets-plaxico-burress-reveals-more-shooting-prison

I know we've been over this, but Bloomberg's interference still irks me.

I like the way he tries to claim he was railroaded because he's black. Whatever, he did his time and he'll be playing again.