Vols LB Jeremy Banks Puts Coach Jeremy Pruitt On Speakerphone To Get Him Out Of An Arrest
Police have released body cam footage of Tennessee running back Jeremy Banks’ September arrest … where the player is heard saying, “Where I’m from, we shoot at cops.”
The 19-year-old running back was arrested for an outstanding warrant after he was initially pulled over for an illegal U-turn on Sept. 15. (Hours after the Volunteers’ win over UT-Chattanooga.)
Having a warrant out for you on an illegal U-turn is a bit much, but Jeremy Banks saying “where I’m from, we shoot at cops” is also a bit much. Actually, saying where you are from, you shoot cops, is more than a bit much, it’s absurd. Maybe we should all agree to just shoot nobody?
During the arrest, Banks tells officers he plays for the Vols … and asks them several times to have them call head coach, Jeremy Pruitt.
Ahhhhhh, nothing like playing college football in a southern town.
Once on the phone, Pruitt says he was aware of the previous traffic ticket, but didn’t know there was a warrant out for Banks’ arrest for failing to appear in court.
Okay, so the warrant was out for failing to appear in court.
When in the back of the police car, Banks starts going OFF on the cops, saying “I don’t like the police, bro. Hell nah,” and “Y’all police are some p*****s, bro. Real shit, I don’t f**k with y’all.”
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At one point, Banks says the following to a female intern who’s participating in a ride-along — “You don’t wanna be an intern because where I’m from we shoot at cops. I’m from Memphis, Tennessee.”
He said this to an intern? Doing a ride-along! Let the intern live, Jeremy!!!! She’s just doing a ride-along!
The most interesting part of the entire situation was Jeremy Pruitt’s call:
At one point, Pruitt says, “This is the silliest shit I’ve ever seen in my life. I’ve worked at four places, and I ain’t ever had no crap like this except for here.”
If you’re wondering the other places Pruitt’s been? Alabama, Georgia, and FSU.
The inside world of college football is so fascinating to me. There’s so much stuff I’ll never hear about and that frustrates me. I want to know it all!