James Bain exonerated after 35 years interview at Elevate Kickoff — Transcript

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1. 0:00Heat. Heat.
2. 0:10Heat. Heat.
3. 0:20Hey
4. 0:30baby,
5. 0:32hey
6. 0:36baby.
7. 0:44Everybody,
8. 1:12oh my forgiveness and I looked at this
9. 1:15very closely on the moment that I got
10. 1:18out
11. 1:19and it was asking me what caused me to
12. 1:22feel this way about.
13. 1:23>> Thank you. Thank you.
14. 1:25>> And then I thought about what my sister
15. 1:27was telling me from her back. She was in
16. 1:29the backside of me and she was telling
17. 1:30me just think real hard and you can
18. 1:33think about things that put you in this
19. 1:36situation. And then I thought about
20. 1:38Joseph. And Joseph was was a perfect guy
21. 1:43to look at and to think about of his
22. 1:46situation of being incarcerated
23. 1:49and being incarcerated as well by the
24. 1:51people who put him there
25. 1:54and that's what been moving me ever
26. 1:56since.
27. 1:58>> But you've always been consistent
28. 2:00wanting to give back. Where did that uh
29. 2:03that spirit of service come from? Well,
30. 2:06just why I tell people all over the
31. 2:10globe just uh
32. 2:13just feel like Jesus feel just give all
33. 2:17that up and just gave it to him and just
34. 2:20move forward.
35. 2:22>> But did you ever think that you would
36. 2:25ever get out?
37. 2:26>> No. No. They meant for me to die here.
38. 2:34Next is our innocence friends uh the all
39. 2:37sports community foundation construction
40. 2:40services Lance Scriven Lance and Carol
41. 2:43thank you so much
42. 2:47when I call out your name please stand
43. 2:50and be recognized
44. 2:53James B
45. 3:11The first day I got out, I'm going out
46. 3:13the courtroom and my sister happened to
47. 3:16be behind me and I'm kind of
48. 3:18contemplating my head what to say or
49. 3:20what to do cuz I'm scared and I'm
50. 3:23frightened and I'm not used to being in
51. 3:25front of no cameras. And then she
52. 3:27mentioned in my ear while I was standing
53. 3:30there, use Joseph. First of all, y'all
54. 3:33have to know who Joseph is. He was
55. 3:35stolen in prison
56. 3:37for a very long time. I came about
57. 3:41Joseph because I'm trying to contemplate
58. 3:45what I need to make this story complete
59. 3:48once I get out. So, I use that and I've
60. 3:51been using it for the last 15 years
61. 3:54since I've been out.
62. 3:55>> Mr. Bane, it seems like reading and
63. 3:59still getting educated while you were in
64. 4:01jail was a big part of your success of
65. 4:04of who you are right now. I'm talking
66. 4:07about just reading all those books.
67. 4:09>> Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Your schooling
68. 4:12stock has been your education.
69. 4:14>> Correct. Okay. I see what you're saying.
70. 4:15Yeah. Well, mainly books and movies
71. 4:20of slavery. Even today, a lot of people
72. 4:22can't watch it, but I sit there and
73. 4:24watch it because I want to know why I'm
74. 4:27watching and the struggle they went
75. 4:29through to get to what they had to do to
76. 4:31get what we got here today. I came to be
77. 4:34of study of books of our past before I
78. 4:39went in as actually 18. I was 54.
79. 4:43>> A long time.
80. 4:44>> Yeah. I was I got out there
81. 4:46>> when I turned 54.
82. 4:48>> 34 years. 35 years ago to be at
83. 4:52improvement.
84. 4:53>> Oh, excellent, sir. Excellent.
85. 4:54Excellent. Excellent. It's good now that
86. 4:57I can get out the Tokyo.
87. 5:11>> 2011 I got married.
88. 5:14>> What about any kids? Do you have any
89. 5:15kids? Yeah, I have one biological kid,
90. 5:18but she also have a a three-year-old
91. 5:21daughter when I met her, but now she's
92. 5:2318.
93. 5:24>> Okay.
94. 5:24>> She consider me as her father.
95. 5:27>> You and I met in 2010. One one of the
96. 5:31things about uh my journey in sports
97. 5:35being inducted into the Mississippi
98. 5:37State Hall of Fame, the Mississippi
99. 5:39Sports uh
100. 5:41for the State Hall of Fame lifetime
101. 5:44achievement award and
102. 5:46>> just some of the events that I've been a
103. 5:49part of. But I always felt like I like
104. 5:52to share with people. And so when the
105. 5:54opportunity came about, I saw that it
106. 5:56was your 15 years of freedom.
107. 5:59>> Yes. and our 40 years of of our journey.
108. 6:03>> Yes.
109. 6:03>> And seeing our teammates, all of us had
110. 6:06our trials and tribulations and that
111. 6:08whole trip was just fantastic.
112. 6:10>> Yes.
113. 6:10>> How did you feel about sitting in first
114. 6:12class? Cuz I very often get test.
115. 6:15>> I I find And when you came up there and
116. 6:17told me you done walked all the way from
117. 6:18the back, you said I'm in
118. 6:21what I'm doing here. I thought I'm going
119. 6:23to go back there where y'all were at
120. 6:25until you came up there and told me.
121. 6:27>> Yeah. Cuz uh you had ordered some food.
122. 6:28And I said, "You ain't got to order too
123. 6:29much food cuz they going to be feeding
124. 6:31you free."
125. 6:31>> Yeah.
126. 6:34>> Talk about Chicago. I mean, how how was
127. 6:36>> Oh man, that that's that's a feeling I
128. 6:39can't explain, sir.
129. 6:43>> The 1985 Chicago Bears Super Bowl
130. 6:46Championship team is one of the most
131. 6:48celebrated and beloved teams and
132. 6:50franchises in league history. Tonight,
133. 6:52we bring that team back together at
134. 6:55Soldier Field to commemorate the 40th
135. 6:57anniversary of their legendary
136. 7:00championship.
137. 7:07Please welcome your 1985
138. 7:11Super Bowl champion, Chicago Bear.
139. 7:29I think we were just a group of guys
140. 7:31that came together at a point in time
141. 7:34that really loved the game and really
142. 7:37loved each other. We had so much
143. 7:43passion for the game and so much pride
144. 7:47in what we did.
145. 7:48>> They were iconic.
146. 7:49>> William Perry on a one-yd touchdown run.
147. 7:52>> They were legendary.
148. 7:53>> Mike Singleary, he read it beautifully.
149. 7:56>> They were just a ferocious community.
150. 7:58We're going to work.
151. 8:01>> We're going to run
152. 8:02>> to the 10 to the five to the end zone.
153. 8:04Touchdown.
154. 8:05>> We're going to fight.
155. 8:07>> Get another quarterback.
156. 8:08And when it's all said and done, we'll
157. 8:11go to the dance.
158. 8:18>> He was there for the 10th anniversary.
159. 8:23After his death in 1999,
160. 8:26Payton was remembered at their 20th
161. 8:32player, but we were the greatest
162. 8:36football player of all time.
163. 8:39God bless.
164. 8:41God bless you.
165. 8:46>> Walter Payton. Please welcome Connie
166. 8:48Payton. Wide receiver Willie Gold.
167. 8:53Safety Sha Gale,
168. 8:57wide receiver Dennis Gentry,
169. 9:01center Jay Hilenberg,
170. 9:05offensive guard Stefon Humphre,
171. 9:10defensive end Tyrone Keys,
172. 9:14tight end Mitch Crank.
173. 9:18representing Hall of Fame defensive
174. 9:20tackle Steve Mcichael. Please welcome
175. 9:22Misty Mcichael.
176. 9:27Wide receiver Ken Marum.
177. 9:30Linebacker Wilbur Marshall.
178. 9:36Wide receiver Dennis McKinnon.
179. 9:41Quarterback Jim McMahon,
180. 9:51Hall of Fame offensive tackle, Jimbo
181. 9:54Cover,
182. 9:57Hall of Fame defensive end, Richard
183. 9:59Dent,
184. 10:03Hall of Fame defensive lineman Dan
185. 10:06Hampton.
186. 10:09Give it up for your 85 Bears.
187. 10:34players we had in 1985 are the greatest
188. 10:37collection of guys I've ever been
189. 10:39around. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
190. 10:42And go Bears.
191. 10:45>> I just want to mention first that a lot
192. 10:48of people have said to me this week or
193. 10:51this year,
194. 10:53uh, isn't it too bad your dad wasn't
195. 10:57here to see this? Well, I think he's
196. 10:59been with us the whole season, and I
197. 11:01think he's here with us now, and he'll
198. 11:03be with us always.
199. 11:07>> Such triumphs will always rekindle fond
200. 11:11memories of yesterday and of a man who
201. 11:13is gone, but will never be forgotten.
202. 11:17George has not abandoned the Chicago
203. 11:20Bears, for his spirit will forever be
204. 11:22present in every member of the team he
205. 11:25built, coached, and made legendary.
206. 11:31The Chicago Bears, a team with a proud
207. 11:35past and a promising future.
208. 11:42>> I'm used to seeing this on TV.
209. 11:44>> Yeah, man. I I loved uh taking those
210. 11:47pictures of you all walking down the
211. 11:48street there and it's just been
212. 11:50beautiful, man. 40 years, it shows you
213. 11:53the length of time that uh Moses had to
214. 11:57walk with the Israelites.
215. 11:58>> Correct. Correct. Correct.
216. 12:01>> So when you think about 40 years of
217. 12:03people, I get a chance to reflect and I
218. 12:05get a chance to reflect on your journey
219. 12:07too as well.
220. 12:08>> So I look forward to us sharing more
221. 12:11stories with the youngs. Young almost
222. 12:14certainly
223. 12:51Heat.
224. 12:54Heat.
225. 13:16Heat. Heat.
226. 13:23Heat.
227. 13:42Heat.
228. 13:48Heat. Heat.
229. 14:10Heat.
230. 14:29Heat.
231. 14:35Heat.
232. 14:49Heat.
233. 14:57Heat
234. 15:10up here.
235. 15:22Heat
236. 15:33up here.
237. 15:50Heat. Heat.