Paolo Banchero, among the nation’s top basketball recruits, recounts incident with police

Posted Jun 13, 2020
Paolo Banchero’s four minutes holding the mic struck a personal tone. He recounted a 2018 incident when Banchero and former O’Dea teammate Noah Williams, who are both black, were held at gunpoint by police over a suspected stolen vehicle while the high schoolers were driving home from a concert. Banchero was 15 at the time. (Scorebook Live)

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