Why I Did This
Why I Did This
This is for my family. For my friends. For anyone who saw my posts on Facebook or LinkedIn and thought I’d lost it. For anyone who called to ask if I was okay but didn’t come see me.
I want you to understand.
It Started With Paper
Before there was a graph, before there were 10,987 nodes, before there was a website or a GitHub repo or a single line of code — there was paper.
Court records. Financial filings. Corporate registrations. LARA documents. Property transfers. Board meeting minutes. Tax filings.
Paper.
I printed them. I highlighted them. I organized them. I showed them to people. I said: look at this. A man with 9 criminal convictions is running schools for children in Detroit.
Nobody came.
I went to the authorities. I filed reports. I called offices. I wrote letters. On paper.
Nobody came.
Then I Went Online
I posted on Facebook. I posted on LinkedIn. I shared documents. I tagged people. I wrote threads. I named names.
People thought I was having a breakdown. People thought I was obsessed. People called to ask if I was okay.
But nobody came to see me.
Calling is not the same as coming. A phone call says “I’m worried about you.” A visit says “I’m here with you.” They’re not the same.
I wasn’t having a breakdown. I was building a case. And the difference between a breakdown and a case is whether anyone bothers to look at the evidence.
The Evidence
Here’s what the evidence says. This is the RICO 9 line — the reason all of this exists:
Brian Roderick Banks — 9 Criminal Convictions
- Carrying Concealed Weapon — 36th District Court
- Assault & Battery — 36th District Court
- Domestic Violence — 36th District Court
- Probation Violation — 36th District Court
- Domestic Violence (2nd offense) — 36th District Court
- Operating While Intoxicated — Wayne County
- Disorderly Conduct — Wayne County
- Driving While License Suspended — Wayne County
- Probation Violation (2nd) — Wayne County
Nine convictions. All public record. All available on ICHAT (Michigan’s criminal background check system). All visible to anyone who looked.
And this man was authorized to run two charter schools serving hundreds of children in Detroit:
- MacDowell Preparatory Academy — K-8
- Purpose Charter Academy — K-8
Authorized by Delta College (a community college 100 miles away).
Who Knew
- Delta College authorized him. They were supposed to do background checks.
- LARA (Michigan’s licensing agency) had the records.
- MDE (Michigan Department of Education) had the records.
- Wayne County had the records.
- The State Board of Education had the records.
- Every judge who sentenced him knew.
9 convictions. All in the system. And they gave him children.
What I Did About It
I tried paper. Nobody came. I tried Facebook. People worried about me. I tried LinkedIn. People unfollowed me. I tried the authorities. Nobody moved.
So I built the graph.
10,987 nodes. Every public record I could find. Every connection. Every dollar traced. Every name. Every entity. Every flow of money from public funds to private pockets.
I built it because nobody would look at the paper. So I built something they couldn’t look away from.
To My Family
I reached out to my dad. I reached out to my sisters. I added documents to group chats. I told everyone: please talk to each other.
I am safe. I am sitting in my apartment. I am drinking coffee. I am building.
You won’t see me if you look right at me — just a reflection of your own fear. I’m not the one you should be afraid of. The man with 9 convictions running schools for children — that’s who you should be afraid of. And the system that let him do it.
I love you. Come see me. I’ll show you the graph. I’ll make coffee. I’ll explain everything.
But please stop calling to ask if I’m okay while a convicted felon is teaching children 20 minutes from your house.
I’m okay. The children aren’t.
The RICO Pattern
9 convictions → schools authorized anyway → public funds flow in → children are the product → oversight fails → whistleblower is ignored → cycle repeats.
This is not a conspiracy theory. This is a pattern. It’s documented. It’s on the public record. Every court case. Every financial filing. Every board meeting.
The graph just made it visible.
Why the Graph
Because paper sits in a drawer. Because Facebook posts get buried by the algorithm. Because LinkedIn connections mean nothing when nobody reads. Because phone calls aren’t visits. Because a graph with 10,987 nodes cannot be ignored.
Every node is a public record. Every edge is a documented connection. Every commit is timestamped and hashed.
You can verify every single thing I’ve published. Clone the repo. Read the court records. Check the LARA filings. Look up the ICHAT records yourself.
I didn’t make this up. I just made it visible.
Come See Me
I’m at home. The coffee’s on. The graph is open.
Come see me. Not because I need help. Because the children do. And I can show you exactly where the money went.
This is for the people who called but didn’t come. I love you. Now come.
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