UPDATE: Four Arrested in Taylor's Death

[dgack]

I know this isn't going to be a popular position to take, but the fact that every one of these bastards is basically a teenager, *IS* a tragedy as well. So much was made of the mistakes that Taylor supposedly made in his life, and the fact that he had begun to figure things out, and then you look at these kids and it's pretty clear nobody has ever gotten through to them.

Those myspace pictures are really sad to me, personally. Thing is, my friends and I did a lot of stupid shit in my teenage years, some of which we foolishly took ridiculous pictures of ourselves doing. In my case it was vandalizing street signs, shoplifting from a place we all worked, driving out to vacant fields to get drunk, etc.. I'm not proud of those things, but we did them, and we got away with them.

Eventually we realized, "hey, I have a future to think about, college to think about, I could have gotten arrested, gotten killed in a car accident driving drunk, or hurt someone else" and we straightened the hell up.

Now, I'm not saying the things these kids have done deserve any kind of excuse, because there's a line you cross when you pull the trigger of a gun (and frankly, the moment you start carrying one). But, what I am saying is, it's not too hard of a stretch for me to imagine these kids being, at their core, just a bunch of really stupid teenagers with no respect for morals, values, or what's important in life. (The really heartbreaking thing for me watching those photos scroll by is the one picture of a child with the caption "my son" followed by a picture of this douchebag sitting on the curb with his boys looking baked out of his mind).

These kids weren't stone cold career criminals, but they are probably a perfect specimen showing how stone cold career criminals are formed.

[dgack]

I will also add that catching these scumbags is cold comfort to the Taylor family, the Redskins organization, and to Redskins fan nation. But, like others, I want to hear Wilbon, Shapiro, and Cowturd choke down some crow now that the truth most of us believed would come out, finally has.

We should write a letter to the editor of the Post.

[EARTHQUAKE2689]

They all deserve to die. Stupid bitches!

[dirthogs311]

Wut a bunch of trash, they give this crack head POS a job and invite him to a birthday party and this is wut he gives in return... 17 18 19 20 year old kids.... Sean must have had something very valuable in his bedroom... If they didnt go there to kill, then why the F#(K did they need a gun???????!!!!!!.... Excuse my language but I am extremely upset that Sean was probably killed over some trinkets and cash.... I hate gangsters, thugs and anyone that glorifies being a thug or "gangsta" Everyone seriously needs to chill out, be happy with what God gave them, and not be envious of what others have... You have to earn things in life.... you cant steal them and you cant expect it to be given to you..... GET OUT THERE AND START EARNING PEOPLE AND STOP STEALING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! STOP THE VIOLENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[mheisig]

These guys are still suspects and not convicted at this point, but that was quick work by Miami PD and FDLE.

All I have to say, is it looks like four pieces of LIVING SHIT. What the hell is wrong with this world...

Sure lends a lot of credence to Jason Whitlock's article.

[dgack]

Bill, I thought I had read that 3 of them had turned themselves in, but you may be right that that they did not. The coverage of this entire thing has been pretty spotty.

[Paintrain]

I expect nothing less than a written apology from Wilbon, Shapiro, Cowherd, etc. that automatically linked the murder to Sean's past discretions. His generosity and giving spirit is what got him ultimately killed, not anything from his past. Of course I'm better off waiting for Santa Clause to show up than expecting an apology from a mediot.

[RedskinPete]

Originally Posted by Paintrain

I expect nothing less than a written apology from Wilbon, Shapiro, Cowherd, etc. that automatically linked the murder to Sean's past discretions. His generosity and giving spirit is what got him ultimately killed, not anything from his past. Of course I'm better off waiting for Santa Clause to show up than expecting an apology from a mediot.

Sean's attorney put it best..."Sharpstein said the arrests proved that Taylor had no involvement in incidents that led to his death. Arizona Cardinals cornerback Antrel Rolle, a childhood friend of Taylor's, and others had speculated that Taylor had been hunted down by enemies.

"People always said Sean's life led him to this, saying he was violent," Sharpstein said. "But if anything here his openness and generosity led to this crime, which is shocking and horrific. I said all along it was a burglary and it was planned. There are 17-, 19-, 21-year-old pathetic criminal wannabes and they carry a gun like every other dime-a-dozen jerk in the streets, and they happen to come upon someone they don't expect to be there and they fire the gun and run like cowards.

"This is a shame, but it's not over and this will be of no solace to the family. If anything it will only make it harder to swallow"

We will never get to see what this young man could have done for his fellow man off the field. Yes he had a good begaining but what I have read about Sean he was just getting started! As a Redskin fan and a football fan we also lost what could have been a great player. This is real hard to swallow!!!!

[RedskinPete]

THE WSHINGTON POST REPORTED THIS ABOUT THE FOUR MAN....Looks like they didn't turn themselfs in!

"Four men have criminal histories, according to public records. Rivera was charged in August with felony possession of a firearm and removing a serial number from a firearm and in October with felony cocaine and amphetamines trafficking. Wardlow was arrested three times in 2005-06, twice on drug charges and once for felony grand theft. Mitchell was charged with disturbing the peace in 2004. Hunte was arrested on drug possession and trespassing charges in August.

The Miami-Dade police announced the arrests after picking up three of the men in Lee County early Friday and questioning them throughout the day at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement in Fort Myers. A person carrying a court reporter's typewriter could be seen coming and going. Police later picked up a fourth, and Parker said other arrests could be made".

[Jamaican'Skin]

Its great that the Taylor family can put Sean's body to rest knowing that some boys have confessed to the crime, however, this is a lose- lose situation. Firstly we have lost a man who was sincerely turning his life around and who died honorably: protecting his family. We also have a situation where four young boys, and I do mean boys, have committed their first felony over some money. I realize that people are angry, and hope to see these young men thoroughly punished for their actions, but at the same time we must look at the devastating fact that we will also possibly be losing 4 more lives. 4 lives that were full of potential. 4 boys who were idolizing the wrong things, but had they been steered in the right direction, could have changed, much like Sean, and made a difference in their own community.

I'm happy that justice should prevail, I'm just deeply saddened that at the end of the day, 5 people's lives would be lost over some green pieces of paper.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by Jamaican'Skin

I'm happy that justice should prevail, I'm just deeply saddened that at the end of the day, 5 people's lives would be lost over some green pieces of paper.

These kids wasted their lives. Is that tragic in some sense? Yes, they might have been something different. They might have walked down a different path. But the simple fact is that they did not walk down a different path. They didn't make the right decisions and made some horrible ones. They embraced the wrong values and hung out with the wrong friends. And now, because they wanted to steal from a man who they indirectly received money from, one of my personal heroes is dead and a little girl will never know her father.

I know the rest of us are going to think about Sean and wonder what might have been. So, sorry but these kids deserve to spend the rest of their lives in prison and contemplate what they might have been had they not committed murder. And I don't think sending them away to prison for the rest of their lives is a tragedy. The word tragedy should be reserved for things like a baby losing her father.

[dgack]

Originally Posted by Sheriff Gonna Getcha

And I don't think sending them away to prison for the rest of their lives is a tragedy. The word tragedy should be reserved for things like a baby losing her father.

At least one of those guys WAS a father. A father that made some really horrible decisions and ended the life of another human being. That, too, is a tragedy.

I don't think anyone here thinks these guys shouldn't be punished.

[skinsfan_nn]

Originally Posted by dgack

At least one of those guys WAS a father. A father that made some really horrible decisions and ended the life of another human being. That, too, is a tragedy.

I don't think anyone here thinks these guys shouldn't be punished.

Big difference in a father and a sperm donor. This fool probably couldn't spell father.

These FOOLS are no more than low life TRASH, and I sure do hope they get the full extent of the law as deserved.

[Smooter]

Originally Posted by skinsfan_nn

Big difference in a father and a sperm donor. This fool probably couldn't spell father.

These FOOLS are no more than low life TRASH, and I sure do hope they get the full extent of the law as deserved.

I agree, I hope they rot.

[BugelDisciple]

All of these guys are screwed. They are going to live horrible lives and learn the true meaning of pain. Being convicted of murdering a local legend in a high profile case will doom them. They thought they were street hardened gangsters, but they will receive an education quickly.