--Making Sense of the Senseless--
--Unpremeditated Murder--
That's a new one to me. Charges were filed against three of the suspects held in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. I'm not sure what charges are pending against the fourth suspect at this time.
The suspects in the Sean Taylor murder didn't mean to kill Taylor...it just "happened." All they wanted to do was rob him blind...but they didn't mean to kill...
As I read these facts, I can't help but feel angry about the whole thing. This was so senseless. How do you make sense of this? We're talking about KIDS here! You really can't make any sense out of this. There is NO justification here, no sane reason for this to have happened.
These teenagers heard about Sean's wealth and that he kept valuables in his home. They thought, "well, golly gee, it's football season, he won't be home, let's rob him blind."
WRONG! As we all know, he was home. He was trying to get a second opinion on his football injury when these KIDS gunned him down in his own house.
How tragic...how horrible is that? Not only do we lose Sean Taylor, these KIDS have just thrown their lives away...and let's just pour salt on the wound and find out that the killers may have known Taylor, even may have mowed his lawn!
This story just gets more tragic by the day. I keep thinking about the family Taylor has left behind because these KIDS didn't want to work to earn money, but steal.
In the process of their attempted theft, they've damaged themselves, their families, the family of Sean Taylor and his extended family of the Washington Redskins.
Sean Taylor was only 24. He wasn't a kid anymore, but he was still young and had his whole life ahead of him. These suspects had their whole lives ahead of them too and now they could be facing life in jail or even worse.
When kids kill, what does that say about our society?
As I write this, I'm listening to Eric Clapton's "Change The World." It's a great song, an uplifting song. I sure could use that lift right now as everyone else connected to this story could.
Let's all take a page from Eric's song, let's change the world for the better...and what better way to start than by paying attention to our future, the kids of the world...
That's a new one to me. Charges were filed against three of the suspects held in the shooting death of Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor. I'm not sure what charges are pending against the fourth suspect at this time.
The suspects in the Sean Taylor murder didn't mean to kill Taylor...it just "happened." All they wanted to do was rob him blind...but they didn't mean to kill...
As I read these facts, I can't help but feel angry about the whole thing. This was so senseless. How do you make sense of this? We're talking about KIDS here! You really can't make any sense out of this. There is NO justification here, no sane reason for this to have happened.
These teenagers heard about Sean's wealth and that he kept valuables in his home. They thought, "well, golly gee, it's football season, he won't be home, let's rob him blind."
WRONG! As we all know, he was home. He was trying to get a second opinion on his football injury when these KIDS gunned him down in his own house.
How tragic...how horrible is that? Not only do we lose Sean Taylor, these KIDS have just thrown their lives away...and let's just pour salt on the wound and find out that the killers may have known Taylor, even may have mowed his lawn!
This story just gets more tragic by the day. I keep thinking about the family Taylor has left behind because these KIDS didn't want to work to earn money, but steal.
In the process of their attempted theft, they've damaged themselves, their families, the family of Sean Taylor and his extended family of the Washington Redskins.
Sean Taylor was only 24. He wasn't a kid anymore, but he was still young and had his whole life ahead of him. These suspects had their whole lives ahead of them too and now they could be facing life in jail or even worse.
When kids kill, what does that say about our society?
As I write this, I'm listening to Eric Clapton's "Change The World." It's a great song, an uplifting song. I sure could use that lift right now as everyone else connected to this story could.
Let's all take a page from Eric's song, let's change the world for the better...and what better way to start than by paying attention to our future, the kids of the world...
posted by Scott Rubens at
11:56 AM
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