News Update

Redskins safety Sean Taylor died early this morning of the gunshot wound he suffered last night.

Also, more news is coming out surrounding the incident. Apparently, someone broke into Taylor's house on November 18 and left a kitchen knife on a bed. Police haven't determined if the first break-in is related to yesterday's shooting, though.

Comments

[Michael Souza]

This is really a tragic loss, but the circumstances of the event raise many questions. Personally, if someone had broken into my house a week before and left a knife on my bed I would have taken more actions to protect myself and my family. You would think that an NFL player making millions of dollars could afford better security than a machete. The biggest question is who the killer was and what was the motivation. I guess time will tell.

[Ryan]

I think this is one of the better articles that have been written about this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/27/AR2007112702438.html?sub=AR

In particular, the last paragraph, alluding to the first paragraph:

And at a funeral at Union Temple Baptist Church in Southeast, Timothy Spicer, 25, was remembered by friends and family. He was not a football star. He was a line cook at Ben's Chili Bowl. He loved his Chevy Caprice, and he dreamed of becoming a graphic artist.

Although this is a tragedy, we must remember that there have been 169 homicides in Washington DC this year (although Taylor was in Miami, it's largely a Washington issue, yes?)

I don't want to sound cold, but it's telling about the culture of celebrity that the Washington Post spends almost an entire issue on this, when there are people being killed each day.

Also, in regards to the post above(Michael Souza), a strong possibility as to why he didn't have adequate protection is the NFL STRONGLY urges it's players not to carry or own firearms. It can't legally tell them not to own them, but it strongly suggests that they don't. And when your employer says you shouldn't do something, you're probably going to do it.

Just an interesting tidbit.