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Redskins safety Sean Taylor passed away from gunshot injuries after an intruder broke into his home. It’s sad that even when young black men make it out of a bad situation growing up, they still have to face incidents like this while making millions in professional sports.

When you look at the shooting death of Darrent Williams 11 months ago, then the home invasion robberies of Antoine Walker and Dunta Robinson it’s a little unsettling. I can’t recall any other time in recent history where athletes were involved in so many violent altercations. None of these men were out looking for trouble at the time of the incidents, so it’s hard to pinpoint a cause for these problems.

One thing I DON’T like about the Sean Taylor reports I read and see on TV, is them constantly mentioning his prior arrests like they have anything to do with his death whatsoever. ESPN even went as far as to chronicle his NFL fines for late hits and spitting. The man is dead and no one has been arrested yet, but you want to talk about him laying wood on Plexico Burress??? For what?

Here’s a reaction from Fred Taylor of the Jaguars