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What if Mike Polensek had been Sean Taylor’s alleged assailants’ city councilman?


I don’t know what’s going on in this case – seems like there’s still a lot we don’t know about how and why Washington Redskins player Sean Taylor‘s home was targeted. But some of the alleged perpetrators had prior drug and property crime offenses and they are all indicated as being 20 years old or younger.

Did anyone else think about Arsenio Winston and Cleveland City Councilman Mike Polensek while reading about the case?

From the AP article:

Eric Rivera, 17, Charles Wardlow, 18, Jason Mitchell, 19, and Venjah Hunte, 20, were charged with Taylor’s slaying, home invasion with a firearm or another deadly weapon and armed burglary. Police said the suspects were looking for a simple burglary, but it turned bloody when they were startled to find Taylor home.

“They’re terrified,” said Sawyer Smith, who along with his father, Wilbur, represent Rivera and Mitchell. “These are young boys who are absolutely terrified about the position in which they find themselves.”

They’re terrified.  Well…yeah. Now they’re terrified? What the hell were they when they were getting ready to do the crime?  Like it’s only a crime once you get caught and are subsequently terrified?

Oy.

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 10:46 pm December 1st, 2007 in Crime, Culture, Social Issues 

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