Middle Ground and the Sean Taylor Tragedy

Sean Taylor's death seems to be most prevalent thread on blogs and message boards this morning. It is with good reason. Taylor is an incredibly polarizing figure, especially when his murder is credited to the lifestyle he led. On the right side, posters are claiming that Taylor was an outright thug. He ran with the wrong crowd, put himself in awful situations and his actions most likely led to his shooting. On the left side, there are those who claim he had turned his life around after having a child in the last year. Both sides have their flaws, but let's take a look at the facts and see who is closer to being right. Taylor was raised primarily by his father, Pedro Taylor and his Stepmother after his parents divorced when he was 3 years old. He grew up in Richmond Heights, a working class neighborhood in Miami Dade County. His athletic prowess was seen at an early age, and he was educated at Gulliver Preparatory High School in the village of Pinecrest, Florida (some famo...