(excerpts from the AP article taken from espn.com)
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."
John Evans, the attorney representing Wardlow, said it's likely all four suspects will be transported to Miami on Sunday. He said his client was reflecting on the gravity of the charges he faces.
"My client has not, I don't think, come to terms with what is being alleged," Evans said. "He's in a position, dressed in the orange jumpsuit over there in the county jail, thinking about his life and thinking about his future. You can only imagine the things going through his mind now."
Awww, feel sorry for my little thug client.
Police remain tightlipped about how the suspects wound up at Taylor's home. The Miami Herald reported Mitchell cut the player's lawn and did other chores at the house...
The high price of trying to help a young brotha out.
In Fort Myers, a woman who identified herself as Wardlow's grandmother but declined to give her name defended the accused. "He's a sweet young man," she said. "I love him to death, and that's it."
It happens sometimes, but *rarely* is a 'sweet young man' accused of murder.
Police say they're sure, however, that the four suspects didn't expect to kill anyone.
"They were expecting a residence that was not occupied," Miami-Dade County police Director Robert Parker said. "So murder or shooting someone was not their initial motive."
And I care about this, because...?
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Their motive means NOTHING. They shot and killed a man during the commission of a felony. Can anyone cite the appropriate FL laws for us on this?
I'm concerned about all the apparent excuse-making and 'aww, they're just kids' bullshit.
I want them treated just as harshly as if they'd killed an elderly White woman.
