Or Allie, there are some people who are not willing to deal with the consequents of there own actions...and instead choose the chicken way out by commiting suicide. Thus putting their love ones in the position of having to pick up the pieces afterwards.
I mean come on...this guy pumped multiple bullets into someone he "loved"...with his own mother in the house. And then leaves his mother in a horrible & bloody gruesome situation. And what is his next priority...leave Mom and drives out to Arrowhead, to thank people for letting him play football...and then in front of those folks, blows his brains out, leaving them in a horrible position
And to just to finish...I pick up the Star, and the headline reads something along the lines of "City comes together for this tragedy" (something along those lines).
To use a phrase the KC right tackle made a few weeks ago, about KC fans & Cassel...I found the headline to be "sickening"!!!!!! As I went back in my home, I merely dropped the entire paper into the trash can.
If this guy were just a manager at an Appleby's...most folks would. at best, would have glance at the article, perhaps even thought what a low life this guy was and move on.
But just because this murder was a football player...somehow it now becomes a dark chapter for the whole city???? And please, don't give me the "but it is different, because somehow we all knew of him...watching him every Sunday" No you did not know him...and apparently based on many public comments so far, how shocking this behavior was to so many, they apparently also did not know him very well....but they did say the guy was a heavy drinker, on a nightly basis...hmmmmm.
Sorry, just not buying into all this stuff...and of course, my thoughts go out to the loved ones...regardless of whether he was a football player or a manager @ Appleby's...but this is no more of a dark chapter for this City, than when the next KC victim dies a violent crime, which sadly could be happening as I type this post.
Originally Posted by vkmaster
neat. More speculating about something you don't know about. This is about as logical as writing a review on a girl that you haven't seen, but rather basing it off what you've heard.
No shit? So you're telling us that a 25 year old, professional athlete, likes to party?! I'm fucking shocked! I'm sure you could find several people to say the same thing about me.
In spite of their record, they're still considered role models. People admire them, and feel a connection to them. Even now, as bad as they've been playing this year, the fans go nuts to get close to these guys; and jump at the opportunity to interact with them. So yes; there are alot of cheifs fans out there that feel like they lost a friend, even though they didn't personally know the guy. I, on the other hand, actually did. The last time we hung out was about 2 weeks ago, and yes, I admit... there was drinking involved.
He's a pos murderer. The fact that he plays for the Chiefs doesn't matter. He's no different from some gang member killing someone in the street or someone killing a clerk in a robbery. Booze, drugs, rage, jealousy, most likely abuse. Happens all over the country too many times a day. Just more unwanted publicity for KC from this second rate bunch of clowns.
Prayers to both families and to that little girl. And props to Romeo. Through all this he has been nothing but class and a great leader and example.
Originally Posted by BobInKC
Your description of him is way off. He was very laid back, respectful, fun to be around, and the furthest thing from a thug. Yes, he snapped and killed someone, which I still can't grasp; but there's more to the story that none of us will ever know about.