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Old 11-26-2007, 01:35 PM
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He has had several previous run-ins with law enforcement.
Taylor pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault and battery charges in connection with a June, 2005 confrontation over an all-terrain vehicle he said had been stolen from him. He avoided jail time in that case by agreeing to serve 18 months probation, speak to 10 Miami-area schools and donate $1,000 to each of them.
In 2004, he was arrested in Fairfax County on suspicion of drunken driving. A judge later dismissed the charge, after viewing a videotape of the field sobriety test and seeing no basis for the arrest. Taylor was nevertheless convicted of refusing to take a breathalyzer test in that incident -- but that conviction was dismissed on appeal.
Taylor also has struggled with discipline issues as a member of the Redskins -- he was criticized for skipping off-season workouts against Coach Joe Gibbs's wishes in 2005 and fined by the National Football League in 2004 for refusing to attend a rookie symposium. In 2006, the league fined him $17,000 for spitting at Michael Pittman during a Redskins --Buccaneers game.
...who knew...someone who lives in this manner would eventually be shot...
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...who knew...someone who lives in this manner would eventually be shot...
Let me get this straight ... a professional athlete is in court for assault and you let him plea down his sentence by ... talking to kids?

Not exactly role model material I would say.

"Mommy! That nice man that plays football and beat someone up said I should stay in school!"
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Don't you sometimes think that the Pillsbury dough boy would be a much better role model?
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Don't you sometimes think that the Pillsbury dough boy would be a much better role model?
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