The Arrogance of Aaron Hernandez

Today at 8:45 a.m.  Aaron Hernandez, the now former New England Patriot tight end was arrested, charged with murder in the first degree.

We all know the story by now, Odin Lloyd, a friend of Hernandez, was found shot and killed in an industrial park 10 days ago on June 17th.  In the days the follow, Hernandez was linked to the victim, his house searched, a warrant allegedly prepared for his arrest, but on obstruction of justice charge.

Murder suspicion was never officially released to the public.  But it doesn't take a genius to piece the clues that were public together.  The police just took as much time as they needed gathering evidence.

And in the arraignment today, the prosecutor talked for over 20 minutes, detailing evidence they did have and piecing together the crime.

This wasn't a crime of passion, Lloyd was not having some kind of affair or did anything really wrong to Hernandez.  This wasn't self-defense, heat of the moment, or even an accidental shooting.

It was a *alleged* plot by Mr. Aaron Hernandez to kill Lloyd in cold blood.

But why would someone with an NFL career, new $41.1million contract, a fiance, and a newborn baby want to kill someone for, must have been pretty serious?

Well Lloyd made the mistake of talking to people that Hernandez didn't like.  "You can't trust anyone anymore."  The state supposedly has that quote from Hernandez on his own surveillance type, hour before the body was found.

Hernandez *allegedly* killed a man, because he wasn't rolling with the right crew 24/7.

The arrogance around Hernandez is appalling.

Did he really think that he wouldn't get caught?  Who cares, it was important for he and his wanna-be-gangsters sent a message.  Talk to those guys and we'll kill you.

From the state's mountain of evidence, it seems that his crew and himself are ridiculously sloppy, so they didn't plan it very well.  But guessing by the way Hernandez carries himself, he thought he was untouchable.

Talented, new family, 23, and he threw his life away.

Because his arrogance told him he was an untouchable star.

*All the allegations against him are alleged until he has his day in court.  Innocent until proven guilty.

For extra reading, check out this article from Yahoo!