The Drugs Didn't Do It

Soprano's actor Lillo Brancato would like for us to believe he's not a murderer -- the drugs made him do it. He told a CBS interviewer, "I'm not the monster that they portray me as in newspapers, a cold-blooded killer and all of that. I'm not that person at all." He said cocaine had become his "devil" and the drugs were to blame for the crime.

Brancato and a cohort broke into an apartment looking for prescription drugs. They got into a shootout with Police Officer Daniel Enchautegui, and the officer was killed. His murder trial is scheduled for October.

I can understand that with the trial coming up, Brancato is scared and would like to pass the blame on to someone or something else. But the excuse he has come up with is a load of crap. The drugs didn't do it. Drugs didn't break into that apartment and kill a police officer.

Brancato may be a drug addict, but he still makes his own decisions. He made the decision to use drugs. He made the decision to burglarize an apartment. And he made the decision to involve himself in a violent crime that resulted in the death of a police officer. He must accept the responsibility for his own decisions.

The drugs didn't kill that officer. Brancato and his buddy did that. Now they must pay for it.