Atlanta quarterback Michael Vick arraigned on charges of operating dogfighting ring, being irredeemable piece of shit[views:4986][posts:19]________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 9:27am - DestroyYouAlot ""] http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070726/ap_on_..._fo_ne/fbn_falcons_vick_arraignment By HANK KURZ Jr., AP Sports Writer 1 hour, 13 minutes ago RICHMOND, Va. - Michael Vick was due in federal court Thursday to start a legal process that jeopardizes not only his career, but also his freedom. The Atlanta Falcons quarterback was expected to appear at a bond hearing and enter a plea on dogfighting conspiracy charges. Vick is accused with three others of conspiracy involving competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting, and conducting the enterprise across state lines. Federal prosecutors allege the operation — known as Bad Newz Kennels — operated on Vick's property in rural Surry County. The grisly allegations detailed in an 18-page indictment sparked protests by animal rights groups at the headquarters of the NFL and the Falcons, and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has barred Vick from training camp while the league investigates. Falcons owner Arthur Blank said the team wanted to suspend Vick for four games, the maximum penalty a team can assess a player, but the NFL asked him to wait. Instead, Blank has told his embattled player to focus on his legal problems, not football. The Falcons opened their first camp under coach Bobby Petrino on Thursday. The case began April 25 when investigators conducting a drug search at the home found 66 dogs, including 55 pit bulls, and equipment typically used in dogfighting. Items such as a "rape stand" that holds aggressive dogs in place for mating and a "breakstick" used to pry open a dog's mouth in a fight were seized. Vick contended he knew nothing about a dogfighting operation at the home, where one of his cousins lived, and said he rarely visited. He has since declined comment, citing his attorney's advice. Attorney Lawrence Woodward of Virginia Beach, who has also represented Allen Iverson and Vick's younger brother, Marcus, has not returned several phone messages. Animal rights organizations have seized on the case as an opportunity to raise awareness of the largely underground and always gruesome world of dogfighting, where two dogs are trained to fight to the death — sometimes for hours — until the end. Representatives of People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals and The Humane Society of the United States were expected to be among hundreds of protesters outside the U.S. District Court. Streets near the courthouse were closed Wednesday night, and dozens of television trucks were already in place near the building by nightfall. According to the indictment filed July 17, dogs not killed in the fighting pit were often shot, hanged, drowned or, in one case, slammed to the ground. The document alleges that Vick was consulted before one losing dog was wet down and electrocuted. It alleges that the dogfighting operation began in 2001, not long after Vick parlayed a dazzling two-year run as the quarterback at Virginia Tech into being the first overall selection in the NFL Draft. His first contract was for $62 million. In 2004, he signed a 10-year, $130 million deal, then the richest in league history. The indictment alleges the fights offered purses as high as $26,000, and that Vick once paid $23,000 to the owner of two pit bulls that had beaten Bad Newz Kennels dogs. That owner is one of four cooperating witnesses cited in the document. Charged along with Vick are Purnell A. Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach; Quanis L. Phillips, 28, of Atlanta; and Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton. They all face up to six years in prison, $350,000 in fines and restitution if convicted of both charges. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 9:28am - DestroyYouAlot ""] NEWS FLASH: YOU'RE RICH. You don't live in the ghetto anymore. You made it out. Let's try acting like it, mmkay? |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 9:36am - DestroyYouAlot ""] In other new, Rich Horror was seen absconding with the "rape stand." |
| __________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 9:45am - Charlton Heston ""] you can take a nigger out of the ghetto...but you cant take the ghetto out of a nigger. |
| _______________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 9:53am - hung_to_bleed ""] What a fucking loser. I hope the hang this prick if he is convicted. |
| ____________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 10:17am - FuckIsMySignature ""] i bought a replacement Michael Vick football from walmart... this time for $6.00! |
| _______________________________ [Jul 26,2007 10:37am - Yeti ""] the punishment should be he is thrown in a pit with 5 ravenous pit bulls. |
| _________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 10:39am - DestroyYouAlot ""] Yeti said:the punishment should be he is thrown in a pit with 5 ravenous pit bulls. And the "rape stand." |
| _____________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 4:17pm - HailAtWork ""] Yeti said:the punishment should be he is thrown in a pit with 5 ravenous pit bulls. That sounds about right, or we could beat him against a tree, choke him, then throw him in water and electrocute him |
| ________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 4:19pm - tylerl ""] michael vick is one of the most overrated players in the nfl, or all of sports for that matter, in a long time |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 4:24pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] tylerl said:michael vick is one of the most overrated players in the nfl, or all of sports for that matter, in a long time I think his stock may just have dropped, a bit. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 4:28pm - nick reynolds ""] looks like a turd..acts like a turd. |
| _____________________________ [Jul 26,2007 5:20pm - OCR ""] stupid nigger |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 5:57pm - dreadkill ""] i believe in innocent until proven guilty to some degree, but it's hard to picture a scenario in which vick is innocent. i've been a falcons fan since i was a kid, but i might be done with them, depending on how the organization handles this situation. i've been wanting them to get rid of vick for a few years now because he sucks at the QB position, but now i want him gone for being a despicable human being. i was pissed when they traded schaub. he should've been starting for atlanta 3 years ago. instead, they hung on to someone who will most likely be convicted of being the scum of the earth. |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:03pm - hungtableed ""] I heard Rush say something intriguing today on this issue. I'm paraphrasing here when he said something like: "What if Michael Vick states that they were his dogs and he did, and should be able to do, what he wants with them. Just like women who abort babies on the premise that it is their body and they should be able to do with it what they wish." I think if this guy is guilty he should totally go to jail. I do, however, love the radical-animal-rights-leftists who are already hanging this guy before his trial while on the other hand believe infanticide is a woman's "right". I guess animal's lives are more valued than humans to them.... |
| __________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:15pm - timjohn ""] the michael vick experience has lost a lot of its luster these past few weeks. give me a smart, drop back passer any day over flashiness. although it is fun to watch sometimes. on the subject of dog fighting - that is pretty inhumane and cruel. i know there are some cockfights out in cleghorn in fitchburg by dominicans, but that is completely different. i mean, i already ate a couple chickens today!! not that i am condoning cockfights, but they sure as hell aren't loved as a whole like a domesticated animal such as a dog. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:22pm - Philielockfoot ""] This motherfucker should hang for this! I usto live on Austin st in Worcester, right at the corner of Piedmont. Ass fucks usto always try to get there pit's and Staffies to fight so I would simply lean out my window in clear view and shoot the motherfucks with my 3600 psi air gun in the ass hole's faces and necks untill they broke there dogs up. Didnt make me alot of friends but noone was dumb enough to fuck with me. Torture people, theres plenty of afghani's! Plenty of rapists and molesters to experiment on. |
| ________________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:30pm - DestroyYouAlot ""] hungtableed said:I heard Rush say something intriguing today on this issue. I'm paraphrasing here when he said something like: "What if Michael Vick states that they were his dogs and he did, and should be able to do, what he wants with them. Just like women who abort babies on the premise that it is their body and they should be able to do with it what they wish." I think if this guy is guilty he should totally go to jail. I do, however, love the radical-animal-rights-leftists who are already hanging this guy before his trial while on the other hand believe infanticide is a woman's "right". I guess animal's lives are more valued than humans to them.... Fetal apples and torn to death by pitbulls oranges. |
| ___________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:38pm - dreadkill ""] hungtableed said:I heard Rush say something intriguing today on this issue. I'm paraphrasing here when he said something like: "What if Michael Vick states that they were his dogs and he did, and should be able to do, what he wants with them. Just like women who abort babies on the premise that it is their body and they should be able to do with it what they wish." I think if this guy is guilty he should totally go to jail. I do, however, love the radical-animal-rights-leftists who are already hanging this guy before his trial while on the other hand believe infanticide is a woman's "right". I guess animal's lives are more valued than humans to them.... rush limbaugh should stop talking about black quarterbacks. hasn't he learned his lesson yet? |
| ______________________________________ [Jul 26,2007 6:41pm - hungtableed ""] Hahahahahahahahahaha. I think he is a blow hard, straight up, but I enjoy his show and agree with a lot of what he says. I know it's probably coming....let the criticism begin: _________________________________ |