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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Georgia USA)
Wednesday 25 July 2007
Poll: Ban Vick if he's guilty
Majority of Atlantans tuned into scandal involving QB
by JILL VEJNOSKA, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Nearly two-thirds of metro Atlanta adults polled this week think Falcons quarterback Michael Vick should be banned from playing football if he's found guilty of dogfighting charges.
In all, 97 percent of people questioned said they were aware of the allegations against Vick.
Your Turn
Do you agree that Michael Vick should be banned from the NFL if he's convicted of the crimes he's charged with?
Yes.
No.
The telephone poll of 622 people was conducted for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution July 23 and 24 by Mason-Dixon Polling & Research, Inc. The margin of error is plus or minus 4 percent.
Many respondents think Vick's high public profile is working to his benefit. Thirty percent of those familiar with the allegations think he's being treated better than an average citizen — of those, 89 percent said it was because he is a celebrity or famous athlete. Only 12 percent of those polled think Vick is being treated worse than an average citizen — of those, 56 percent said it had to do with his celebrity status.
Among the poll's questions and results:
Q: Are you aware of the dog-fighting allegations regarding Falcons quarterback Michael Vick?
Yes: 97 percent
No: 3 percent
Q: Do you believe authorities are treating Vick better than an average citizen, worse than an average citizen, or the same as an average citizen?
Better: 30 percent
Worse: 12 percent
Same: 45 percent
Not sure: 13 percent
Q: If Vick is found guilty of dog fighting, do you feel he should or should not be banned from playing in the National Football League?
Should: 65 percent
Should not: 22 percent
Not sure: 13 percent
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Monsters and Critics
Falcons QB Michael Vick's
cruel dog kennel
by Stone Martindale
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick was indicted today on federal charges related to illegal dogfighting.
Vick and three others are charged with competitive dogfighting, procuring and training pit bulls for fighting and conducting the enterprise across state lines, reports ABC News.
Buried dog carcasses and other horrific finds were discovered at the "Bad Newz Kennels," the Virginia property owned by Vick.
TMZ.com also reports that these dogs were "allegedly killed after testing whether they would be good fighters."
According to the paperwork secured by TMZ, documents say dogs were sometimes "put to death by drowning, strangulation, hanging, gunshot, electrocution or some other method."
The indictment claims footballer Vick and his co-defendants were holding dogfights in early 2001, TMZ reports it was the former Virginia Tech star's rookie year with the Falcons.
Talk back and tell us what you think of dogfighting and ridiculously rich athletes who entertain this for fun and profit.
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should get 1 year in jail for each dead dog--yep--a life in jail--scumbag--This type of thing says volunes about what we have become as a society--Fans should refuse to buy tickets on any game he is in
Horrified hater of Vick
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just watched CNN's dog fight video coverage, and can honestly say as a white woman - I had no idea this was so common in the south and urban areas as they are reporting. How barbaric, and telling..
Slightly above average player, pathetic human being. Charge him and his buddies, throw them all in jail.
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ChristinaJul 18th, 2007 - 18:10:15
I have they throw him in jail and tose away the key! I also hope that the NFL mans up and suspends him from the league!
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mutekiJul 18th, 2007 - 18:12:22
He is disgusting, should be put in jail for the max sentence per dog he killed. what kind of person watch dogs (pets, our friends) fighting to death for FUN... I hope funs refuse to do anything to support him in any way. Really upsetting
Michael Vick should not only be banned from the NFL for life, but should spend many years in jail having to fight in an arena much like the dogs he tortured to death. I wish this man nothing but pain, humiliation, constant rape and the disgrace and disgust of all true God caring creatures. There is no forgiveness for this.
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JeelapitJul 18th, 2007 - 18:14:12
These are the types of people who will beat their children and any other being they can manipulat and over power. As a society we need to take reponsibility too for the fact that people grow up to lack any character or morals and behave with such stupidity.
He should be put away for the rest of his life. We have no need is society for people such as these.
Oh ,my God, he is Not human
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ana
i think he needs to be kicked of the league and sent to jail for at least 5 yrs. what he has done to these animals is horrible.
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Prosecute All Dogfighters,
Ensure Justice for All Victims,
Says PETA
For Immediate Release: July 25, 2007
Contact: Dan Shannon 757-622-7382
Richmond, Virginia -- Holding posters showing a pit bull named Santana who was used for dogfighting and with the taglines "Dogfighting Victim" and "Prosecute ALL Dogfighters," PETA members will converge on the U.S. District Courthouse in Richmond on Thursday as disgraced Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is arraigned on federal dogfighting charges. PETA is calling for vigorous prosecution of the case and asking that--if convicted--Vick and all other convicted dogfighters be punished to the fullest extent of the law:
Date: Thursday, July 26
Time: 2:30-3:30 p.m.
Place: U.S. Courthouse, 1000 E. Main St.
Vick was indicted by a federal grand jury last week on a conspiracy charge related to his alleged involvement with dogfighting, including the killing of dogs who "did not perform well" by hanging, slamming them to the ground, drowning, and electrocution.
The indictment follows an April 25 raid on Vick's property in Surry County, during which authorities reportedly found nearly 70 dogs--including more than 50 pit bulls, the breed that is most commonly used for fighting--as well as paraphernalia commonly associated with dogfighting. Reportedly, the bodies of some 30 dogs were later found buried in the back yard.
"These dogs didn't stand a chance. Pit bulls were allegedly hanged, slammed to the ground, electrocuted, and shot," says PETA Vice President Bruce Friedrich. "Dogfighting is a coward's blood sport that deserves harsh punishment, no matter how famous the alleged perpetrators are."
PETA has also protested against Vick at the NFL's headquarters and the Falcons' training camp--calling for his suspension--as well as at Niketown in New York demanding that Nike break all sponsorship ties with the disgraced athlete. Protests are planned for Niketown stores in 11 cities on Monday.
For more information, please visit PETA.org.
4 comments:
Personally, I think that anybody convicted of any felony should not be allowed to play professional sports. That includes this guy. As an animal lover myself, I find this particular individual especially offensive. In Georgia, dog fighting is a felony and considered animal cruelty. Boot his ass. I hope he's working at McDonalds.
here's a guy who wasn't stunned by the headlights and had plenty to say about these dogfighting charges. I strongly urge everybody to watch this great speech. You can watch a man tremble with fury, and watch a Senator convinced that this is the most important thing to tell Americans this day:
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/07/20/byrd-on-dogfighting-hear-me-barbaric/#more-14921
The NFL Commissioner took the matter out of the Atlanta Falcons' hands and ordered Vick not to show up at training camp. I'll be very surprised if he plays 1 second of this season.
i left this comment on a Washington Post column about Vick:
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VleeptronDude wrote:
Once upon a time there was a quarterback for the Washington Redskins, and two other NFL teams before that.
When he wasn't playing at the highest levels of professional football, he was pursuing a doctorate in mathematics from Rice University. His thesis was "Characterization of the Set of Asymptotic Values of a Function Holomorphic in the Unit Disc." During his playing career, he also taught college mathematics.
Isn't that a nice story? No animals were mauled, mutilated, electrocuted, or forced to fight to the death in the making of this great professional quarterback's career.
7/23/2007 3:14:22 PM
Vick and everyone involved should be hung by their ba**s, beaten with a bat, (while still hanging)of course, put into a room with vicious dogs, very hungry dogs, and tortured until they cry and beg for it to stop. Then put in jail for a verrrrrrrrrrrrrrry loooooooooooooonnnnnnnnng time to be raped by big Bruce over and over again.
Yo Anonymous --
(I notice that on the Michael Vick issue, my tolerance for Anonymous Driveby Comments depends very much on what side of the issue the Anonymous Driveby Commenter is on ... )
I learned on newspapers that there are Crimes and then there are Crimes. You can pull all kinds of shit, and although you get in enough trouble to end up in a newspaper story on Page 6, most crimes really bore people rather than outrage them and make them want to form a mob with a noose.
You have to wake up early and really overachieve to wind up on the front page, above the fold, with a week of Nancy Grace shrieking for your head on a pike.
And that's what Michael Vick managed to do -- he picked a crime that's made him the most hated man on half the planet, maybe the whole planet. People are so *not* bored with what he did. What you want to happen to Vick -- that's a pretty typical response.
Whoopi Goldberg just joined that yak show "The View," and on her first day, the Michael Vick thing came up. She didn't exactly express sympathy for him or try to excuse him.
But she did talk about the different perception that black Americans have about dogfighting. This has been the Naughty Little Secret behind the Vick scandal -- among Southern rural blacks, going back for centuries, dogfighting is a historic tradition that lingered even after mainstream America began banning animal bloodsports and emphasizing humane treatment of animals.
So far, it doesn't seem Whoopi's comments have made her the target of hate that Vick made himself. Of course there's a big difference. Vick tortured and murdered dogs. Whoopi just yakked about an ethnic and cultural aspect of what, to most Americans, is a ghastly and shocking taboo.
God knows that blacks in the South had excellent tutors about cruelty and torture and inhumanity. A lot of that was bound to bounce back in their traditions. Cruelty breeds cruelty, the institutionalized inflicting of pain and suffering breeds more inflicting of pain and suffering.
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