Ex-NFL Star Helped Kill Canines, Report Says
November 24th, 2008Ex-NFL star helped kill canines, report says. Imprisoned former Atlanta Falcons star Michael Vick helped drown dogs by forcing their heads into a five-gallon water bucket, a new report says. Though Vick first claimed that he never participated in the actual killing of animals connected with his illegal Bad Newz Kennels fighting ring, a U.S. Department of Agriculture statement says the ex-quarterback admitted hanging dogs that didn’t fight well and using family pets as bait for aggressive dogs. Vick is due in a Virginia court tomorrow where he’s expected to plead guilty to state charges of torturing animals and promoting dog-fighting. The former star is already serving federal time until summer of next year. Formerly the NFL’s highest-paid player, Vick reportedly washes pots and pans for 12 cents an hour.
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DAM MIKE!!.WHO WOULD HAVE KNOWN??.
Once them folks get their hands on ya,they won’t let up.the hangin of blacks is still here,its just done another way !
Everyone needs to just leave Michael alone. If he had been a white man doing this, he would be free. They just did not want a black man to be the highest paid player in football. Please just let him be. Dog fighting has been going on since this country was formed.
this is starting to become even more ridiculous. i mean all over a dog c’mon now. yeah it was a wrong act to commit but all that jail time …give me a break
Of all the things that’s going on in this country, why should this be brought to national attention. The are far crimes in this in world for this one man to be put out as a scape-goat. My prayers to you my brother!
See, its these types of comments that gives the general Black community less integrity in the eyes of everyone else. Deflecting blame and sticking up for a criminal JUST BECAUSE he/she is Black is keeping the ‘community’ behind. Instead of saying “what he did was wrong BUT,” or “if he were a white man,” you should say that the details being leaked out are evil. HE LIED TO YOU AND THE GOVERNMENT. Sure, i believe he deserves a second chance if and only IF he learned from his mistakes.
His money funded the dog fighting crew. IF IT WEREN’T FOR VICK, THIS PARTICULAR GROUP WOULD NOT EXIST. He is the highest profile person to do this, so obviously there will be more media attention. I doubt someone like Brett Favre would be dumb enough to do something like this.
To do that to an animal is not only inhumane, it is a true reflection of how Vick values life. It does not matter what color he is, what he did was very wrong and inhumane. He deserves to do time for this terrible crime…
I just think that it is a bunch of bull I could see the wrong in all this but what about all the other people that do dog fights.Where are they just because VICK was a professional football player he gets it harder thats just wrong.
get over it already, we know what mike vick did and he is paying for it
UMlaw,
You have no frame of reference to make the statement that BET blog comments give the general black community less integrity in the eyes of everyone else. Well what does Fox News, CNN and some of the other news blog sites show about ALL the other cultures that blog there? Or is criticism of one’s opinion only related to the black community? What do you think about non-whites who think Mike Vike is being used as a scapegoat for dog fighters everywhere? What race are they making look bad? Stating one’s opinion on a blog does not demonstrate deflecting blame or sticking up for criminals as you say because as I’ve told you numerous times previously…BET blogs DO NOT REPRESENT THE ENTIRE BLACK COMMUNITY. As usual UMlaw you look for these opportunities to denigrate the black community. It’s a weakness on your part that is evident in all your comments. You refuse to grow or learn from your mistakes because you think that you are always right. But I’ve got your number so keep posting your nonsense and I’ll keep responding. How can you blog on here week after week and still say that all blacks think alike. You have learned nothing about us because you didn’t come here to learn, you came here to criticize. Your bias is causing you to miss our differences. You keep judging the whole by the comments of a few. Such a shame when your should have be smarter than that. Whenever you dislike the comments of a few blacks to make general statements about blacks in general; isn’t that called prejudice. Well, I don’t like racist so does that mean that ALL non-white are racist???
DAM LEAVE HIM ALONE..HE’S SERVING HIS TIME FOR WHAT HE DID..I’M A PET LOVE AS WELL BUT..THERE’S PEOPLE KILLING PEOPLE FOCUS ON THAT…
UMlaw,
You refuse to see that black people come from all walks of life. We don’t all live in the ghetto, we aren’t all uneducated criminals, and we don’t all work menial jobs. Oprah, the Obama’s and all those other high profile blacks are not the only successful blacks on the planet. But they only ones that you and other racist like you know of. Do you have an inkling how many highly educated, wealthy blacks are never in the media? There are many, many more blacks than you will ever know that are living very very well. We are all part of the black community and yet we don’t agree with everything that comes out of another black person’s mouth and a blind man could see that. Perhaps you should find a blind man to help you see us better? I’d love to be a fly on the wall when your black athlete/singer clients realize that their new young lawyer is a CLOSET RACIST with racial superiority issues!!!
EVERYBODY PLAYS A FOOL SOMETIMES…IT JUST USUALLY DOESN’T COST MILLIONS TO PAY.
I like pets but im not a die hard animal lover and this has just gone too far. Paris Hilton has over 10 dogs that are neglected but yet she walks around scotch free…interesting. Like someone mentioned before their only doing this because he’s Black, Paid & Positive. So they needed anything 2 pull him down. Im pretty sure Bill Gates is doing something illegal but that aint on the news
umlaw,
Grow up kid. How many white folks do you think lied to the public and the government and did stuff worst than vick and are still FREE? You need to get over your racist self. I saw a dog fight last week and that wasn’t the only one in the US and it won’t be the last one either. And it was on the white folks dime. Do you think everyone who leaves prison has truly learned from their mistakes? AND he ain’t the highest profile person to get involved in this, he’s the highest profilt person to get CAUGHT!
Wow! Let the man do his time and be done with it. He has been through enough already! And so what if he washes pots and makes 12 cents an hour, why should he sit in a cell and do nothing. God bless you Vick.
It’s a shame that the media and government are spending so much time trying to make Mike Vick look bad. The media needs to be reporting on real issues like the “forgotten war” over in Iraq and the government needs to be spending their time doing something constructive likeR 30;̷ 0;ohR 30;..I don’t know. Oh yeah,
WoW-
Ignorance at its best . . . . .Keep it up. . . . . .lol
I’m sure glad that people like that chinese guy ain’t the judge and jury cause black people would never get out of jail and whites would never be charged cause he think we do all the crime. prison don’t rehab nobody so if you listen to him then mike vick won’t ever get out til he kisses somebodys ass.
most white people value dogs more than people…castrate us and pamper them….so stupid.
Joeswifey7 yes your ignorance is laughable…lol.
I have a black lover and we fight all the time!.I wish I could have his baby!!
I HOPE MICHEAL VICK B DROPPIN DAT SOAP IN DA SHOWER & DEM BOYZ B RUNIN A TRAIN ON HIM!!!!
I think what he did is stupid. why is it that sometimes when we get money we start thinking we’re above the law. Instead of bein a negative influence why not show children that you have money and common sense. I do think that all of this jail is ridiculous and there are bigger crimes being committed and that they try to through people in jail for little things which is why jails are over populated now. he could have easily had probation or paid some kind of fine, even having to voluteer at some type of animal shelter would have been enough. I just think we gotta learn how to start using our heads. Whether people want to believe it or not race is still an issue and there are still those people who dont like the fact that black people have money so if given the chance of course they’re gonna try and take that from us. We just gotta be smarter in our actions!
Okay, so what? Who cares? The brother has served his time.
- Barack Obama is now President-elect.
- The economy is in a shambles and people are losing their homes, jobs, and lives daily.
- Greedy CEO’s are having their companies bailed out as we speak. Only to spend the taxpayers (yours and mine) on their own bonuses while laying off others and increasing their interest rates and fees.
I see the news daily and those very same people that convicted Vick no longer have their jobs. Where is PETA now?
Let’s discuss the real issues that are going on today.
ok enough is enough! leave him alone he is doing his time……if it were white person would there be so much trash talk….or course not when they cockfight is there any lip about it….after all they are animals too.
What Michael Vick did to those dogs was evil. People who commit murder often started by abusing animals. Jeffrey Dahmer is one example.
Being black has nothing to do with his sentence. I wish that a lot more low-lifes who abuse animals would get prison time and not enjoy the benefit of sympathy due to race.
Black, white, whatever… if you do the crime, I want to see you do time!
NOW I UNDERSTAND WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG BUT DAMN HE IS BEING PUNISHED FOR IT SO STOP IT ALREADY. THIS MAN IS SERVING TIME, HE DON’T HAVE ANYMORE MONEY HE LOST EVERYTHING HE WORKED HARD FOR AND YET THEY STILL WANT TO BRING UP MORE STUFF. HELL LET’S JUST GO AHEAD AND CHARGE HIM FOR KILLING THEM FLIES BACK IN THE DAY AND DON’T FORGET THAT CRICKET HE STEPPED ON. COME ON YALL LEAVE THE MAN ALONE AND LET J.C HANDLE THIS. I LOVE YOU MR VICK AND KEEP YOUR HEAD UP MAN CAUSE YOU STILL GOT A LIFE TO LIVE.
I CAN’T STAND BET. IF YOU SAY SOMETHING STUPID OR NEGITIVE THEY WILL POST YOUR COMMENT BUT IF YOU GOT SOMETHING GOOD AND POSITIVE THEY WONT POST IT. THAT’S A DAM SHAME.
Crimes are being committed in horse racing and the fur industry, yet those criminals are not being brought to justice. Horses are being killed and turned into dog food, while seals are being clubed and killed for their fur. What the hell is going on?
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