Falcons Player Cleared of Animal Cruelty Charges
November 8th, 2007Atlanta’s Babineaux won’t face prison for dog’s death
Long before star quarterback Michael Vick made national h
eadlines for his ties to an illegal dog-fighting ring in Virginia this summer, his Atlanta teammate faced possible animal cruelty charges. Falcons defensive tackle Jonathan Babineaux was cleared of wrongdoing Wednesday in the death of his girlfriend’s pit bull mix. Babineaux was being investigated in Georgia for potential felony charges that could’ve meant prison time after he injured his girlfriend’s dog in February. Investigators ruled that Babineaux’s handling of the animal, which resulted in a head injury, was self-defense. Babineaux says the dog’s trainer had instructed the family to spin the dog on its leash when it behaved aggressively, and that he accidentally caused the dog to strike its head against a wall when he spun the animal, which later died. At first, investigators said the player’s statements were inconsistent with the dog’s injuries. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals petitioned the Falcons to suspend Babineaux several months before Vick was suspended from the NFL indefinitely. Vick faces sentencing in federal court next month after admitting his involvement with the dog-fighting ring, which included killing dogs that didn’t perform well. Babineaux expressed gratitude that he was cleared from any wrongdoing on Wednesday. Added his lawyer: “People really had convicted him before they had all the facts.”
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I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY ABOUT OUR BLACK PROFESSIONALS. THEY KNOW THAT WHITE FOLK ARE ALREADY MAD THAT THEY ARE RICH, THEY ARE LIVING A LIFE THAT WE ALL DREAM OF,STILL THEY FIND A WAY TO GET THEMSELVES ALL MESSED UP. IF YOU LIVE BY THE SWORD THEN YOU DIE BY IT. I JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND, WHY ARE WE SO IGNORANT AND ALWAYS DOING THINGS THAT WE KNOW THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO CONDEMN US FOR. WHATEVER HAPPENS TO HIM THEN OBVIOUSLY HE DESERVES IT, BECAUSE HE KNOW BETTER. WHEN WHITE FOLK HAVE ALL THOSE CATS IN THEIR HOMES DEAD YOU DON’T SEE THE OTHER WHITE FOLK SAYING THAT THEY SHOULD BE JAILED OR ANYTHING. BEING BLACK, RICH, ADMIRED IT COMES AT A COST. ONCE YOU ARE AT A CERTAIN PLACE IN LIFE YOU SHOULD KNOW BETTER THAN TO GET CAUGHT UP DOING NEGATIVE THINGS, YOU ALREADY KNOW THE OUTCOME WHY PUT YOUR OWN FOOT IN YOUR MOUTH!!!!!!!! WHITE FOLK STOP HATING ON US BLACK RICH FOLK AND GET A LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BLACK RICH FOLK STOP BEING COMPLETE JACKASSES, STUPID, DOWN RIGHT FOOLISH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!START LOOKING AT WHAT IS HAPPENING TO OUR FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND BE MORE INTELLIGENT AND MAKE WISER CHOICES. ALWAYS REMEMBER WE HAVE A CHOICE IN WHATEVER DECISION WE MAKE!!WE ARE ALL GIVEN A CHANCE IN LIFE LET’S START MAKING THE BEST OF IT AND CHANGE THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS THAT ARE NO LONGER ON YOUR LEVEL. I AM NOT SAYING TO JUST NOT SOCIALIZE WITH YOUR FRIENDS BUT IF THEY ARE INTO CERTAIN THINGS THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH SENSE TO SAY I AM IN THE PUBLIC’S EYE AND I AM GOING TO BE WATCHED MORE CLOSELY SO LET ME START INVOLVING MYSELF WITH MORE POSITIVE THINGS. FAME COMES WITH A PRICE, AREN’T WE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE, COME ON WE DIDN’T JUST STEP OFF THE BANANA BOAT!!!!!!
I 100% agree with you thoroughbreed. You said it loud and clear and it don’t just go for these rich black people…….I wish that all the young black men that are in jail for murder, robbery, drugs, and whatever else would just take time and sit down and look at their selves ans at their lives and see what the dumb mistake they made have ruined their lives. everyone has a chance to get education and even more thats if you want it. but they choice a life that has taken their freedom and maybe one day all black people will realize that when you do wrong the white man is gonna make you pay in a way that no one should ever have to. I think thats why white people put us down so much, is because the way we act in the public eye and we should be trying to better ourselves in order to make our lives a little better.
Well now, are they still on this witch-hunt for athletes who have dogs? Is everyone a suspect (dog fighting) who has a dog and is Black?
My goodness, dogs do die without being in dog fights people. Let IT GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i DON’T CARE how much money you have pale society still consider you a n*gg*r,Was it not the paleman that said a dog is a mans best friend ?Read your bible clearly and see why.Unity….Unity….Pale people say were inferior but in reality they fear US.Try too imagine if we ALL gOT TOGETHER For a cookout in Peace.Without that todays garbage rap music.
buddy you got lucky better call vick and thank him they cant BAM two of you so close together…..
all i got to say is that anit the onely one what about vick
It is such a shame when people can’t understand that we are still in the struggle of life as a black man or woman. Although I am saddened by any event when someone either goes to jail or loses their life because of ignorance. I own a pure breed pit bull and I would never use him for any other reason but a pet. I can not imagine letting him fight other dog’s for any reason, that is totally ridiculous. To put it all in a nut shell I wish that people with celebrity status would think before they do some of the crazy stuff they do. It is so embarrasing to the black culture to see our young or even the older and very gifted black men and women get themselves caught up in so much drama.The Bible clearly tells us how we are born into this world with problems so why do we continue to create issues within our lives is puzzling to me. I hope that we change the way we handle our daily life before it’s too late.And I will continue to pray for each and everyone that is going through something right now.
THANK U THOROUGHTBREED AND BLACKFEMALE, if u can take this into the community it would be great we need people like u in our hood,keep on express urself here so the other can learn. i appreciate ur view.THANK U THANK U THANK U
I too like to reiterate the ignorance that our black men and what few women demonstrate in the quest of being wealthy that really shines in the lack of intelligence and the one’s it really hurts is the children who look up to those. What a shame.
BLACK FOLKS LIVE THEM D*MN DOGS ALONE..GET A CAT.
LET WHITEY HAVE HIS DOGS……
LMAO @ THIS
THIS IS NEWS HUH?
*walking away with my hands in my pockets and Whistling*
you know we as black’s came from nothing so when we make a name for our self people (white’s) try and take it. all our life we have had thing’s taking from us, and yes we as black’s make mistake and white’s do to it’s just when black do it they knew it was coming because we are black, and when a white person does it they can not understand why. challenge your self to reach out to one black person that’s going down the wrong path and help them to turn in a new direction we have to help each other as you can see they are not trying to help us.
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