Wednesday, September 26, 2007
The modern day lynching of Michael Vick
First, let me state for the record i don't condone killing anything, but there have been murder cases around this country where perpetrators were either never found, or they received some sort of slap on wrist, i.e., the cops in the amadou diallo shooting. And now, there is an effort to destroy Michael Vick. Since his arrival in the NFL, Michael Vick has used athletic gifts to make the Atlanta Falcons, a playoff contender, and also has become a very popular athlete as well. For his efforts, he signed a 130 million dollar contract in 2004. Michael Vick's accomplishments on the have become a distant memory to people. In this year, Michael Vick was indicted on federal dogfighting charges, in which, he pleaded guilty to. He could get up to 5 years in prison for those, and the state of VA has indicted him as well. I believe this is overkill. Va should have never brought charges against Michael Vick, but he had pleaded guilty to federal charges so prosecutors probably felt they could easily convict him on state charges as well. He probably plead guilty to the state charges as well. Prison time of more than a year would be the end of Michael Vick's career, and personally, i don't believe that he should face prison time for what he did. There are those who get no time for murdering human being. He should get some sort of probation, and pay hefty fine.
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um okay first the ones that dont get convicted for murdering humans RAN away like cowards and didnt face what they did. yes, vick pled guilty and took it like a man, like he should. but he did diserve what he got. your basically saying becuase hes a football star and his career will be over that he shouldnt get sentenced,it was a federal crime anybody who commits a crime such as this or anything else should be convicted. yes i am a vick fan but what he did was just sick! those poor defenceless animals were hung, shot, eloectrocuted and thrown to the ground for loosing A BLOOD FIGHT! it wasnt enough the dogs had to go through that but then they were killed SICKLY for loosing!! and his charges had NOTHING to do with the fact that he was black!! there has been everyday white people that have gotten worse charges than vick. vick deserves what he got and WILL learn his lesson because of the charges sentenced on him. we HAVE consiquences for our actions weather were white, black, famous or just an everyday average person and we WILL be punished or rewarded for the actions that we choose to do. he chose to fight with these dogs illegally therefore he should suffer the consiquences!
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