Report: Vick indicted in dog fighting case

jeremyroyce · Post by **jeremyroyce** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:34 pm

http://msn.foxsports.com/nfl/story/7033242

FOXSports.com, Updated 3 minutes ago

Michael Vick has been indicted for his role in an alleged dog-fighting operation that authorities say took place at a house owned by Vick, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday.

On April 25, a search of the house owned by the Atlanta Falcons quarterback and inhabited by his cousin, Davon Boddie, uncovered drug paraphernalia and 66 dogs in the backyard. A search warrant affidavit said some of the dogs were in individual kennels and about 30 were tethered with "heavy logging-type chains" buried in the ground.
The chains allowed the dogs to get close to each other, but not to have contact, one of myriad findings on the property that suggested a dogfighting operation.

Others included a rape stand, used to hold non-receptive dogs in place for mating; an electric treadmill modified to be used by dogs; a "pry bar" used to open the clamped-down mouths of dogs; and a bloodied piece of carpeting the authorities believe was used in dog fights. Carpeting gives dogs traction in a plywood fighting pit.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.

ChocolateMilk · Post by **ChocolateMilk** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 7:19 pm

this puts roger goodell in a tough situation.. because he's trying to improve the image of the league and has been doing a good job. but should he suspend vick even tho this is his first time getting in trouble with the law? i mean that was the reason for pacman and chris henry. they had multiple run-ins with the cops. i personally think he should because if he doesnt, even tho it may not be the case, it'll seem like he plays favorites on the big marquee stars of the league.

Redskin in Canada · Post by **Redskin in Canada** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 9:05 pm

Not unexpected at all, is it?

Vick can not win this one either in the court of law or the court of public opinion.

Have a look here:

NFL star indicted over dog fighting

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/17/vick/index.html

and

http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2007/images/07/1 ... .17.07.pdf

In the absence of other maerial, this indictment will keep the media ALL OVER him until and beyond Training Camp.

Another brilliant career wasted due to BAD JUDGMENT.

SkinsJock · Post by **SkinsJock** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 10:38 pm

As I stated in another post - IF Vick lied to Goodell when they met recently and IF this indictment shows that he did then I hope that Vick gets a suspension - IF the case against him is proven then I hope he will not be able to get a job in the NFL. Vick allegedly has been involved with this for a number of years :oops:

Get with it people or find another job. :lol:

HEROHAMO · Post by **HEROHAMO** » Tue Jul 17, 2007 11:32 pm

I used to like Mike Vick. Now that I have seen all these allegations go down. I must say I do not like him anymore. I am an owner of two pitbulls and one little mut. I also have two cats.

If I seen someone doggfighting I seriously would whop they a!!, I do not condone any of this foolish type of entertainment.

Cappster · Post by **Cappster** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:15 am

Looks like ATL trading Schaub was a bad idea after all. :oops:

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 8:22 am

Remember when Marcus Vick was busy destroying his career, and Michael seemed like the more intelligent, mature brother? :lol:

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:12 am

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:13 am

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 11:38 am

Chris Luva Luva wrote:

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/07/17/dohrmann.vick/index.html?bcnn=yes[/url]...he left out: a noose, an electric prod, a dog-drowning pool, and a body slam like the British Bulldog's.[/url]

What an outrage! :explode:

Countertrey · Post by **Countertrey** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:15 pm

From the indictment:

"In or about April of 2007, Peace, Phillips and Vick executed approximately eight dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions at 1915 Moonlight Road by various methods, including hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."

This one paragraph is the motor which will drive public opinion.
The actions of a sadistic and bloodthirsty mind. These were his animals. They trusted him completely. Imagine the terror of these dogs. Even a lowlife "sport" such as dog fighting has an underclass of scum... is Vick a member of that underclass? It's not looking good.

Such demonstrations of a lack of conscience are just a precursor to other forms of brutality. There is a direct relationship between such cruelty towards animals, and towards people. A man who could do this is a man with no soul, driven by narcisism. He wouldn't value a human life any differently than he would these dogs.

I'm sure his momma is proud of both her boys.

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:22 pm

Countertrey wrote:From the indictment:
"In or about April of 2007, Peace, Phillips and Vick executed approximately eight dogs that did not perform well in 'testing' sessions at 1915 Moonlight Road by various methods, including hanging, drowning and slamming at least one dog's body to the ground."

This one paragraph is the motor which will drive public opinion.
The actions of a sadistic and bloodthirsty mind. These were his animals. They trusted him completely. Imagine the terror of these dogs. Even a lowlife "sport" such as dog fighting has an underclass of scum... is Vick a member of that underclass? It's not looking good.

Such demonstrations of a lack of conscience are just a precursor to other forms of brutality. There is a direct relationship between such cruelty towards animals, and towards people. A man who could do this is a man with no soul, driven by narcisism. He wouldn't value a human life any differently than he would these dogs.

I'm sure his momma is proud of both her boys.

Well stated! =D>

gay4pacman · Post by **gay4pacman** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 3:46 pm

he is SCREWED!!!!

Irn-Bru · Post by **Irn-Bru** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 4:14 pm

I hope Vick enjoys the next few months in his mansion. My guess is that he'll be in prison for about 2/3rds of a year pretty soon. . .

blchizzleke · Post by **blchizzleke** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 9:06 pm

SkinsJock wrote:As I stated in another post - IF Vick lied to Goodell when they met recently and IF this indictment shows that he did then I hope that Vick gets a suspension - IF the case against him is proven then I hope he will not be able to get a job in the NFL. Vick allegedly has been involved with this for a number of years

Get with it people or find another job.

your post said it all...allegedly...the nfl needs to quit punishing people for allegedly doing things...is he guilty, probably, until he is found guilty the nfl should not be vigilante's....look at how david stern handled the kobe bryant case, that should serve as a model for all commissioners

jeremyroyce · Post by **jeremyroyce** » Wed Jul 18, 2007 10:07 pm

I think that this whole dog fighting thing is disgusting. And The Falcons got rid of the wrong QB

Smithian · Post by **Smithian** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 1:54 am

Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:34 am

Smithian wrote:Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

You are not the only one that feels this way.

REDEEMEDSKIN · Post by **REDEEMEDSKIN** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:15 am

patjam77 wrote:
Smithian wrote:Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

You are not the only one that feels this way.

But he's the only one with enough boldness to post something so ridiculous.

"He deserves anything bad that happens to him." :roll:

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:20 am

REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:
patjam77 wrote:
Smithian wrote:Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

You are not the only one that feels this way.

But he's the only one with enough boldness to post something so ridiculous.

"He deserves anything bad that happens to him."

I don't think you can call it ridiculous. He has an opinion as do you, but calling his ridiculous isn't the best way to handle it. I'm sure you would get upset at some calling an opinion of yours ridiculous if you say something about which you feel very passionately about. This whole topic strikes a sore point in a lot of people.

Fios · Post by **Fios** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:46 am

patjam77 wrote:
REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:
patjam77 wrote:
Smithian wrote:Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

You are not the only one that feels this way.

But he's the only one with enough boldness to post something so ridiculous.

"He deserves anything bad that happens to him."

I don't think you can call it ridiculous. He has an opinion as do you, but calling his ridiculous isn't the best way to handle it. I'm sure you would get upset at some calling an opinion of yours ridiculous if you say something about which you feel very passionately about. This whole topic strikes a sore point in a lot of people.

Wishing harm on another human being because of something stupid they said is definitively ridiculous

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 8:51 am

Fios wrote:
patjam77 wrote:
REDEEMEDSKIN wrote:
patjam77 wrote:
Smithian wrote:Don't forget electrocution.

Be PROUD fans about your favorite player Clinton Portis ENJOYING and MOST LIKELY taking part of this.

Portis deserves any bad thing that happens to him.

It disgusts me that good men like Arkansas's RB coach Danny nutt have to retire with a recurrance of brain stem bleeding yet men like Clinton Portis are multi-millionaires who whine that people are angry at his comments.

A guy on ESPN said it best, "He would have been better off beating someone up outside of a night club."

EDIT:

If Clinton Portis and Chris Samuels find it so hilarious, maybe they should experience it themselves. I wonder if Chris Samuels is still on a trip in Hawaii to another un-deserved Pro Bowl.

You are not the only one that feels this way.

But he's the only one with enough boldness to post something so ridiculous.

"He deserves anything bad that happens to him."

I don't think you can call it ridiculous. He has an opinion as do you, but calling his ridiculous isn't the best way to handle it. I'm sure you would get upset at some calling an opinion of yours ridiculous if you say something about which you feel very passionately about. This whole topic strikes a sore point in a lot of people.

Wishing harm on another human being because of something stupid they said is definitively ridiculous

I may be wrong FIOS and I'm not looking for an arguement but I thought he said he would deserve it, not that he wished harm on the guy. I took it as he was leaving it in the hands of karma. He's just venting. We all have done it, but to attack a guy's opinion is hypcirtical because we all have feelings about things that I'm sure others find silly.

Chris Luva Luva · Post by **Chris Luva Luva** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:40 am

If you've ever sqaushed an insect before I"m going to need you to STHU. What you did was cruel and that animal didn't deserve to die. Animals have been here long before humans and we're invading their space and for us to kill them is disgusting.

I hope all of you that use insecticides die.

I hope all of you that eat foot that was treated with insecticides die.

I hope that anyone here who has killed a bug dies.

See how stupid that sounds?

patjam77 · Post by **patjam77** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:42 am

Chris Luva Luva wrote:If you've ever sqaushed an insect before I"m going to need you to STHU. What you did was cruel and that animal didn't deserve to die. Animals have been here long before humans and we're invading their space and for us to kill them is disgusting.

I hope all of you that use insecticides die.

I hope all of you that eat foot that was treated with insecticides die.

I hope that anyone here who has killed a bug dies.

See how stupid that sounds?

Actually, you sound pretty ridiculous now.

Mursilis · Post by **Mursilis** » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:48 am

Chris Luva Luva wrote:I hope all of you that eat foot that was treated with insecticides die.

Personally, I've never eaten foot, to the best of my knowledge. But I have had some Chinese take-out I wasn't sure about.