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« on: July 30, 2007, 01:34:31 PM »
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NAACP leaders urged public restraint Monday in judging Michael Vick before he has his day in court.

R.L. White, president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the Atlanta Falcons quarterback has been vilified by animal rights groups, talk radio and the news media and prematurely punished by his team and corporate sponsors.

"If Mr. Vick is guilty, he should pay for his crime, but to treat him as he is being treated now is also a crime," White said at a news conference. "Be restrained in your premature judgment until the legal process is completed."

Vick has pleaded not guilty to charges of sponsoring a dogfighting operation.

On Monday, Tony Taylor, a co-defendant in the case, pleaded guilty in Virginia to federal dogfighting conspiracy charges in a plea agreement with prosecutors. Purnell Peace of Virginia Beach and Quanis Phillips of Atlanta face similar charges and are scheduled for trial Nov. They remain free without bond.

Businesses have been quick to recoil. Nike suspended its lucrative contract with Vick and Reebok stopped sales of his No. 7 jersey. In addition, two trading car companies withdrew Vick items.

White plans to contact Vick to see what assistance the Atlanta NAACP chapter can offer. White predicted that public opinion may worsen in the wake of Taylor's plea deal.

Until then, he said he would keep an open mind and encouraged others to do the same.

Georgia NAACP President Edward Dubose thanked Vick for his community service and the money and excitement he has brought to Georgia as a Falcon. Dubose said Vick is being prosecuted in the court of public opinion before he has had a chance to defend himself.

"We're not condoning bad behavior, but Michael Vick is innocent until proven guilty," Dubose said.

Atlanta chapter member Bernadette Allen attended the news conference and also a rally Sunday to support Vick.

"The man is entitled to due process under the law, as is any citizen," Allen said


Yeah, lets show as much restraint as they showed in the Duke lacross case...  
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Offline MiloMorai

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« Reply #1 on: July 30, 2007, 01:42:30 PM »
R.L. White, president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Now that is a great name for a chapter president of the NAACP.:eek:
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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #2 on: July 30, 2007, 01:53:57 PM »
I bet a white guy sold him the dogs... it's not his fault.

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« Reply #3 on: July 30, 2007, 02:40:33 PM »
Michael Vick and his younger brother are model humans....Definately people that the African American community should look up 2.:O
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« Reply #4 on: July 30, 2007, 03:07:24 PM »
Boy, kill a few dogs and the world's heart bleeds.  Abort & kill babies and life churns on.

Kinda odd to see where people find their sympathies.
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« Reply #5 on: July 30, 2007, 03:17:34 PM »
Vick aborted and killed babies as well?

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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2007, 03:32:44 PM »
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Boy, kill a few dogs and the world's heart bleeds.  Abort & kill babies and life churns on.

Kinda odd to see where people find their sympathies.


Is dey be dem whities  babies?

How do you frikken stretch dog fights into aborted babies?

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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2007, 03:35:04 PM »
have any of you posters attended a dog or cockfight?
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2007, 03:36:58 PM »
There's a cockfight in almost every one of these threads.
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2007, 03:37:52 PM »
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have any of you posters attended a dog or cockfight?


No...have you?  If so...why?
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« Reply #10 on: July 30, 2007, 03:45:42 PM »
I certainly have.   having attended both types of fights allows me the opportunity to opine on the topic.

they are legal throughout the caribbean, central and south america and the phillipines.

once again I say it's no one's business what a person does with their chattle.
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« Reply #11 on: July 30, 2007, 03:52:56 PM »
Yes Storch... but were not in the caribbean, central and south america or the phillipines
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« Reply #12 on: July 30, 2007, 03:56:32 PM »
bah that's just geography.  the fact is that where there are people from these cultures there will be venues for these events irrespective of where those folks might live.

there is also a tradition of these fights all a cross the rural south.  some of the best domestic fighting roosters come from arkansas IIRC.  and yes they are fought there as well.

it's no one's business what a person does with their chattle.
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« Reply #13 on: July 30, 2007, 03:56:33 PM »
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once again I say it's no one's business what a person does with their chattle.


"chattle" is so 19th century. My business is whatever i make my business.
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« Reply #14 on: July 30, 2007, 03:58:04 PM »
look up the word if you don't understand it's meaning
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