Michael Vick, police investigation Options

[Testm0nkey]

http://www.sportingnews.com/yourturn/viewtopic.php?t=208746
they were talking about it on espn. doesnt sound good. they had an undercover guy who has seen vick at dog fights, knows him, and has seen money exchanging hands. im assuming since hes undercover he has video or at least audio. but it also sounds like the investigators have what they need to charge him but are waiting for more evidence they think is out there to charge him with something greater. or i think possibly just trying to get him to name names.
the nfl is pretty much condeming dog fights of course and promises to aid the investigation in anyway and any nfl employee found to be guilty will receive prompt and severe punishment.
the falcons are being wishy washy and loving their michael vick so they are saying he came here in 06 or whenever and most of these charges are from before then.

but i found it really interesting. the investigator and the undercover said there seems to be wide spread dog fight gambling, training, abuse of animals within the nfl and possibly the nba. the undercover also saying vick is a "high roller" within the dog fighting ring betting 30-40k on a single fight

they arent saying oh he just bets every once in awhile or these players have seen dog fights. they are accusing them of owning dogs, abusing them, training them to fight (which as youre aware of is animal cruelty and horribly bloody) and running fights themselves. from the house vick owned though he claims he never goes there. 66 dogs were seized. he owns the house he is responsible for what goes on. even if his dead beat cousin was doing this behind his back (hard to imagine) he shouldnt be able to get away with anything

do you see him getting any stiff penalities if he doesnt get jail time? or will he just be another douchbag sports player who can sling drugs, beat women and kill animals and remain untouchable? but its not like he slapped around a loud mouth gold digging wife. he ran an illegal dog fighting ring with possibly over a hundred dogs and all the kind of other crimes that stem out of something like that?!
i dont think he'll get off totally unharmed by all this. atlanta is having a field day and he is supposedly on total lockdown by the falcons of course. its pretty clear they have enough evidence to charge him on running a dog fighting ring. if they win theres no way he'll just be able to walk out of court. i think people are tired of professional sports players behaving this way and getting away with it. theres supposedly not a lot of support for him right now in atlanta
on top of all this the police entered his home on a completely seperate drug investigation

[Testm0nkey]

he can be sentenced to as little as 12 months and get out in much less than that - hopefully he doesnt

[moebary]

typically you serve all or almost all of your sentence in federal prison

though my source is not that reliable, I heard that you serve at least 85% of your sentence

This post has been edited by moebary: Aug 21 2007, 07:53 PM

[Testm0nkey]

ah. news to me

[blaarg]

typically you serve all or almost all of your sentence in federal prison

though my source is not that reliable, I heard that you serve at least 85% of your sentence

yeah I heard that on espn when they did their 194381048 hours of coverage on the case.

[Testm0nkey]

so someone at tech is making "Vick 'em" shirts for the a&m - tech game. basic red shirt with vick'em on the front and a football player with a dog strung up on a noose on the back.

facebook link

id love to tell them how juvenile and offensive that is but judging on all the pictures of people throwing the "shocker" i dont think theyll get it.

[Spectatrix]

id love to tell them how juvenile and offensive that is but judging on all the pictures of people throwing the "shocker" i dont think theyll get it.

Yeah, don't bother. I learned in my time at Tech that calling rabid Tech fans immature just results in being accused of having no school spirit, getting called a whore, etc.

[GOB]

oh, the onion