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Loading...Michael Vick: In Trouble Again
In the early morning hours of June 25, a shooting occurred outside the Guadalajara Nightclub in Virginia Beach. Doesn’t seem especially newsworthy, right? Well it just so happens that Michael Vick was celebrating his 30th birthday at that very location — and on that very night.
Police continue to investigate, but they have apparently determined Vick was not present when the shooting occurred and they do not consider him “a person of interest” in the shooting. However, the story does not end there.
David Squires at the Daily Press reports that an unnamed eyewitness — with whom he spoke — claims the shooting victim, none other than Quanis Phillips, a Vick co-defendant in his dog fighting case, was responsible for getting some birthday cake on Vick’s face. Allegedly, this is the incident from which the shooting stems.
Squires reports Vick’s fiancé, Kijafa Frink, started to feed Vick a piece of cake when Phillips either slapped or tapped her hand, which resulted in some icing getting on Vick’s face. Words were exchanged, but the eyewitness could not discern whether or not the incident was in jest.
A number of news outlets have confirmed Phillips was the person shot, despite police never releasing his name. Why is this such an important point?Per terms of his signing with the Philadelphia Eagles, Vick is to have no association with any of his dog fighting cohorts. Well, that agreement has obviously been broken.
On Monday, Vick and his lawyer, Larry Woodward, voluntarily went to Virginia Beach Police to give a statement. Woodward claims Vick left the nightclub at least ten minutes, and perhaps as many as twenty minutes, before the shooting.
But it seems Woodward didn’t consider the power of video.
One of the nightclub owners turned over surveillance tape to authorities on Tuesday, showing Vick leaving in his limousine only three minutes before the shooting.
The point in question is not at all if Vick did the shooting. What now needs to be determined is if he and his lawyer lied. And Vick has a bad history of lying — if you recall — to authorities and his previous team, the Atlanta Falcons.
Also important to note, it’s not just a Vick/Eagles deal the quarterback may have broken. A felon on probation is not allowed to fraternize with other felons. This does not apply only to Vick, but to every convicted felon.
What does apply solely to Vick is that, as mentioned above, when he was reinstated into the NFL, Vick promised to cut all ties with his dog fighting cohorts. When NFL Commissioner Roger Goodall reinstated Vick last year, he told him “Needless to say your margin of error is extremely limited.”
It is yet to be seen how Goodall will measure that margin.
Want to let Commissioner Goodall know your feelings on the matter? E-mail him through the NFL website.
And stay tuned to Care2 as we’ll closely follow this story as it develops.
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Scum like Sick Vick will always be in trouble
He's given a second chance, but still can't change.
Vick in trouble again? No surprise.
He should be asking nothing more than "do you want fries with that" professionally. It is unconsionable that he is still playing professional football.
Sad, there are so many good athletes that deserve attention. This guy deserves far worse than the time her was given. I applaud him trying to clean his act up, but he is no role model. He's a bad human and bad things will follow him. That's not to say that a person cannot change their life for the better, but to actively torture and murder many living creatures and then get a million dollar paycheck....Well, it's just always seemed like he got paid to "serve his time" but no one really cared about that crime, just that he got caught.
"Reformed" - ha! His persistence in lying proves that he's the same old Vick. If he lies about breaking parole, can he be telling the truth when he admits to the kids that he now sees that dog fighting is wrong? Can we trust him to stay away from it in the future? For that matter, are we sure he is staying away from it now, or is he just not getting caught?
Michael Vick is a proven liar, and a proven animal torturer. He needs to face the consequences for violating parole conditions and violating the terms of his agreement with the Eagles - and he needs to be never, ever considered for a professional sports team again. He doesn't deserve the money or the glory that go to pro players.
This arrogant, ignorant sorry excuse for a 'man' should be taken off the streets, out of any sport and sent somewhere we never have to see his ugly face or hear about his athletic abilities or anything else. He has been 'given and forgiven' so much and what does the ignorant ass do..........plays around with old criminal pals..........he's just one arrogant sob and I would like to see him go away, disappear...............
Throw him in the pool and electrocute him just as he did those poor animals.....HE is a waste of breathable air....
This 'entire Vick' situation makes me sick.......disgusted.........and amazed how so much can be forgiven for 'sports' or whatever. This guy should have been 'put away' for a long time instead of making millions just because he can kick a good ball or play a good sport...to me it is a BAD EXAMPLE for the youths of America, especially those who come from where he does and are having hard times......this jerk sure is so good example!!!!
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