Gibby
July 30th, 2007, 1:31:55 PM
A quasi PRS distinction because it does involve the NAACP (an organization that has long outlived its usefulness to anyone) and race relations http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070730/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_vick_naacp
ATLANTA - NAACP leaders urged public restraint Monday in judging Michael Vick before he has his day in court.
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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.
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Lets be real here NAACP spokespeople Vick's lack of public sympathy has nothing to do with the fact that he is black. No, Mr. Mexico is seen as scum in the eyes of the public, NFL, and NFL licensed product manufacturers because well he is. The involvement of the NAACP in this sordid, and otherwise unnewsworthy, affair is just one more nail in the lid of the coffin that contains their credibility and how they have plunged from an organization that took up the banner of racial equality and protection against crimes (violent and otherwise) committed against people because of the colour of the victim's skin to an organization that has become an irrelevant organization attempting to justify all manner of non issues ranging from defending unoriginal spews of foul language in rap lyrics to proclaiming the innocence of Vick. In many ways this once noble and honourable organization has plunged into celebrity defense. NAACP, please step back from Vick as you lose any credibility you have left by defending him.
So now lets raise to the rafters of irrelevant shark jumpers the banner of the NAACP so it may join NOW, ACLU, ACLJ, and UN.
ATLANTA - NAACP leaders urged public restraint Monday in judging Michael Vick before he has his day in court.
ADVERTISEMENT
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.
more....
Lets be real here NAACP spokespeople Vick's lack of public sympathy has nothing to do with the fact that he is black. No, Mr. Mexico is seen as scum in the eyes of the public, NFL, and NFL licensed product manufacturers because well he is. The involvement of the NAACP in this sordid, and otherwise unnewsworthy, affair is just one more nail in the lid of the coffin that contains their credibility and how they have plunged from an organization that took up the banner of racial equality and protection against crimes (violent and otherwise) committed against people because of the colour of the victim's skin to an organization that has become an irrelevant organization attempting to justify all manner of non issues ranging from defending unoriginal spews of foul language in rap lyrics to proclaiming the innocence of Vick. In many ways this once noble and honourable organization has plunged into celebrity defense. NAACP, please step back from Vick as you lose any credibility you have left by defending him.
So now lets raise to the rafters of irrelevant shark jumpers the banner of the NAACP so it may join NOW, ACLU, ACLJ, and UN.