http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=dw-vickhearing072607&prov=yhoo&type=lgns
2007-07-27 08:06:12 · 5 answers · asked by SEXIEST AVATAR™ is HERE. 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Not long after Vick got inside the courthouse – and in a scene that was repeated when he left less than two hours later – the two sides clashed in shouted voices and dueling signs.
White people screaming for justice; black people asking if they still remember everything justice entails.
That a case involving dog fighting can break so quickly along racial lines is a testament to how it bubbles below just about everything in this country. We all wish it wasn't so, including both sides here. No one wanted this. Almost no one even wanted to acknowledge it. But it was there, plain as day in black and white.
--Yahoo!News
2007-07-27 08:08:10 · update #1
Because there are groups of people that just can't give it up. Why did the O.J.'s trial, the Duke LaCross player's, Imus, Katrina, and bunches of other issues turn into race. You watch, before this election is over, it will turn into a race issue. Now, certain groups are trying to make the Immigration issue racial.
Michael Vick was caught and accused of breaking the law. He must face due-process just like any other person would have to if accused of the same thing until he is proven either innocent or guilty. At least no one can claim "racial profiling". Mention "Dogfighting" and I would think of someone like me, male, white, southern, and lives in the country. I would have never associated a black man with dogfighting. Guess that proves that profiling does not work all the time.
2007-07-27 09:00:35 · answer #1 · answered by Brad M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some people turn every issue into one of race.
Mr. Vick is suspected of running a dog-fighting ring from his property. A nasty crime, yes, but not one that should cause people to wish him to "die like those dogs". *roll eyes*
Give him his day in court, let due process take its course, and whatever happens is what happens. He's already lost his sports career, which he probably feels is punishment enough.
2007-07-27 08:23:07 · answer #2 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a sad commentary on America when a person is convicted even before he can defend himslef or is tried, no matter what side of this fence you sit on!
2007-07-27 08:11:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am sure former Klansmen Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WVA) had more than a small hand in this when he called for Michael Vick to be hung and electrocuted.
2007-07-27 08:11:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
the race card is used very effectively to change the debate from fact to ignorance!
2007-07-27 08:10:51 · answer #5 · answered by jeb black 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋