Michael Vick "You are
a Criminal" Barks Brandon Lang
Neuter Sick Vick!
That's the message being spread by animal lovers
across the world...and not just the folks at PETA.
Controversial gambling
figure Brandon Lang would like to throw a naked
Michael Vick into a ring for an hour and turn his
champion bred pit bull Maximus on the Atlanta
Falcons quarterback.
Lang, the
inspiration for the movie Two for the Money which
stars Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, and Rene
Russo, referred to Vick using just about every bad
name in the book including "scumbag", "loser" and
some bleeped out words that Sports911.com cannot
publish on this family website.
Lang,
an animal lover, expressed outrage that Michael Vick
would starve his pit bulls and force them to fight.
Vick is also alleged to have killed some of the dogs
by drowning.
Beginning on April
25, 2007, widespread media publicity was drawn by
discovery of evidence of unlawful dog fighting
activities at Vick's estate in a rural county in
southeastern Virginia following the arrest on
several narcotics charges of his cousin, Davin T.
Boddie, 26, who lived there. Officials of tiny Surry
County began a local investigation of possible
violations of Virginia dog fighting and related laws
under intense national media scrutiny.
On June 7, 2007,
federal authorities from the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) joined by the Virginia State
Police revealed a parallel investigation. Following
several searches of Vick's 15-acre property near
Smithfield, Virginia, on July 17, Vick, along with
three other men, was indicted by a federal grand
jury for "conspiracy to travel in interstate
commerce in aid of unlawful activities and to
sponsor a dog in animal fighting venture".
Based upon court documents obtained under the
federal Freedom of Information Act and information
outlined in the 18 page federal grand jury
indictment, it is alleged that Vick's property was
used as the "main staging area for housing and
training ... pit bulls...and was the scene of dog
fighting events" as Vick and co-defendants Purnell
A. Peace, 35, Quanis L. Phillips, 28, and Tony
Taylor, 34, spent six years "knowingly sponsoring
and exhibiting in an animal fighting venture" and
that the property was purchased and developed for
that purpose.
Lang's feelings are
shared by many, including those in the sports
reporting arena and web bloggers.
The recent
allegations against Michael Vick, the Atlanta
Falcon's quarterback, and his friends have me so
appalled that I feel I can't quite keep my blow hole
shut.
Michael Vick "You are
a Criminal" Barks Brandon Lang