Feds take over Vick case

ESPN has some analysis from a Chicago lawyer on the feds involvement, the gist of which is that the feds involvement is bad news for Vick (not a real stretch there).

 

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2007/06/19/humane-society-to-nike-sack-vick/

 

Can he sue them if he's found to be innocent?

 

He can sue Humane Society, but the terms of the contract dictate if he can sue Nike or not.

 

This is America, you can always figure out a way to sue.

 

nike, they be makin' good shoes to handle yo pit bull in yo!

 

Nike is rejecting the Humane Society's appeal for now, and keeping Vick.

 

Ten On Your Side has learned federal agents are searching the Surry County property owned by NFL quarterback Michael Vick. Sources said the agents are looking for more animal remains buried on the property. In April, agents seized nearly 70 live dogs, mostly pit bulls on the land as well as dog carasses in a more recent search.
http://www.wavy.com/

SURRY, Va. -- A dozen cars and a U-Haul truck were parked Friday on property owned by Falcons quarterback Michael Vick in what appeared to be a second federal raid of the site that has been the focus of a dogfighting probe.


A U.S. Department of Agriculture agent stationed at the gate had no comment, ESPN's Kelly Naqi reported.

Television station WVEC in Hampton Roads, Va., is reporting that an investigator told it that forensics crews are searching only for dog carcasses. It also reported that the Surry County Sheriff's Office is involved in the search.

The house is in the process of being sold by Vick, according to Naqi.

The USDA is the federal agency with oversight over treatment of domestic animals and investigates dog fighting allegations.

On June 7, federal law enforcement officials descended on a home owned by Vick armed with a search warrant that suggests they're taking over an investigation into the Falcons quarterback's possible involvement in dogfighting.

More than a dozen vehicles went to the home early that day and investigators searched inside before turning their attention to the area where officials found dozens of dogs in late April and evidence that suggested the home was involved in a dogfighting operation.

Surry County officials had secured a search warrant in late May based on an informant's information to look for as many as 30 dog carcasses buried on the property. The warrant never was executed because Commonwealth's Attorney Gerald G. Poindexter said he had issues with the way it was worded.

The results of that search have remained sealed.

At the time, Poindexter expressed surprise at why the federal government was involved.

"What is foreign to me is the federal government getting into a dogfighting case," Poindexter said. "I know it's been done, but what's driving this? Is it this boy's celebrity? Would they have done this if it wasn't Michael Vick?"

A day later, Poindexter said: "They launched a separate, independent federal investigation," Poindexter said of the government, which has had a representative involved in the local probe all along.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2927560

 

Poindexter called Vick a "boy"

LOL...that's some serious racism shit there!


and as far as sueing the Humane Society....are you kidding? That would be viewed as bad as the dog fighting itself, or worse

 

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2927560

Says Vick unlikely to be indicted. Cant' get the copy link to work - sorry. Well, maybe it did.