
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is one sick bastard. He's being brought up on charges by the feds for illegal dogfighting. And I don't mean he happened to be in his hometown for the weekend and he dropped in at a bbq where some jerk was staging a dogfight and it got raided.
Vick was charged with illegal competitive dogfighting, which involves training pit bulls to fight against other dogs. When authorities searched Vick's property this month, they found 54 pit bulls and a host of brutal items including a "rape stand," used to hold dogs in place for mating; an electric treadmill modified for dogs and a bloodied piece of carpeting.
Graves of seven pit bulls were found inside "Bad Newz Kennels," a Virginia property owned by Vick. The dogs were allegedly killed after testing whether they would be good fighters. According to documents, dogfights would end when one dog died or backed down, and dogs were sometimes put to death by drowning, strangulation, hanging, gunshot, electrocution or some other method.
Vick is in real trouble. He is up against the might and majesty of the U.S. government with all of its agents, all of its investigative techniques and all of its skilled prosecutors. If he has any doubts about the power and skill of the forces arrayed against him, he can call Scooter Libby or Lord Conrad Black. Both hired brilliant (and expensive) lawyers but were still convicted. If he is convicted he is looking at jail time.