As Michael Vick’s new life begins, hope remains. Yes, hope.
He’s not quite free and clear, but he’s out of prison. That’s a start. Michael Vick can begin to get on with the rest of his life, and we should wish him well. Because he’s not some demon. He’s a human being who made dire mistakes.
And he continues to pay for them. He’ll wear an ankle bracelet. He can’t go to a bar. He can’t vote. He’ll need to earn his way back into the good graces of Roger Goodell and the American public, and it won’t be easy. But there’s a story waiting to be written, a story as uplifting as these past two years have been deflating.
Michael Vick needs to talk to us, and soon. He needs to tell us he’s sorry and that his time behind bars has changed him, made him wiser, redoubled his determination not to mess up the rest of his life. He needs now to throw himself on the mercy of the American public and see how merciful it can be.
Because a lot of people would be willing to forgive him. (Not to forget, but to forgive.) I know. I’m among them. But he has to ask.
Understand: Vick wasn’t a victim of runaway justice. He admitted his crimes and has paid a price almost beyond measure. But his life isn’t over, and so long as life remains there’s the possibility of redemption. He’s 28. He has time. He can change our perception yet again.
Sorry, there are no polls available at the moment.He deserves the chance to play football. PETA will protest, but PETA is famous for overplaying its hand. (Have Vick submit to a brain scan? Who’s writing this stuff – Joe McCarthy? Arthur C. Clarke?) If he finds an owner willing to absorb the backlash, he can make us remember why it was we came to notice Michael Vick. Contrary to revisionist history, he’s not a bad quarterback. Three Pro Bowls, as I recall.
He won’t be playing here, and that’s for the best. He needs a restart, and the Falcons have a different quarterback. But that doesn’t mean we can excise his name from team annals. Vick rekindled the flame when this franchise had gone cold. He made us care. That’s why it hurt so deeply to see him fail.
And it wasn’t Vick the player who failed. It was Vick the person, Vick the stealth dogfighter, the Vick nobody around here saw. (You say you knew he was a bad guy all along? On what evidence? The water bottle? Please.) His failure loosed a deluge of racial back-and-forth that missed the point, for this was never about a demographic profile. This was about one man and his misdeeds, one man who owned a city but went to jail.
And now he’s out. And now he can move forward, and so can we. Amid all the motion, here’s a hope that he gets it right from now on, so right that in five years we’ll see Michael Vick not as a fallen idol but as an indomitable soul who triumphed over abject disgrace.
Yes, he did wrong. But after all that has transpired, Michael Dwayne Vick has it within him to do right. I’ve been disappointed in him, but I’m not yet ready to give up. Not on this one. There’s a heart in there somewhere, a good heart. I believed as much on that sorrowful day he entered his plea, and I believe it still.
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DenverBird
May 20th, 2009
4:19 pm
where’s Ted Striker?
truthfully, we may get an apology or we may not, but methinks it will be robotically read (once again) straight from the page, word-for-word, without any eye contact, and won’t exactly warm the hearts of all those who want him to succeed. It won’t be “real.”
Truth is, I just don’t think the man has a lot upstairs. He’s gonna allow himself to be manipulated and controlled by anyone hired to pull himself up and out of the fire. He’ll just be focused on getting those dollars rolling in again, and will say absolutely anything to facilitate that…
His only problem? Goodell is not a moron, and will quickly see what’s up…
Dr. Frink
May 20th, 2009
4:19 pm
After a year + of extensive research and psychoanalyzing the subject (Mr. Vick), scientists now have emprical data to come to the irrefutable conclusion that at least 6 known breeds of dogs have a greater learning capability and intelligence quotient then Mike Vick.
gdawginkalamazoo
May 20th, 2009
4:33 pm
Nat, would you like to take a guess at which owner will pay Mike Vick for his services to his organization? Which city wants him to play for them? To be the face of their organization? Because he will become a face of that organization. And you know what? So will PETA protesters and every other animal rights organization out there and others who feel he hasn’t paid his debt. It is my opinion that he does not deserve the right to play in the NFL. But not a single NFL will be calling to ask me that question He was given that opportunity already and has shown that he cannot handle it responsibly. He has a right to work anywhere that will hire him, the NFL, MLB, NBA, PETCO, etc. That’s a given and easy to understand. BTW, I am not a PETA member or anything. I truly belive that if God didn’t want us to eat cows he wouldn’t have made them taste like steaks.
NCFalconFan
May 20th, 2009
4:35 pm
Bradley,
I understand the AJC has to carry this story, but will their ever be a Falcon AJC Page free of Michael Vick? Once he goes to another team as the sports editor you have to consider that, right?
Marie
May 20th, 2009
4:39 pm
Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy the naivete of the people in this country. Let me hook you folks on to one simple fact; Roger Goddell is not going to make a decision about Vick’s return to the NFL. Roger Goddell has already made a decision about Vick’s return to the NFL and he will allow him back in.
First of all, Mike Vick was not the only player in the NFL involved in dogfighting and Goddell knows it. This is not my opinion but something players in the NFL have stated themselves when this first happened. Jay Feeley former kicker with the Falcons said so on ESPN. Ronde Barber said the same thing to Peter King in an article that appeared in Sports Illustrated. SI also reported in that love feast article on the rehab of the dogs, that all the dogs on Vick’s property DID NOT belong to him and that his boys were doing some caretaking of dogs for other individuals.
In addition, if you go back and ACTUALLY READ some information on this case you would find out that in Tony Taylor’s statement of facts he describes a dogfight that occurred on Vick’s property that was between two dogs that did not belong to Vick, but, instead two other “unnamed individuals”. I seriously doubt if Vick is allowing any average Joe to bring their dogs to fight on his property. And if they were average Joes then why has the government failed to release the names of these individuals or indict them for the EXACT SAME CRIMES Vick admitted to doing.
All of this pie in the sky nonesense that Goddell is spewing out is nothing but political nonspeak. The man is a politician in the mold of his RINO dad. And even Bill Clinton cannot touch his innocent “who me” act. In one breath he talks about waiting until Vicks time is up and yet we found out he has discussed Vick with Tony Dungy. And I’m sorry I don’t believe that the national PRESIDENT of the Humane Society visited Vick in prison at Vick’s request as his NFLPA paid lawyer (Billy Martin) said on yesterday.
The race is on for the NFL to rehabilitate Vick’s image and put him back on the field so he can make them money. Afterall they know that if the people in this country will pay a buck for bottled water or elect a novice to the presidency then you can sell them anything.
Former Season Ticket Holder
May 20th, 2009
4:50 pm
Start the complaining now Falcons fans! “What about us”? Welcome…its the year 2000 again.
Curious George
May 20th, 2009
4:52 pm
Will Mike Vick’s freeloading, hanger-on associates still causally refer to him as ” DOG ?”
To Vick supporter
May 20th, 2009
4:52 pm
Vick Supporter,
Do you work for the computer networking co. or the cooking oil maker? I was just curious. Anyway, you speak of racial hatred but that’s a 2 way street and I think you need to take a deep, long look in the mirror.
It seems that you and a lot of other black supporters seem to want to support Vick so passionately due simply to the fact that he is black. You keep bringing up this nonsense about him being “disrespected”. I am so sick of that over used “disrespected” term. Its the same term that people in the hood use to gun each other down. Someone “disrespected” someone so let’s go shoot them.
You think Vick was, is, and always will be the entire Falcons franchise. I got news for ya buddy. There is a new sheriff in town, his name is Matt Ryan, and he led the falcons from what was predicted to be a 1 win team by Bradley or some other AJC columnist to a playoff team. Forget Vick, he is the past. Get on board with Ryan and the new Falcons. Or will your own racial hatred blind you into not supporting Ryan? It sounds like it will unfortunately.
Personally, I forgive Vick and I think he has paid his debt to society. Let’s wish him well and let him move on with his life. I really do hope he does well. Unfortunately, I think he is a narcissistic man of very poor character. I don’t think it will be long before he manages to self destruct and ruin a 2nd chance all over again. I really think this is why people dislike him. I sense that most people know think that he hasn’t learned his lesson, that he is still just a bad person, and that its just a matter of time before he screws up again. That’s what I think will happen. I just really hope that I’m wrong.
jamir1
May 20th, 2009
4:55 pm
I really cant believe some of you people,what happen to forgive and forget? First of all Mike Vick should have never went to jail for fighting dogs! there are people out here driving drunk killing humans and not going to jail.This has been a nightmare im reading all this crazy mess you hater are writing about MV, and for PETA you guys are really crazy and need to get a life go find those dogs that attached humans and put them away! This man has apologized, what more do you want! I just want to wish Mike the best and i’m one of his bigest fan!!I really glad he’s out of jail and I know God has something good instore for him and i know PETA and the rest of those hater can’t keep him down so go find somebody else to bother!! Good luck Vick!!
Resemblances
May 20th, 2009
4:55 pm
Curious George, you sure look a lot like Barack Obama. The resemblance is striking.
deezanutz
May 20th, 2009
4:56 pm
You idiots kill me with your comments. People go out and kill animals for sport and PETA isn’t knocking down their doors. People dont go to Mississippi and Louisiana and protest the cockfights. This is a simple case of a celebrity doing something stupid and overpaying for it while being a made an example for everyone. From the judge to the arresting officers, to the media outlets. People make their careers off of moments like this. People wanting to jump in on history being made. “The downfall of Mr. Vick”. Nobody cares about the other shameless acts of NFL players drunkdriving and killing people in the process. Go protest that. Or beating their wives and drug usage. People send down judgement like they have that power. My friends boss hates Michael Vicks guts because of what he did. But the man goes around killing cats on his property with hammers. See the irony. He did his time, get off his back. What you dipsticks forget is that the NFL is a business!!! Meaning mulah, confetti, green, dollars, cha-ching!!! He was the best, most exciting player in the league, hate it or love it. The year he went down, the Falcons were scheduled for how many Monday Night Football games? Think about that!! Idiot Goodell knows that he has to give that man a chance. Their is too much money at stake. Money talks, and you idiots cursing and throwing tantrums like little kids need to worry about your own lives and families. Haters get your hate on!!! While my main man VICK will return and do his thing just like MJ did in ‘96. Im laughing at you all. I cant wait to buy his jersey and I dare somebody to comment…hahahahahahahahahahaaa…I CAN WAIT!!!
deezanutz
May 20th, 2009
4:58 pm
GOODELL knows the NFL is business…VICK MEANS RATINGS AND DOLLARS!!! HE CARES NOT OF YOU IDIOTS OPINIONS>>>HATERS GET YOUR HATE ON!!! IMA HAVE MY VICK JERSEY ON!!!! hahaahahaaaaa
What be with the poor grammar and spelling?
May 20th, 2009
5:02 pm
What is it with all the Vick supporters and poor grammar? I notice most of the Vick supporters can’t spell, have very poor grammar, and just can’t make plural and singular agreement match up. What is up with that?
Jamir1, It should be what happened to forgive and forget? Not what happen to forgive and forget.
In your third sentence it should be haters, not hater.
Attached should be attacked
bigest should be biggest and it should be you are one of his biggest fans. Not that you are one of his biggest fan
It should be PETA and the rest of those haters as in plural rather than hater.
But don’t worry, I’m able to decipher through the language of ebonics and actually understand some of this.
Melv
May 20th, 2009
5:05 pm
Have we forgotten that he gave the bird to his OWN homefield crowd!? Listen, I wish him the best…but it is bitter-sweet for me.
Dan
May 20th, 2009
5:10 pm
So the real question is after a couple years in jail, is some jumbo offensive lineman gonna really let Vick come up under center??
Atl Resident
May 20th, 2009
5:12 pm
To any and everyone who thinks Vick should still be locked up, I think the same thing about Martha Stewart. Enough said, so, let it go, move on.
Curious George
May 20th, 2009
5:15 pm
Why would anyone living here in Atlanta rather “support,” cherish and/or embrace a genuine disgrace and bottom-feeder of society like Mike Vick instead a true Hero, legitimate Sport Legend, Icon of Humanity and truly First-Rate MAN like Hank Aaron who actually gives something back to the community other than obscene hand gestures?
We Love You, Mr. Aaron!
Jacket since 1997
May 20th, 2009
5:20 pm
LOOK LEAVE THE MAN ALONE, HE DID HIS TIME, FIND SOMETHIN ELSE TO BITCH ABOUT
Jacket since 1997
May 20th, 2009
5:21 pm
HE WILL GET BACK IN THE NFL AND MAKE THE WILDCAT HIS BITCH
Dell
May 20th, 2009
5:21 pm
I was never much of a Vick fan…on the field that is. But, for all of you who only see fault in others (Vick that is), go look in your mirror! Or, are you to ashamed to face the truth about yourself (your own bad choices)? And you Authur Blank, what a hypocrite you are! One minute you say you believe in second chances, and the next you say Vick won’t play in Atlanta. That is just as bad as me telling Home Depot, “you still deserve my business, even though you mess up my order”, when I shop only at Lowe’s now!
Jim
May 20th, 2009
5:25 pm
Mark – I usually give you a hard time, but this is one of the better articles you have ever written. I am really pulling for Mike and hopes he turns his life around.
Jambom87
May 20th, 2009
5:31 pm
Curious George raised a good point. The first time you see Vick with one of his old “crew” or newer crew replacement goons, we’ll know he hasn’t changed a bit.
The Dogfighter Returns
May 20th, 2009
5:31 pm
stephen you do not go to jail because you owe the irs money. that never happens. filing a false tax return. yes. not simply because you owe money.
Sam
May 20th, 2009
5:32 pm
Bull freaking S!!!
He “broke the law” and he PAID HIS DEBT TO SOCIETY VIA HIS INCARCERATION!!!
Now you want him to bow and scrape and Stepin Fetchit and ask “MASSA” for forgiveness??? F-THAT!!!
We’re talking pittbulls here….pittbulls!!! Ummmmm white people created the pittbull for fighting and there are still hundreds if not thousands of white pittbull kennel owners all over this country and the world. Vick was only stupid because he tried to do on a large scale what the white man does. Case closed.
Todd - Dacula
May 20th, 2009
5:36 pm
Atlanta is stilla highly volitale city, rooted with RACISM.The divide is still Black/White. It was that way long before Michael Vick was drafted and will be that way long after Matt Ryan plays his last game.
this country was built on teh basis of RACISM; the south, especially Atlanta, has been a focal point of the racial divide. The racist will never publically forgive.
Mike Vick and John Rocker, for that matter is better that teh racist in ATlanta.
Jambom87
May 20th, 2009
5:37 pm
To Sam: Enough of your race card crap.
Backfield in Motion
May 20th, 2009
5:39 pm
This is a beautiful article you have written, Mr. Bradley.
What a pity that neither Vick nor 90% of his thoughtless, uneducated, functionally-illiterate SUPPORTERS appear to possess the requisite skills necessary to read it.
SOUTHGADAWG88
May 20th, 2009
5:41 pm
Mike Vick…I don’t know about the rest of you guys but on a purely selfish note…I really hope he wont end up on the Saints or Panthers!!That would be ugly..You know I have to say the guy did his time so what is the big friggin deal.PETA?Whatever…I don’t see these people on TV boycotting and protesting Horse racing,dog racing greyhounds or huskies.Be that as it may stuff like this always makes me feel kind of conflicted.1st is you try to to teach your kids to do the right thing..because breaking the law is wrong,,,forget the moral side what about …you can go to jail?That’s nothing to aspire to is it?On the other hand boy…life slaps us in the face daily with the hypocrisy that is the AMERICAN way.The country that champions LIBERTY and FREEDOM for all mankind happens to be the last country to outlaw slavery..while we were going to war in Korea and Vietnam to promote freedom we still had a segregated south.We have vehemently opposed most other countries acquiring nuclear weapons yet WE are the only country to ever actually use one and we did it twice,we espouse the virtues of live a clean life,don’t do drugs etc yet the last 3 presidents we elected admitted to using cocaine and or marijuana!!It goes on and on…Jesus Christ said “He who among you that is without sin,let him cast the first stone”Which incidentally tells me that even in those times people loved judging others and actually took pleasure in other people’s misfortunes.So good luck Mike Vick..wish you the best I just hope we don’t have to see this guy twice a year.
Chef Boy-Ar-Dee
May 20th, 2009
5:44 pm
I wonder if Michael Vick’s first meal as a free man included a HOT DOG .
elainer7
May 20th, 2009
5:50 pm
If this monster gets to play football again, then Pete Rose and any other pro athlete that got in trouble for something should be reinstated or forgiven. Vick will just be a little smarter this time around but he hasnt changed.
k483
May 20th, 2009
6:00 pm
As bad as his conduct was, it pales in comparison to the actions of some of the other NFL outlaws. We are such hypocrites for smacking Vick around and giving the others a slap on the wrist.
Brenda
May 20th, 2009
6:09 pm
Peoples comments have made me very sad today. But, I still have hope and believe in second chances.
Ted Striker
May 20th, 2009
6:18 pm
I like Mark’s zero tolerance zone for that word. It’s hijacked too many discussions with a blind eye to the topic. That said, there couldn’t be a better word than when it signified the band of professional assassins worshiping Kali and offering victims to her in Gunga Din. What a cast. What a movie.
So I’ll meet ‘im later on
At the place where ‘e is gone
Where it’s always double drill and no canteen.
‘E’ll be squattin’ on the coals
Givin’ drink to poor damned souls,
An’ I’ll get a swig in hell from Gunga Din!
Yes, Din! Din! Din!
You Lazarushian-leather Gunga Din!
Though I’ve belted you and flayed you,
By the livin’ Gawd that made you,
You’re a better man than I am, Gunga Din!
poppa falcon
May 20th, 2009
6:30 pm
A drunk driver who kills someone may not have “intended” to do it, but he DANG SURE “intended”on tossing back a few drinks before he got behind that wheel. I LOST a family member close to me due to an IGNORANT drunk driver and I hope and PRAY that NONE of you reading this comment EVER has to go thru what my family had to go thru. Being a dog owner, I am very protective and loving of my pooch. But I won’t make the MISTAKE of equating the life of a dog to that of a human being. There are NO shelters where you can drop off your kids and have them “humanely” put down the same way as an animal shelter. What Vick did was HORRIFIC, but he HAS paid an incredible price for his actions. I only hope he does the right
‘thing from here on out.
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Native Son
May 20th, 2009
6:34 pm
There once was a man from V_A.
Who came down to G_A. to play
He pulled out a wad
Financed fighting dogs
And now he has hell to pay
Peta says you can’t kill a pup
The brotha’s say “Yo’ What’s the deal
He did do the time when convick-ed of crime
But the punishment didn’t add up
In the blink of an eye he lost millions
Has a ball and a chain on his leg
Now Roger Goodell of The NFL
Wants this here young man to beg
He’s out and back home in V_A.
A job with ten dollars to pay
At home in confinement he’ll live
What’s wrong with you people that can’t forgive.
” If there was no color, religion, class, politics, etc…What then would we squabble about? We are a country uniquely full of diversity, how is it that the same uniqueness is what cripples us as a nation.
The Most Indigenous
poppa falcon
May 20th, 2009
6:41 pm
People say Vick didn’t apologize………………….than what the heck is this called ??????….http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzytivQsPGI
Mark Bradley
May 20th, 2009
7:17 pm
Ted checking in with a little Kipling. Now the blog is complete.
Vick Supporter
May 20th, 2009
7:25 pm
I’m gonna be totally honest here…. When this whole thing went down, I was crushed. No matter what people say, white or black, Vick was Atlanta..Vick was the ENTIRE FRANCHISE. We all cheered him..with him naturally receiving more scrutiny from whites, unfortunately. I have hated the Falcons since then. Not Mr.Blank or the team itself caused this hate, but the fans themselves caused it. I understand fans being upset about his crime, but to bring all of the racial hatred that has plagued this city out in the open and for “certain fans” to say that Vick never did anything positive on the field for this team and say that he’s the worst qb ever really pissed me off. I got to thinking….these people really don’t look at the big picture and just look at completion %s and qb ratings instead of WINS. He has a winning record as a starter and I thought that counted for something…I guess winning only counts for Ryan,lol, not Vick, the man who put atlanta on the map for real. That’s why I hate the falcons…and many people feel the same way as I do. I’m not saying that Vick was the perfect qb, but he played hard for this city and it wasn’t appreciated by “certain fans” here. I do know one thing, Ryan will never win this city over. ATL will always be Vick’s city, and the Falcons will always be Vick’s team, even when he comes here with his new team. The city of Atlanta loves you, Mike Vick, and you’ll receive your 2nd chance. It will be a comeback like never before and Falcons section of the AJC will always be about The Great Mike Vick. Redemption Time is Here.
Vick 09.
Merkel
May 20th, 2009
7:33 pm
To Vick Supporter: Consider yourself d-i-s-r-e-s-p-e-c-t-e-d. Officially. And totally.
THE GOP NATIONS KILLERS support the Falcons
May 20th, 2009
7:36 pm
For all you clowns talking about spelling Georgia ranks 48 out of the fifty state.in the this state the GOP is in charge. The Confederated GOP( better know as nation killer (has a lot of falcon fans. you can HAVE THE falcons AND THE BRAVES AND THE SORRY THARSER. ALL FROM GEORGIA ALL loser!!! like RUSH i WANT THE falcons TO LOSE!
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
7:45 pm
Todd-Dacula wrote: “Rocker and Vick, the same story.”
Sorry Todd, one has a federal felony criminal record the other was subjected to the politically correct thought police for saying he didn’t want to ride a certain train in New York. Not quite the same story.
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
7:49 pm
THE GOP Nations, et al wrote: “For all you clowns talking about spelling Georgia ranks 48 out of the fifty state.in the this state the GOP is in charge.”
The GOP is totally in charge out here in North Fulton where our kids’ tests scores are way above the national average. Down in South Fulton (and city of Atlanta) where the Dems are in charge the scores are below the national average. Same curriculum, same money spent per student…where do you think the problem lies? Just sayin’…know what I mean?
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
7:53 pm
Vick Supporter wrote: “Ryan will never win this city over. ATL will always be Vick’s city, and the Falcons will always be Vick’s team”
You’re joking right? Ryan has already won the city over and MV7 will soon be no more than an asterik in Falcon’s football history…he is irrelevant and a nobody to the Falcons at this point. That being said, I hope he turns his life around and I think he should be given a second chance in the league…just not in the Great ATL. Arthur Blank and I are on the same page on this issue. Let it go…deep breathes.
Vick Supporter
May 20th, 2009
7:54 pm
@Merkel. You don’t want it with me.
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
8:12 pm
For all you idiots bringing up the Danny Heatley “DUI”….he was never charged with “DUI”. He was simply driving too fast on Lennox Road and lost control. The man riding with him who died was his best friend. Snyder’s family did not want Heatley to serve time. Here is a quote from our (black) District Attorney:
“This was a traffic-related incident. It was not an intentional incident,” said Howard, adding Heatley and Snyder’s friendship was a factor in the handling of the case.
Killing defenseless dogs is an intentional act, not an accident. There be a difference.
JJB
May 20th, 2009
8:42 pm
I hope that Mike Vick can turn his life around. He needs to have true friends. I hope that he finds them. I am good with him not playing for the Falcons. He will land somewhere. Lets see what 2 years away from the game does to his athleticism. What is up with people staing that he “put Atlanta on the map”? Who cares? Who cares about national press. The national press follows winners, consistent winners. The Falcons are trying to built that. They have never had it, and thus, “not on the map”
SOUTHGADAWG88
May 20th, 2009
8:44 pm
CRABAPPLEJOE-where are your facts to back up that statement about school curriculum and money spent per student being the same?Prove that..show me and everybody on this blog the proof.I had to call you out on that statement…let’s us know where you picked up that little piece of info?It’s one thing to speak your opinion but just throw out some crap without the facts to bear you out.
Former Season Ticket Holder
May 20th, 2009
8:56 pm
crabapplejoe, Dany Heatley did have a couple of drinks that night…FACT…but lets say he wasn’t drunk…that makes it worse..so he was sober and CHOSE to push his foot on the accelerator and drive 100 miles per hour on a 2 lane winding road thru Buckhead. He made the conscious CHOICE to drive foolishly FAST in the wee hours of the morning…so no, it was not an accident. He CHOSE to drive recklessly, and his CHOICE had a consequence….which was Dan Snyder’s LIFE.
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
9:03 pm
SouthGADAwg88 wrote: “CRABAPPLEJOE-where are your facts to back up that statement about school curriculum and money spent per student being the same?Prove that..show me and everybody on this blog the proof”
Dude, get with clue…do you really think that the Fulton County School Board, that is controlled by blacks, would spend less in South Fulton than North Fulton. Do your own research. By the way the City of Atlanta and Washington D.C. spend a great deal more per student than North Dakota and Oregon, etc. but the results are not quite the same…sorry, but I’m just keepin’ it real…know what I mean? You’re still living in the ’50s believing that “the man” is keepin’ you and your children down. It’s called DNA and personal responsibility.
crabapplejoe
May 20th, 2009
9:06 pm
Former Season Ticket Holder wrote: “He CHOSE to drive recklessly, and his CHOICE had a consequence….which was Dan Snyder’s LIFE.”
And you find yourself in a better position to judge Danny Heatley than the family of Dan Snyder? I think not. I think you are simply a racist trying to justify MV7s behaviour on the back of an unfortunate incident that involved two white friends.