Michael Vick’s recent hiring as head football coach at Norfolk State University has been met with lots of mixed reactions. One group in particular is not thrilled with Vick’s recent career move. The animal rights group, PETA, has released a statement on Vick’s recent news via Fox News.
“After interviewing him at PETA’s office in Norfolk, Virginia, while his sentence was under consideration, and hearing him tell me bold-faced lies about his poor dogs, I came to believe that he’s a charming, charismatic psychopath, but since I believe he won’t fight dogs ever again, PETA is focusing on working with law enforcement to bust those who still do,” President Ingrid Newkirk said.
Vick, along with three others, was convicted on felony dogfighting charges back in 2007. He was charged with running an illegal dog fighting ring known as “Bad Newz Kennels” out of his Newport News, Virginia, home. Vick was then accused of financing the ring, participating in dog fights and executions, and handling funds related to gambling activities. Vick eventually entered a guilty plea to “Conspiracy to Travel in Interstate Commerce in Aid of Unlawful Activities and to Sponsor a Dog in an Animal Fighting Venture.” In addition, he admitted to helping to kill six to eight dogs by drowning, beating, and hanging them. He served 21 months in federal prison for his crimes…