FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Protest Against the National Football League (NFL) for Honoring *Michael Vick* as ProBowl Captain.
Who: Organizers, Kate Riviello, Julie Elrod.
Locations/Date/Times:
FIRST DAY OF PROTEST: January 18, 2020 – 12 noon to 2pm (rain or shine!)
The objective of the protest, along with the over one million signatures on petitions by other groups including Animal Viktory, is to compel the National Football League to rethink honoring Michael Vick as honorary captain, a convicted felon who engaged in dog fighting activities for over six years with exquisite horrible details revealed to the public about their torture and deaths. The campaign is directed to Roger Goodell, CEO of the NFL Board of Directors. Dog lovers across the nation are outraged and have called for a boycott of all sponsors. Animal activists state that he did not serve time for animal cruelty but instead for federal charges of racketeering/conspiracy and that Michael Vick has never expressed sincere remorse. We have requested that everyone nationwide protest wearing red and use the hashtag #ditchvick. (Desmond’s Army from Connecticut with Zilla Monstrella attending NYC.)
Multiple Locations:
New York City: 345 Park Avenue, at 51st Street, NFL Headquarters.
Los Angeles City Hall, CA (Angel Parisi).
Boston City Hall, MA.
Milwaukee, WI- Brando Lee.
Richardson, TX: 411 W. Arapaho Rd 12-2pm (Erin Warren).
More to be announced.
SECOND DAY OF PROTEST: January 26, 2020, 12 noon to 4pm.
If Michael Vick is not removed from the honor of ProBowl Captain, a protest will be hosted One Citrus Bowl Place, Camping World Stadium, Orlando, FL at the corner of Church and Nashville Streets on January 26, 2020 from 12 noon to 4. The protest in Orlando will feature two aerial banners from planes overhead that state, “No Michael Vick We Will Never Forget” and another banner stating “Goodell & the NFL Support Dog Torturers.” The aerial banners will fly over the stadium before the event begins. There will also be a mobile billboard.
Kate Riviello, animal rights paralegal for almost two decades, filed the first lawsuit in history equating a dog to a child successfully using the argument that a dog is a “soul” (in Hebrew “nephesh”) according to the Bible as a “living, breathing creature.” She continued, “We do not view animals as property and we do not view people as owners but rather guardians of precious lives.” (Contact info (845) 856-7366, http://someonetookmydog.com, https://kateriviello.wordpress.com )
Julie Elrod is an independent rescuer and animal advocate, owner of the American Academy of Martial Arts in Columbia, Maryland, who stated, “A convicted felon does not deserve to be honored as a Captain of the NFL.” She continued that, “Not only is it a terrible example for children, it dishonors the thousands of dog lives that were lost during the worst reign of dog fighting abuse in history.” (Contact info (410) 707-9871, americad1@msn.com)
Link to NYC event page January 18, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/events/494281174777732/
Link to Orlando event page January 26, 2020: https://www.facebook.com/events/1439635022862328/
kateriviello 
Michael dick should not be honored. He makes me sick to my stomach. He should never be allowed back in the NFL. What is going to happen next are they going to honor colin Kaepernick who did something bad. I hope he never makes to the NFL hall of fame and im glad he never won a super bowl ring eather sick bastard
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Colin Kaepernick did nothing bad. He knelt down to protest the murders of unarmed blacks by the police. If you think that is bad you are a complete ignorant person.
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Ughh he dishonored the thousands of black, white, Asian people who sacrificed their lives, just so he could get his name out there!!! Well.. he did!!!
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Why? Was there no good soul for this position. Who made this stupid ignorant decision. I hope we keep protest and 👎 boo at this decision.
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He should be locked up for what he did to those animals, he did spend time in prison but it wasn’t enough time, if it was up to me I’d give him the gas chamber period, what a poor excuse for being a man. 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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Barbarian Bastard keep him from the NFL or tie the SOB to a tree and let him die!!!!!
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he SHOULD NOT BE “HONORED” for ANYONE, ANYWHERE EVER! His name alone brings DOGS, DEATH and PHYSICAL TORTURE to mind 1st and foremost……..to MOST HUMANS in OUR WORLD!
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Cruel bastard
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cattle prod to TINY PENIS?……
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The NFL has no shame!! It should stand for excellence both on and off the field!! This individual is Satans spawn! A true evil demon that has no business walking among us let alone be honored for ANYTHING!!!!!
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This man should not be honored for anything. Anyone who treats animals abusively, should not be honored at all.
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He is a monster and should not be recognized as anything but that. Period.
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He deserves no recognition at all unless it’s for the Evil Piece of Shit that he is!! Show him you can’t abuse animals and be considered a hero of any kind!!
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He doesn’t deserve to be honored for anything. 🥵
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Everything that NEEDS to be said …HAS been said in these commentaries ~ Shame on the NFL and Shame of the humans who support M.V.
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Reblogged this on PITTY CITY DOG BLOG: THE PIT BULL and commented:
This man is responsible for countless acts of horrific brutality against dogs. (To learn more, read the book, “The Lost Dogs”) Such a man has no honor!
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This man is responsible for countless acts of horrific brutality against dogs. (To learn more, read the book, “The Lost Dogs”) Such a man has no honor!
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Won’t be watching the Pro Bowl if they allow him to be captain. Honoring a man that can do horrible things to animals is not saying too much for the NFL. He may be doing stuff with the Humane Society now, but it’s only because he was caught. If he wasn’t caught, LORD knows what would be happening to these innocent and abused dogs.
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This makes the NFL look bad. They have made a horrible decision by honoring him. Shows what kind of people are in management!
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The sponsors and NFL have no idea how much this will, down the road, backfire….Eventually they will feel the power in numbers. WHEN THE SPIDER WEBS UNITE, THEY CAN TIE UP A LION. Keep boycotting, calling, emailing, writing to whomever… they made rules and broke them with a vile psychopath. People in the vast numbers are in an uproar. The lion will be stopped.
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A known murderer who seems to not feel remorse and claims he did not know it was wrong to harm and murder others, and he hid it from the world. He should burn and never be allowed to do anything again. Shame on you NFL!!!
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Shame on the franchise, what is it to glorify a person if they are 100% in ALL parts of his life not just the sports half , Why do you even have him playing when he has dogs fighting???
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He is a POS for the horrible things he did, allowed to happen and was a part of….. he should not be honored in any way shape or form!!
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He’s got you fooled… he says what you want to hear… he is scum and the NFL should not honor him EVER. I’m sure there are plenty of others suitable to be captain… please choose someone else.
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So how was this Sadist cured?
How did he deal with the fact that he is a sadistic, sick , degenerate? And what treatments that “cured” him of this Sickness did he take?
How does the NFL come to terms with these FACTS?
How does Vick and the NFL ignore these facts?
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Evel horrible horrific. Why hurt inocent animals that only want love give love back.
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He is a horrible example of a human being. He regrets nothing about what he did to those poor dogs and would probably do it again, if he already hasn’t.
That look on his face says it all, a narcissistic POS.
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I’m truly sickened and deeply saddened.
He should fired and jailed.
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This man is a monster. He doesn’t deserve to be honoured for anything but what the good lord is going to honour him when it’s time for him to leave this earth. We are the voices of the voiceless. NFL and Nike I will boycott and not buy any products from you. I will also make sure to share and protest anything that Vick is honoured for. He’s not a role model. How dare you to even think about honouring such a animal as Vick.
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The NFL should be a good representative of the true goodness and justice the US is supposed to stand for. No evil should be tolerated on any level or any form against any animal, or human being. There’s already enough evil in the world and too much in the United States alone, but there’s also good and the good people need to always stick together against any and all evil and forms or levels of abuse and monsterousness!
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Vick is one of the most evil, selfish and heartless people I have ever heard, of. If he gets any positive attention or awards than that is like telling the world that hanging dogs until they die or fighting pit bulls is not a big, deal. I don’t care if he manipulates people into thinking that he has any empathy for the horrific things he has, done. He is a disgrace to humanity and karma will come back to bite him in the, bum.
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If MV is the most evil selfish etc person you’ve ever heard of then you don’t know shit about the history of your own people…they far worse then MV could ever dream of being…
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Michael Vick, the most evil and heartless is a vile psychopath. Positive attention and awards tells the world that hanging dogs, electrocuting dogs with jumper cables while in water, holding their struggling heads in a bucket of water fighting for its life until they die, stealing people’s precious pets for bait dogs to be ripped apart, and fighting pit bulls is not a big deal. He did all this with joy. He manipulates people into thinking he has empathy for the horrific things he has done, that too is a pattern of a psychopath. You can not rehabilitate a psychopath. I ask you to step into the last terrifying moments of those angels. Now look at Michael Vick’s face full of satisfaction. And the NFL gives him awards??? This disgrace to humanity and person of brutality to animals should REMAIN BEHIND BARS FOREVER! NOT GIVEN AWARDS! Sponsors should withdraw from the NFL.
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How f**king disgusting to equate a dog with a human…you people will celebrate the death of 1/2 a million children under 5 in the Middle East as a “victory” for the US but want to prevent a human from living because of the ill treatment of a dog?? And there is no doubt that RACISM is driving this train at this point…
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Animals ARE equal to humans according the Lord of the Torah. If you are not Judeo-Christian then I can say to you that animals breathe air and have red blood and even those that do not have red blood or breathe air through gills, all animals have their purpose on this earth. Our planet is literally going to implode upon itself as you stuff your face with animal flesh, animals grown on land that was meant to have this planet breathe. We love children as much as animals and our hearts bleed for children and animals and all innocent humans ENSLAVED by dominance-based cultural societies. We are most certainly not racists – but YOU are species-ist if you cannot see with your heart that animals are special to the Lord. This individual lead a lifestyle of torturing these precious souls and we will not abide by him being honored in any way.
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…with the express purpose of enslaving humanity according a fictitious character they named God which is an anagram derived from the word “dog”…hardly an authority ANYONE should be follwing. And even though I love my animals and don’t eat meat, HUMANS AND DOGS ARE NOT ON THE SAME PLANE WHATSOEVER!! To suggest that a human deserves to die because of the treatment of animals WHILE STAYING SILENT ABOUT WAR AND OCCUPATION THAT DEVASTATES MILLIONS OF HUMANS AROUND THE WORLD BECAUSE OF WHAT YOUR GOVERNMENT IS DOING IS DISGUSTING!!! And how is it that white people can treat animals as bad as Vick did for centuries and get no mention from you, but WHEN A BLACK MAN DOES IT NOW YOU WANT TO SAY SOMETHING. Can you be more hypocritical? Dog fighting and abuse came from European culture and so the attempts to make a Black man the poster child is nothing more than RACISM/WHITE SUPREMACY 101
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I will not watch the Pro Bowl.
Because of michael vick. A “person” who got his jolllies watching dogs literally tear each other apart.
Think he’d get in the ring to have that done to him? HA! I WISH!
He should never be allowed to have animals again.
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I Also will not watch the Pro Bowl.
Because of michael vick.
He should never be allowed to have animals again.
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kateriviello: in reference to your commentary: Race has nothing to do with this. This is a separate issue from war, slavery, politics, or ritual customs. It’s about cheating on taxes, illegal dog fighting, and sadistic abuse to any creature. Let that well be understood.
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You’re rewarding abuse. USA NFL hand your heads in shame.
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VICK IS SICK!
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REMOVE HIM
Michael who?
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It’s not as if convictions haven’t been brought against people who engage in cruel acts to animals. Isn’t dog fighting illegal to begin with? This should help stop further actions it’s now a federal crime. https://www.npr.org/2019/11/25/782842651/trump-signs-law-making-cruelty-to-animals-a-federal-crime
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He should be off the team and go to prison. Never liked that asshole. I wish the worst for him. Stupid asshole.
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All I have to say is Karma is a Bitch!
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Karma is a BITCH Vick!!!
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He must be put in jail forever.Ashole,bitch.
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Who in the hell wants to make this soul-less POS even more famous and put more money in his evil ass pockets?! This is BS!!! He should still be in prison or have his privates covered in bacon grease and tossed in with hungry fighting dogs!!!
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Do not honor Vick. This man? Should be severely punished as his actions are not worthy of a real man. Vick is only a mentally ill sick soulless creature that should be locked away
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You have so many that deserve to be recognized; yet all you can come up with is Michael Vick?? I do not understand your limited intelligence, this is a no-brainer; he has trained, fought, tortured, and killed dogs to satisfy his mental illness. He has no compassion, or remorse, and you want him for a roll model??? “A role model is a person whose behavior, example, or success is or can be emulated by others, especially by younger people. The term role model is credited to sociologist Robert K. Merton, who coined the phrase during his career. Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires. An example being the way young fans will idolize and imitate professional athletes or entertainment artists.” Michael Vick – Does Not Fall Into This Category!!
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That’s professional sports for you. Patriots cheated, caught twice, but all they got was a finger tap. Why anyone thinks vick would be shunned is beyond me. If I had my way he’d still be in prison and totally stripped of everything of importance to him. Especially what they’re giving him. In spite of what I said, I can’t believe they’re doing this!!!!! 😠😠😠😠😠
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U r a piece of shit!
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He should never have been allowed to have anything to do with the NFL, it is horrendous that they allowed him back!!!
He should NOT be allowed to be an Honorary Captain of anything!!!
He should be in Prison!!!!
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Inhumane monsters do NOT deserve any kind of honor or dispensation! The NFL is wrong to appoint Vick to anything honorary! There is no honor in killing innocent helpless victims!
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