"'We will recognize Vick for being an outstanding human being,' said Steele. 'We will work with anyone who opens their heart and arms to us.'
The president of the SCLC told Channel 2's JaQuitta Williams the organization will honor Vick by praying for him. Steele said supporting people in need is what the SCLC has been about for the past 50 years.
'We're in support of Michael as a human being,' SCLC president Charles Steele said. 'Right now, he's feeling discarded, ostracized by people who are rushing to judgment. It's our responsibility to save him.'"
I think it is not fair to jump to conclusions of guilt when you do not know the facts of the case. I do not know if the charges in this case are true or not, so I am not attempting to claim that they are. However, it is just as wrong to jump to conclusions of innocence based on race, which this group is doing. Why is it based on race?
When the media drags out Phil Spector and paints him as a guilty man, does the SCLC come out and defend him? How about Scott Peterson, or Robert Blake or any other number of non-black suspects that have been smeared in the media. They are speaking out about Vick because they are assuming that the charges or the beliefs of his guilt are based on his race. Which I don't believe it is.
This is going to be a bad thing for them, if it turns out that the evidence comes through to support the charges that have been made against Vick.
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