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Eagles' Michael Vick honored with Ed Block Courage Award
Yahoo! Sports ^
| 12/23/2009
| Chris Chase
Posted on 12/23/2009 10:00:15 AM PST by mellow velo
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Sporadic acts of violence by Eagles fans against fans of visiting teams, combined with ongoing difficulties relating to public drunkenness, prompted Philadelphia municipal judge Seamus McCaffrey and the Philadelphia Police Department to establish a small, in-stadium courtroom at the Vet in 1997. Additionally, plainclothes officers, dressed in the colors of the visiting team, were dispatched to sit in sections known as being dangerous to opposing fans, most such sections being located in the Vet’s notorious “700 Level” at the top of the stadium. The success of the program was widely noted and has continued to the present day (Lincoln Financial Field includes a built-in prison facility and courtroom for such purposes). Overzealous Eagle fans caught by such sting operations are arrested, charged and taken to the courtroom, where McCaffrey usually sits in judgment. Such efforts have made the inside of the stadium much safer for opposing fans than was previously the case, but the stadium parking lots (and subways to the games) are still notoriously anarchic places. Such behavior aside, the majority of fans are well-behaved, if vocal.
To: marvlus
The world isn’t crazy. It’s just that the establishment has been subverted. It is a deliberate act, not just “bad judgement”.
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posted on
12/23/2009 11:12:29 AM PST
by
a fool in paradise
(Question authority!Who is the University of East Anglia to drive the 'Global Climate Change' agenda?)
To: JennysCool; montag813
Forgiveness is allowing him to earn a living after serving his time ... earning multi-millions of dollars ... in his chosen vocation.
IMO, it does not mean bestowing some feel-good, bogus award upon him that makes a mockery of the meaning of "courage".
To: junta
No doubt the NFL is focused grouped for drunks, being why they tolerate such a farce to be fielded.
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posted on
12/23/2009 11:36:37 AM PST
by
junta
(S.C.U.M. = State Controlled Unreliable Media)
To: Salamander; 2ndDivisionVet; Slings and Arrows; Markos33; JoeProBono
In a show of their commitment to diversity and openness, the team has announced that the finalists for next year’s award will include David Huckabee and David Berkowitz.
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posted on
12/23/2009 11:46:06 AM PST
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: shibumi
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posted on
12/23/2009 11:58:41 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
"I said two dozen hot DOGS with everything..... No, Michael Moore isn't coming over - they're for ME."
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:06:17 PM PST
by
shibumi
(" ..... then we will fight in the shade.")
To: shibumi; Salamander; Markos33
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:07:12 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: Ptarmigan
Actually Vick could of gotten away with it if he shut up about it and gotten an exchange to testify against others. No way. There is enormous pressure among blacks not to "snitch" to authorities on any crime. You are never to testify or help law enforcement against another black.
To: JennysCool
Well said! i completely agree.
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:14:42 PM PST
by
aw93472
(I got soul but I'm not a soldier.)
To: Slings and Arrows; mellow velo
To: EveningStar
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:31:12 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: Slings and Arrows
Is tomorrow good for you?
My calender's clear.
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:53:54 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: JoeProBono
Your dog told you post that, didn’t he?
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posted on
12/23/2009 12:54:59 PM PST
by
Salamander
(I'm sure I need some rest but sleepin' don't come very easy in a straight white vest.....)
To: Salamander
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posted on
12/23/2009 1:06:25 PM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
("The solution to every ill is a cat." --TheOldLady)
To: Slings and Arrows; Salamander
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posted on
12/23/2009 1:24:04 PM PST
by
ApplegateRanch
(Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: maggief
My son was at the the Atlanta - Eagles game last month. He said when Michael Vick came into the game he was booed. After he:
1. Threw a TD pass
2. Ran in for a TD
the crowd was chantng “We want Vick. We want Vick!”
To: Protect the Bill of Rights
The fans probably booed because Vick switched teams. In the NFL that is a bigger crime, unfortunately.
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posted on
12/24/2009 6:19:21 AM PST
by
maggief
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