Media Playing Race Card Again

[Dos Equis]

Why do we need to know the racial makeup of the grand jury? 

Vick indicted by state grand jury in dogfighting case     

SUSSEX, Virginia (CNN) -- A Virginia grand jury indicted suspended Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick on state dogfighting charges Tuesday, prosecutors announced.

Michael Vick faces sentencing on federal charges in December.

The grand jury brought two charges against Vick: one count of killing dogs and one of promoting dogfights. In a plea agreement on federal charges, the quarterback has admitted to bankrolling a dogfighting operation from his home in Surry County, Virginia.

Arraignment for Vick is scheduled for October 3.

Vick and three associates -- Purnell Peace, 35, of Virginia Beach; Quanis Phillips, 28, of Atlanta, Georgia; and Tony Taylor, 34, of Hampton, Virginia -- had pleaded guilty to federal charges related to the dogfighting venture and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Surry County Commonwealth Attorney Gerald Poindexter said earlier he would present more than 10 state bills of indictment against Vick and his co-defendants.

Vick, 27, faces a possible prison term of 12 to 18 months after his August guilty plea to a federal conspiracy charge related to the dogfighting ring. After the plea, the National Football League suspended him indefinitely without pay.

He faces sentencing on December 10 in U.S. District Court in Richmond on the federal charges.

Poindexter defended his decision to bring more charges against the four because the federal case didn't address crimes committed in Surry County.

"Crime was committed here. How do you ignore it?" Poindexter said to reporters outside the grand jury courtroom. "Not piling on anybody, just looking out for Surry County."

The grand jury is composed of six people, two black males, two black females and two white females.

The grand jury was meeting at the Sussex County courthouse because the Surry County courthouse is undergoing renovations.

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/09/25/vick/index.html

[240 is Back]

I agree with you here.  Race is irrleevant.  However, there are going to be people whose first question is, "will such-and-such jury do X or Y, based upon their own skin color"?

THe media is feeding this ignorance.

[Tre]

This is ridiculous. 

It's an absolute JOKE that the state now wants to pursue a case...a case they FAILED to make months ago, which is why the feds had to step in in the first place.

WEAK.

[Dos Equis]

It is probably opportunism by the prosecutor, but Vick has already admitted he engaged in a criminal conspiracy.  I question whether this is double jeopardy. 

[Colossus_500]

You're right, it is irrelevent, Beach.  But that's the media for you.  IMO, they are the race baiters who feed right into the hands of the kingpin 'baiters like Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.