SCLC back-peddles on Vick....

[Robeson]

No Award For Vick
SCLC will not recognize Falcons QB at convention



State Rep. Tyrone Brooks of Atlanta, once an aide to Martin Luther King Jr. in the SCLC, said he told Steele last week that the Vick case was a distraction.

"I just don't think it should be discussed at the convention or as part of the black agenda," Brooks said when reached on his cell phone Tuesday. "I'm not trying to make it an issue. I just don't think it ought to be out there."

Instead, Brooks said, the SCLC should concentrate on such issues as violence and the incarceration of young black people across the country.

"To talk about a superstar athlete who's got millions and millions in the bank, with the resources available to put together a defense team ... we're mixing up our priorities to the extent that it causes confusion," he said.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/football/nfl/08/07/bc.fbn.vick.sclc.ap/index.html

[flvegan]

1. I won't say why, but

this is an excellent point made by Mr. Brooks.

Thank you for posting this, as I hadn't seen it.