It’s been a decade this month since NFL star Michael Vick was indicted in the notorious Bad Newz Kennels dog-fighting investigation.
But that gruesome and appalling operation still and forever will be the first thing I think of when I hear his name.
The chilling cruelty can’t be unseen, or somehow expunged.
As a dog lover, I honestly can’t even bear to type the specifics.
While I reread the old stories, I glanced at one of my dogs and felt nauseated and furious.
Even if dogs aren’t your thing, the sheer inhumanity of it all was frightening and is fused to Vick as his scarlet letter.