This Vick secret compartment bottle thing is just getting weirder

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Queasy

Queasy

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Let's review:

- Vick acts suspiciously at a security checkpoint and refuses to give up a water bottle.
- Vick eventually throws the bottle in a recycle bin.
- TSA screener suspects something is up and recovers bottle from the recycle bin.
- They discover the secret compartment and an officer says he smelled a pungent smell like marijuana.
- We're told that analysis of said bottle could take months.
- Ownership and management of the Falcons had a heated meeting with Vick where they expressed their extreme displeasure with Vick and said that Vick was embarrassed by his actions.
- A day or so later it is reported that there was nothing illegal in the secret compartment but nothing on what the substance actually is (some have conjectured chewing tobacco).
- Now it is being reported that the tape of Vick at the airport has been destroyed.

Miami-Dade police have erased the airport security video showing Falcons quarterback Michael Vick disposing of a water bottle at the airport after it was requested by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution under Florida's public records law.

The video, made on Jan. 17, was part of the investigation into the water bottle with a hidden compartment that an initial police report said contained "a small amount of a dark particulant and a pungent aroma closely associated with marijuana."

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution requested a copy of the video on Jan. 18 from the Miami-Dade Police Department, under the state's public records law. Police spokesman Robert Williams confirmed that the department was the custodian of the video. When told that the AJC wanted a copy of the electronic video, Williams said police had already decided they would not release it because it was part of an open investigation.

The State Attorney's office announced Monday that no charges would be filed against Vick and the case was closed.

On Tuesday, the AJC again requested a copy of the video and was told that it had been erased: "The video that you are asking for was on a flash drive," Williams wrote in an e-mail Tuesday afternoon to the AJC. "That information was shown to the State Attorney's Office and it was determined by them that no criminal act was committed and no charges were filed. Therefore this video was deleted from the flash drive since it was not being used in a criminal case."

When asked when the video was deleted, Williams responded: "Why? It was deleted right after no contraband was found and the State refused to prosecute."

Adria Harper, the director of the First Amendment Foundation of Florida, a non-profit organization that provides legal aid and training on open records, said there shouldn't be barriers to accessing the tape.

"Even if they were allowed to destroy the records so quickly ? which I would be surprised about ? I wonder if they would do that if it was someone else, someone other than Michael Vick."

Florida has very broad access laws, she said.

Harper said the only exception to releasing information is an open criminal investigation, which does not apply in the Vick case.

The video was provided to the police by the Tranportation Security Administration, which still has a copy of the video but has refused to release it, citing national security concerns.
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Could they at least TRY to not act suspiciously?
 
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Lola

When i saw Vick secret etc etc etc i was thinking Victorias Secret... :eek:
 
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MX2

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"Hey pssst, here is a little something, something (hands over manilla envelope stuffed with cash) to make all this stuff kind of disappear" *nudge, nudge, wink**
 
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toekramp

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In other news, Miami-Dade police win complimentary season tickets to falcons games
 
BrokenVisage

BrokenVisage

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Ridiculous... Doesn't matter what he had in that bottle, there should be no reason to erase the video tape of what happened. What's the big deal if he's been cleared of having any illegal substances? Better yet, what would the video of it all going down show that would contradict his story? I bet his eyes were blood-shot red or something, another superstar NFL player gets his idiotic mess cleaned up for him.. surprise surprise.
 
Fern

Fern

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Yup, they have done everything possible to make this look like a coverup.

I wonder where Vick was coming from (and into Miami) Amsterdam maybe?

Oh, and if it wasn't weed/hash, he and the Falcon's front office would have been denying this story (strenuously) from the very begining. If he was truly innocent I'd expect a defamantion/slander lawsuit.

Fern
 
Malak

Malak

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There is no reason to keep the video. The case was closed, end of discussion. Let's all move on because in a couple of weeks, you won't even care.
 
meltdown75

meltdown75

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maybe it's a new kind of weed that you can mix with your chew or something.

they really fail at describing the "pungent aroma" though. there are several aromas that accompany weed use. was it a skunky smell? did it smell like something was freshly burnt?

this whole situation fails at drumming up the hype it initially looked like it might have and only serves to show how quick we are to react & judge.
 
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dquan97

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Did they destroy the original video? It sounds like the original is still intact, since originals are never stored on a flash drive.
 
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3NF

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If you're rich, you can get away with anything. Look at OJ Simpson.

The US Judicial System is 100% garbage.
 
sao123

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Originally posted by: Malak
There is no reason to keep the video. The case was closed, end of discussion. Let's all move on because in a couple of weeks, you won't even care.
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the case was closed... despite the fact that the police said it would take 2 months to do a chemical analysis on the substance to determine what it was?

bullsh1t.
 
Linflas

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Originally posted by: 3NF
If you're rich, you can get away with anything. Look at OJ Simpson.

The US Judicial System is 100% garbage.
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OJ got away with it because of bungling by the LA District Attorneys office combined with excellent representation by his defense lawyers. That is hardly an indictment of the entire US judicial system.
 
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Whisper

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Originally posted by: sao123
Originally posted by: Malak
There is no reason to keep the video. The case was closed, end of discussion. Let's all move on because in a couple of weeks, you won't even care.
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the case was closed... despite the fact that the police said it would take 2 months to do a chemical analysis on the substance to determine what it was?

bullsh1t.
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Well, it's likely that the lab gave the police a very rough estimate, based on the fact that they might have had to screen for multiple substances, and also taking into account the priority of the case and their current workload.

However, with it being such a high-profile athlete, I'm guessing that the police had the lab put a rush on things, and perhaps the analysts got a bit lucky and found what the substance was on their first few analyses.

Also, I'm sure most people would agree that while the water bottle was more than likely created to house illicit substances, simply owning such a bottle can't be said to imply that Vick was even in actual possession of the substances. He likely, as also would be expected, got nervous when they asked to see the bottle, as he knew the compartment would raise questions, whether or not it was actually holding anything at the time.

Why he'd bring it to the airport in the first place, who knows; maybe he picked it up while he was down there, figured it'd be cool to bring back, and forgot about the no liquids policy. I've forgotten to remove pocket knives and shaving equipment from my carry on luggage before, so it's not like it doesn't ever happen.
 
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thepd7

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The fact is, since he has been completely cleared of all criminal charges, if they released that tape to the media Vick would (and should) file civil suits since the video would be used to portray him in a negative light.
 
Abel007

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I was hoping the trade rumors with Oakland were true. :(

<---Not a Vick fan anymore.
 
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