Thursday, July 23, 2009
“Barack Obama being the president has meant absolutely nothing to white law enforcement officers. Zero. So I have zero confidence that (Gates’ case) will lead to any change whatsoever.”
Earl Graves Jr.
CEO of the company that publishes Black Enterprise magazine, in reaction to the arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr., one of America’s most prominent black intellectuals.
“[T]he absence of a criminal complaint and a criminal investigation are the most compelling evidence of the absence of any criminal conduct.”
Atty. David Cornwell
Denying the allegations in a Nevada lawsuit accusing his client, Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, of rape.