“We had a convicted felon as the president. ... And no organization.”
Felix Sabates
“It is not discrimination to treat different things differently.”
Maggie Gallagher
“There is no rule that politicians can't have friends. They want this man to become a convicted felon and his life destroyed because he had friendships.”
Dan K. Webb
“Realistically, I think we accomplished what we hoped to do. He is [now] a convicted felon, his business is shut down and he's going to be locked up.”
Caroline Shepherd
“This was a one-on-one encounter between an officer and a violent felon. And there's no question that, in the end, this guy suffered injuries and I've got to look into that. But I'm also weighing ... you know, we got officers out there who are trying to do the right thing to protect our citizens and I've got to weigh, I've got to get the facts and weigh what happened.”
Chief Daniel Oates
“Two, I had to look at the bigger picture. I got him convicted. He is a convicted felon. He is out of office. The Whitley County Jail will reopen. It will save taxpayers thousands of dollars. It is a decision I had to make.”
Eddie Montgomery
“If you walk in and say that we want you to hire ex-felons ... the answer is probably 'no,' ... But when you get them here and they are seeing them face-to-face, they're seeing them as human beings. And that breaks it down, and some real positive things can happen.”
Bob Edwards
