John Burris Quotations

I think in the future it will provide more precautions for people who are exercising their First Amendment rights and at the same time give police officers a clear directive as to how to handle those situations.

I think he's going to be a witness, and witnesses are best served by giving testimony in court and not in public before it happens.

There's no question, folks will watch video on their phones.

A well-trained police officer is trained to assess these situations very quickly. The standard is: What would an objective, reasonable police officer do in this circumstance?

There were a number of community people here because he's a very well-liked young man because he's friendly, helpful and gets along well with different ethnic groups.

The aftermath of the Hurricane Katrina illustrated to me that the poor and destitute Americans on the margins of our society looked poorer than people in Third World countries, and that was amazing to me. It's just a sad illustration of the economic strata of American life.

They basically had an ordinary guy, and he was involved in an extraordinarily heinous crime. He just was not a likable person.

I had to get on the floor and play and try to communicate and try to bring his level of understanding to a level of something he could relate to,

I prepared (Hollis) that his best friend would testify against him.

I didn't know (about her TV appearance) until after it happened.