“The truth is she was not choked, she was not punched. There were not any scratches on her neck. But the only thing on her neck was a prior skin abrasion from eczema. Anything else is exaggeration and sensationalism.” —Georgia pastor Creflo Dollar, countering claims that he choked and punched his 15-year-old daughter during an argument that led to his arrest

“The only connection that the Auburn football team has to this is they are victims of a brutal shooting. Sometimes the young men get a bad rap, I feel like, but they are the victims today.” —Tommy Dawson, Auburn University’s police chief, in a statement responding to the search for a suspect who killed two former Auburn football players and a third person at a party near campus