Cory Booker actually said...

"This just seems to be a heinous, patently evil crime that was not motivated by anything the young people did."

"It wasn't over drugs. It wasn't over some kind of drug turf. It wasn't a beef. This just seems to be a heinous, patently evil crime that was not motivated by anything the young people did."

"The incident itself will not define us, but how we respond to it -- respond to it will define us."

"It was strange. Yes. We got a call from his attorney, to my chief of staff, who quickly got me on the phone. We negotiated a spot. And his lawyer brought him to me."