The officials said Mr. Johnson tried to portray the shooting as an act of self-defense in the statement, contending that he saw Officer Storch drawing his service pistol and that he wanted to be the one to shoot first.
Before the incident, CAIR released a statement contending that local law enforcement weren't doing enough to protect the Muslim community from attacks.
The companies that settled issued a statement contending that MTBE is not hazardous but calling the resolution "fair and prudent".
On October 13, Facebook's chief of security Alex Stamos posted a statement contending that cookies play "a fundamental role in our efforts to keep people safe.
The academy's statement contends that the benefits of raw milk "have not been clearly demonstrated in evidence-based studies" and do not outweigh the risks.
The ministry's statement contended that the Turks had forced the plane to sit unattended on the tarmac at the airport in Ankara, the capital, for hours, leaving the occupants to wonder why.
Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California and ranking minority member of the House Committee on Government Reform, issued a statement contending that the Pentagon was showing favoritism to Halliburton by not immediately withholding funds.
Once there, the group issued a statement contending that it viewed the move to oust Mr. Lugo as a threat to "democratic order".
Instead, the meeting ended abruptly — some executives walked out — and Sallie Mae immediately issued a statement contending that the investor group was violating its contract.
A Taliban foreign ministry statement contended that the United Nations is no longer a neutral organization and that it is acting at the behest of the United States and Russia, both of which have proposed United Nations sanctions against the Taliban.
In 1996 Magnum Photos, the agency that Mr. Capa helped found and which was run for many years by his brother Cornell, issued a statement contending that the naming of Mr. Borrell proved beyond any doubt that the "Falling Soldier" photograph was genuine.
