Richard Jewell Quotes

Richard Jewell — American Celebrity born on November 17, 1962,

Richard Allensworth Jewell was an American police officer who, while working as a security guard for Piedmont College, became known in connection with the Centennial Olympic Park bombing at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Discovering a backpack filled with three pipe bombs on the park grounds, Jewell alerted police and helped to evacuate the area before the bomb exploded, saving many people from injury or death. Initially hailed by the media as a hero, Jewell was later considered a suspect. Jewell's case is considered an example of the damage that can be done by reporting based on unreliable or incomplete information... (wikipedia)

I felt like a hunted animal, followed constantly, waiting to be killed.

It's a bomb. I've already called law enforcement. Let's get out of here.

While the government can tell you that I am an innocent man, the government's letter cannot give me back my good name or my reputation.

I believe I am entitled to a public explanation.

I want my name back.