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 NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Orleans' first black district attorney took the stand in federal court Friday to defend himself against charges of discrimination, turning away suggestions his replacement of whites with blacks in 2003 was racially motivated.
"I didn't care about people's race. I simply wanted people who cared about me as the new leader of the DA's office," District Attorney Eddie Jordan said.
One of New Orleans' most visible political figures — and the man who successfully prosecuted the corruption case against former Gov. Edwin Edwards — Jordan was testifying for the first time in a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by 44 white ex-employees of the prosecutor's office.
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