PRESS RELEASE FROM THE WHIT HOUSE
Summary:
President Obama: "Today, on the Lord’s day, all of us stand united in prayer with the people of Baton Rouge"
President Obama made the following statement today on the attack on law enforcement in Baton Rouge, LA:
"I condemn, in the strongest sense of the word, the attack on law
enforcement in Baton Rouge. For the second time in two weeks, police
officers who put their lives on the line for ours every day were doing
their job when they were killed in a cowardly and reprehensible
assault. These are attacks on public servants, on the rule of law, and
on civilized society, and they have to stop.
"I’ve offered my full support, and the full support of the federal
government, to Governor Edwards, Mayor Holden, the Sheriff’s Office, and
the Baton Rouge Police Department. And make no mistake – justice will
be done.
"We may not yet know the motives for this attack, but I want to be
clear: there is no justification for violence against law enforcement.
None. These attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one.
They right no wrongs. They advance no causes. The officers in Baton
Rouge; the officers in Dallas – they were our fellow Americans, part of
our community, part of our country, with people who loved and needed
them, and who need us now – all of us – to be at our best.
"Today, on the Lord’s day, all of us stand united in prayer with the
people of Baton Rouge, with the police officers who’ve been wounded, and
with the grieving families of the fallen. May God bless them all."
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