As reported by Paige Lavender in The Huffington Post President of the U.S. Barack Obama voiced a strong message and condemned the killing of three police officers in Baton Rouge, saying “there is no justification for violence against law enforcement. None.”
“These attacks are the work of cowards who speak for no one,” Obama said in a statement Sunday. “They right no wrongs. They advance no causes. 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.”
The three officers were shot while responding to another shooting less than one mile from police headquarters. Their deaths come less than two weeks after the killing of Alton Sterling, who was shot to death by Baton Rouge police in a case that drew national attention, and just 10 days after a sniper attack left five police officers dead during a Black Lives Matter protest in Dallas.
Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump tweeted about the shooting Sunday, calling America “divided”, while Hillary Clinton, the Democratic presidential candidate called the shooting “an assault on all of us” and urged people to stay united in this time of crisis, said Lavender.
“We are TRYING to fight ISIS, and now our own people are killing our police. Our country is divided and out of control. The world is watching,” tweeted Trump.
“We must not turn our backs on each other. We must not be indifferent to each other,” Hillary Clinton said in a statement. “We must all stand together to reject violence and strengthen our communities,” she added.
To read Obama’s full statement click here: http://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/obama-baton-rouge_us_578bd3eae4b03fc3ee51403c
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