America horrified at 鈥榙espicable attack鈥
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AMERICA is “horrified” by the shooting of police officers in Dallas, President Barack Obama said yesterday. He said there was no justification for the violence.
“We still don’t know all the facts. What we do know is that there has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement,” Obama said in a brief statement to reporters.
The president called the shooters motives “twisted” and vowed that “justice will be done.”
“There is no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement,” Obama said.
Obama spoke to Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings early yesterday and offered his support and condolences.
He was calling from Warsaw, Poland, where he is meeting NATO and European Union leaders. Obama arrived shortly before the snipers opened.
Immediately after landing in Warsaw, and before the shootings, Obama made a point of expressing solidarity with protesters. In a hastily arranged statement to reporters Obama called on Americans to do more to fight injustice and racial disparities in the criminal justice system.
The remarks appeared aimed at ensuring Obama did not appear to be withdrawn from the roiling public debate over police brutality. The president has acknowledged becoming out of the touch with the public mood during past foreign travels and seemed determined not to let that happen this time.
In this case, Obama also proved to be grimly attuned to the potential for violence directed at police.
There’s no contradiction between supporting law enforcement and working to see that biases in the justice system are rooted out, Obama said.
“So when people say ‘Black Lives Matter,’ that doesn’t mean blue lives don’t matter,” he said, referring to police. “It just means all lives matter.”
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