--- title: Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting description: Read President Barack Obama's remarks about the killing of five police officers in Dallas, a "vicious, calculated and despicable attack" canonical: https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-08T18:33:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:07:55.308Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting og:description: "There has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement" og:url: https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e8f00de8a151b0/69889b27cf40a85200c43ece/obama-dallas-shooting-remarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: President Obama Makes Statement On Afghanistan At White House og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting twitter:description: "There has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e8f00de8a151b0/69889b27cf40a85200c43ece/obama-dallas-shooting-remarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting > Sponsored content. 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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a statement from the Roosevelt Room at the White House on the deployment of U.S. troops in Afghanistan July 6, 2016 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Jul 8, 2016 6:33 PM UTC President Barack Obama on Friday characterized the [killing of five police officers](http://time.com/4397785/dallas-shooting-police-protest-snipers/?xid=homepage) in Dallas as a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.” “Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices that they make for us,” he said. “We also know that when people are armed with powerful weapons, unfortunately it makes attacks like these more deadly and more tragic. And in the days ahead, we’re going to have to consider those realities as well.” Obama made the remarks in Warsaw, Poland, before speaking about his meetings with European Council President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. --- > “” --- **Read more:** [Read President Obama’s Remarks On the Alton Sterling and Philando Castile Police Shootings](http://time.com/4397600/obama-alton-sterling-philando-castile-speech-transcript/) --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/"},"headline":"Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting","datePublished":"2016-07-08T18:33:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:07:55.308Z","description":"\"There has been a vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement\"","url":"https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/","keywords":["White House","Texas","Barack Obama","Dallas","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e8f00de8a151b0/69889b27cf40a85200c43ece/obama-dallas-shooting-remarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb9e8f00de8a151b0/69889b27cf40a85200c43ece/obama-dallas-shooting-remarks.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Obama Makes Statement On Afghanistan At White House","caption":"President Obama Makes Statement On Afghanistan At White House","creditText":"Win McNamee/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/white-house/","name":"White House"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4398185/barack-obama-remarks-dallas-police-shooting/","name":"Read President Obama's Remarks About the Dallas Police Shooting"}}]}] ```