--- title: Attorney General Lynch Condemns Baton Rouge Police Killings description: "There is no justification whatsoever for violence against law enforcement." canonical: https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/ author: Maya Rhodan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-18T12:52:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:19:05.477Z article:section: Politics og:title: Attorney General Lynch Condemns Baton Rouge Police Killings og:description: "There is no justification whatsoever for violence against law enforcement." og:url: https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40ba4cae06750cc3/69889c492dce016a3f9e9e0b/gettyimages-546419936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Attorney General Loretta Lynch Testifies To House Judiciary Committee On Department Oversight og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Attorney General Lynch Condemns Baton Rouge Police Killings twitter:description: "There is no justification whatsoever for violence against law enforcement." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40ba4cae06750cc3/69889c492dce016a3f9e9e0b/gettyimages-546419936.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Attorney General Lynch Condemns 'Heinous' Baton Rouge Killings by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 18, 2016 12:52 PM UTC  U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 12, 2016. U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 12, 2016.Alex Wong—Getty Images by [Maya Rhodan](https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/) ## Maya Rhodan Jul 18, 2016 12:52 PM UTC Attorney General Loretta Lynch echoed President Barack Obama in a fierce condemnation of [Sunday morning’s attack on Baton Rogue](http://time.com/4410017/baton-rouge-police-shooting-what-to-know/?xid=homepage) law enforcement during a speech on Monday. “I condemn these heinous attacks in the strongest terms possible,” Lynch said during remarks at a conference for the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement in Washington. “As the president said yesterday, there is no justification whatsoever for violence against law enforcement.” Lynch read the words of [Montrell Jackson](http://time.com/4409885/baton-rouge-montrell-jackson-facebook-police/?iid=sr-link1), a black police officer fatally shot in Baton Rouge. After the attacks on police in Dallas, Jackson took to Facebook to plead against hatred. “If we are truly to honor his service and mourn his loss—and the loss of his friends and colleagues, and of too many others who have been taken from us—we must not let hatred infect our hearts,” Lynch said. “We must remember that no matter who we are, we all feel the same pain when we lose a friend or loved one.” Monday’s speech was among of series of such remarks the Attorney General has delivered in the wake of recent violence. Just last week, Lynch was among many law enforcement officials [mourning the loss and condemning the deaths ](http://time.com/4403543/president-obama-dallas-shooting-memorial-service-speech-transcript/?iid=sr-link1)of five officers who were killed in Dallas. Lynch again reiterated that the U.S. Department of Justice was committed to helping the country bridge divides and properly train officers for all situations. “We will continue to give local departments the tools they need and the training they require to come home safely,” Lynch said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/"},"headline":"Attorney General Lynch Condemns 'Heinous' Baton Rouge Killings","datePublished":"2016-07-18T12:52:02.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:19:05.477Z","description":"\"There is no justification whatsoever for violence against law enforcement.\"","url":"https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/","keywords":["justice","police","Louisiana","loretta lynch"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40ba4cae06750cc3/69889c492dce016a3f9e9e0b/gettyimages-546419936.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Maya Rhodan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/maya-rhodan/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt40ba4cae06750cc3/69889c492dce016a3f9e9e0b/gettyimages-546419936.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Attorney General Loretta Lynch Testifies To House Judiciary Committee On Department Oversight","caption":"U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch testifies during a hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on July 12, 2016.","creditText":"Alex Wong—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/justice/","name":"justice"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4410235/loretta-lynch-baton-rouge-heinous/","name":"Attorney General Lynch Condemns 'Heinous' Baton Rouge Killings"}}]}] ```