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## Video: Obama Condemns ‘Vicious, Calculated and Despicable’ Dallas Shootings

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_Published 2016-07-08. U.S. President Barack Obama called the shootings in Dallas which saw five police officers killed and at least six others injured a “vicious, calculated and despicable attack on law enforcement.”_


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## Transcript

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. Police in Dallas were on duty doing their jobs, keeping people safe, During peaceful protests. These law enforcement officers were targeted and nearly a dozen officers were shot, five were killed. Other officers and at least one civilian were wounded. Some are in serious condition and we are praying for their recovery As I told Mayor Rawlings, I believe that I speak for every single American when I say that we are horrified over these events and that we stand united with the people and the police department in Dallas.

According to police, there are multiple suspects. We will learn more undoubtedly about their twisted motivations. But let's be clear. There's no possible justification for these kinds of attacks or any violence against law enforcement. The FBI is already in touch with the Dallas police and Anyone involved in these senseless murders will be held fully accountable, justice will be done. I will have more to say about this as the facts become more clear, for now, let me just say that even as yesterday I spoke about our Need to be concerned, as all Americans, about racial disparities and our criminal justice system.

I also said yesterday that our police have an extraordinarily difficult job and the vast majority of them do their job in outstanding fashion. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] I also indicated the degree to which we need to be supportive of those officers who do their job each and every day, protecting us and protecting our communities. Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices that they make for us. 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 gonna have to consider those realities as well.

In the meantime, Today, our focus is on the victims and their families. They are heartbroken. The entire city of Dallas is grieving. Police across America, which is a tight knit family, feels this loss to their core. And we're grieving with them. I'd asked all Americans to say prayer for these officers and their families to keep them in their in your thoughts and as a nation, let's remember to express our profound gratitude to our men and women in blue not just today but everyday

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