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President Barack Obama speaks about the Baton Rouge, La., shooting of police officers, Sunday, July 17, 2016, from the briefing room of the White House in Wash-
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Obama Urges Americans to Tamp Down Inflammatory Rhetoric 

KEVIN FREKING                forcement, including the         country needs new lead-        The president also seemed     “Attacks on police are an
Associated Press             police shooting of a black       ership, often using heated     intent on demonstrating       attack on all of us and the
WASHINGTON (AP) — Con-       man in Baton Rouge and           rhetoric to make his point.    again his support for law     rule of law that makes soci-
fronting another killing of  the killing of five officers in  Obama said that going          enforcement. Some orga-       ety possible,” Obama em-
police officers, President   Dallas.                          into the political conven-     nizations have cast doubt     phasized Sunday.
Barack Obama on Sunday       “We as a nation have to be       tions, elected officials and   on that support. The Na-      The president spoke ear-
urged Americans to tamp      loud and clear that noth-        interest groups should fo-     tional Association of Police  lier Sunday with Louisiana
down inflammatory words      ing justifies attacks on law     cus their words and ac-        Organizations said after      Gov. John Bel Edwards
and actions as a violent     enforcement,” Obama              tions on uniting the coun-     the Dallas shooting that      and Baton Rouge Mayor
summer collides with the     said in remarks from the         try, rather than dividing it.  America was in the midst      Kip Holden to hear the lat-
nation’s heated presiden-    White House briefing room.       “We don’t need inflam-         of a war on law enforce-      est on the investigation into
tial campaign.               The president spoke on the       matory rhetoric. We don’t      ment officers. The group      the shootings and pledge
Obama said the motive        eve of the Republican Par-       need careless accusa-          said the administration       federal support.
behind Sunday’s killing      ty’s national convention,        tions thrown around to         needed to show political      Obama has spent most of
of three officers in Baton   where Donald Trump will          score political points or to   leadership by “support-       the last week focused on
Rouge, Louisiana, was still  officially accept the GOP        advance an agenda. We          ing them and giving them      defusing tensions and re-
unknown. It was the lat-     nomination. The business-        need to temper our words       the resources they need       building trust between po-
est in a string of deadly    man has cast the recent          and open our hearts ... all    to protect themselves and     lice departments and the
incidents involving law en-  incidents as a sign that the     of us,” Obama said.            their communities.”           communities they serve.q