Here Is President Obama’s Statement on Today’s Tragedy In New York


Two NYPD officers were murdered in cold blood Saturday by a gunman who then killed himself before being apprehended. Details are still sketchy, but New York is at fever pitch right now. Some people are trying to blame this horrendous tragedy on Bill de Blasio, Eric Holder, Barack Obama, and the thousands of protestors who have taken to the streets over the last few weeks to protest the decisions of the Eric Garner and Michael Brown grand juries.

Here’s President Obama’s statement from tonight making clear that he “unconditionally condemns today’s murder of two police officers.” The fact that he has to make that clear at all—as though there was a chance he may have been undecided on the issue—is surreal.

 

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