"President Barack Obama  <a href=""http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/17/us/baton-route-police-shooting/index.html"" target=""_blank"">condemned the slayings of three Louisiana law enforcement officers</a> on Sunday, July 17, as he called on the nation to condemn violence against law enforcement. ""We as a nation have to be loud and clear that nothing justifies violence against law enforcement,"" Obama said, speaking from the White House press briefing room. ""Attacks on police are an attack on all of us and the rule of law that makes society possible."""