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2016 Public Papers 981 - Remarks at a Memorial Service for Victims of the Shooting of Law Enforcement Officers in Dallas, Texas

Publication Title
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: Barack Obama (2016-2017, Book II)
Category
Budget and Presidential Materials
Collection
Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States
Event Date
July 12, 2016
President
Barack H. Obama
Page Number Range
Pages 981 - 986
Notes
Note: The President spoke at 1:46 p.m. at Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. In his remarks, he referred to former President George W. Bush and former First Lady Laura Bush; Chief James Spiller of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police; Chief David O. Brown of the Dallas Police Department, who introduced the President; musician Stevie Wonder; Officers Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael J. Smith, and Patrick Zamarripa, Dallas Police Department, and Ofc. Brent Thompson, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police, who were killed in the shooting at a public demonstration in Dallas, TX, on July 7; Dallas Police Department Detective Katrina Ahrens, wife of Ofc. Ahrens, their children Sorcha and Magus, and her mother Karen Buckingham; Dallas, TX, resident Bill Connor; Susan Ehlke, mother, and Marie Tijerina, girlfriend, of Ofc. Krol; Caroline and Victoria Smith, children of Ofc. Smith; Lyncoln and Dylan Zamarripa, children, and Kristy Villasenor, wife, of Ofc. Zamarripa; Ofc. Emily Thompson, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Police, wife of Ofc. Thompson; Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, who were killed by police officers in Baton Rouge, LA, on July 5 and Falcon Heights, MN, on July 6, respectively; Maj. Lonzo Anderson, Jr., and Maj. Paul Junger, Dallas Police Department; Garland, TX, resident Shetamia Taylor, who was injured in the July 7 shooting, and her sons Kavion and Jajuan Washington, Jermar Taylor, and Andrew Humphrey; Micah Xavier Johnson, suspected gunman in the July 7 shooting; and Dylann S. Roof, accused gunman in the shooting at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, on June 17, 2015. The related proclamation of July 8 is listed in Appendix D at the end of this volume.