Our sorrow can make us a better country: Obama

July 13, 2016 01:05

Speaking at the memorial service for five slain officers in Dallas, United States President Barack Obama praised police for protecting and serving the people.

"Like police officers across the country, these men and their families shared a commitment to something larger than themselves. ... The reward comes in knowing that our entire way of life in America depends on the rule of law, that the maintenance of that law is a hard and daily labor, that in this country, we don't have soldiers in the streets or militias setting the rules. Instead, we have public servants, police officers, like the men who were taken away from us," he said.

Police in Dallas "showed incredible restraint" and "saved more lives than we will ever know, Obama said.

For even those who dislike the phrase Black Lives Matter should be able to hear the pain of Alton Sterlings family," Obama added.

"I believe our sorrow can make us a better country. I believe our righteous anger can be transformed into more justice and more peace," he said.

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