December 21, 2014 03:39 pm | Updated April 08, 2016 12:38 pm IST - HONOLULU
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during his press conference with the Swedish prime minister at the chancellery Rosenbad in Stockholm, Sweden, Wednesday Sept. 4, 2013. Sweden got its first ever bilateral meeting with a U.S. president after President Obama canceled plans to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow ahead of the upcoming Group of 20 summit. (AP Photo/Scanpix Sweden / Jonas Ekstromer) SWEDEN OUT
U.S. President Barack Obama said he unconditionally condemned the fatal shootings of two police officers in New York City on Saturday, adding in a statement that police officers "deserve our respect and gratitude every single day."
Mr. Obama's response followed an attack by 28-year-old Ismaaiyl Brinsley, who allegedly walked up to two officers in a parked squad car in Brooklyn and shot them dead.
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