In 1999 , Marian Wright Edelman delivered a speech in Colorado during which she quoted Kennedy 's address . Shortly after the 2015 San Bernardino attack , she gave a speech at the Children 's Defense Fund 's 25th annual Beat the Odds Awards ceremony deploring gun violence and citing Kennedy 's words . President Barack Obama quoted the senator 's remarks in an open letter to American law enforcement in the aftermath of the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers . Journalist and former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers wrote about the speech after the Dallas shooting , saying , " Today , Kennedy 's moving words are still so relevant " . John M. Murphy described the oration as an " American jeremiad " and said that it " resembled a sermon more than a campaign address . " According to '' The Weekly Standard '' , " I t played a role in making the word '' violence '' synonymous with any lamentable social ill . " While many books and movies discuss Kennedy 's Indianapolis speech at length , most entirely omit his Cleveland remarks or mention them only in passing . The most high-profile portrayal occurred in the 2006 film '' Bobby '' , when the speech was spoken at the end over both real and recreated footage of Kennedy 's assassination in California . Robert F. Kennedy 's daughter , Kerry , later said , " I actually think that the speech that he gave in Cleveland would have always been viewed as the best speech he ever gave except for the speech he gave the day before . " Following the Virginia Tech shooting in 2007 , historian Zachary J. Martin wrote a book about the speech , '' The Mindless Menace of Violence : Robert F. Kennedy 's Vision and the Fierce Urgency of Now '' , which was published in 2009 . A 2015 short film entitled '' The Mindless Menace of Violence '' depicted gun violence in various American neighborhoods between a diverse array of people with portions of audio of the speech overlaying the video . The City Club of Cleveland hosted an event on April 5 , 2018 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the delivery of the address
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
On the Mindless Menace of Violence