article_snippet: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder decried The shootings as a "heinous assault (that) was inexcusable and repugnant.
article_snippet: Calling the shooting a "cowardly action," U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said, "I condemn violence against any public safety officials in the strongest terms, and the Department of Justice will never accept any threats or violence directed at those who serve and protect our communities.
article_snippet: After the group's findings were released in December, Holder said: "These troubling statistics underscore the very real dangers that America's brave law enforcement officers face every time America's brave law enforcement officers put on America's brave law enforcement officers uniforms.
article_snippet: Holder said that the Department of Justice is doing the Department of Justice own analysis of officer deaths in 2014 "so we can mitigate risks in the future.
article_snippet: With the increasing number of ambush-style attacks against our officers, I am deeply concerned that a growing anti-government sentiment in America is influencing weak-minded individuals to launch violent assaults against the men and women working to enforce our laws and keep America safe," said Craig W. Floyd, chairman and CEO of The police memorial fund.
article_snippet: Enough is enough," Craig W. Floyd, chairman and CEO of the police fund said.
article_snippet: We need to tone down the rhetoric and rally in support of law enforcement and against lawlessness.
article_snippet: Groeninger said the uptick in ambush-style attacks was "punctuated" by the New York officers' slayings, but there were other targeted attacks against law enforcement in 2014 that concern
article_snippet: Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke accused politicians of fueling what Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke called an "assault" on policing.