Trump blames Baton Rouge shooting on 'lack of leadership'

[July 18, 2016]    By Ginger Gibson
 
 CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Republican Donald Trump responded to the killing of three police officers in Louisiana on Sunday by renewing his call for greater leadership and "law and order."

A police office armed with a rifle guards the entrance to Our Lady of the Lake Hospital after a fatal shooting of police officers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana July 17, 2016. REUTERS/Jeffrey Dubinsky

"We grieve for the officers killed in Baton Rouge today. How many law enforcement and people have to die because of a lack of leadership in our country?" Trump, the party's presumptive presidential nominee posted on Facebook. "We demand law and order."

(Reporting by Ginger Gibson; Editing by Howard Goller)

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