Living While Obama: Paying Respects to Police Officers

President Obama hugs a survivor during the 31st Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 15 in Washington, D.C.Obama attended the annual event to honor law-enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty during the previous year. Suggested Reading Black Musicians Who Were…

President Obama hugs a survivor during the 31st Annual National Peace Officers' Memorial Service at the West Front Lawn of the U.S. Capitol on May 15 in Washington, D.C.

Obama attended the annual event to honor law-enforcement officers who were killed in the line of duty during the previous year.

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