From his official schedule release for 05/15/09:

12:20PM THE PRESIDENT welcomes the Philadelphia Phillies Baseball Team to the White House

South Portico

Open Press (Pre-Set 11:20AM – Final Gather 11:50AM – North Doors of the Palm Room)

So at the exact same time that cops stood at attention in front of the Capitol to honor the fallen, Obama delivered this extremely important speech instead:

President Barack Obama honors the 2008 World Series champions Philadelphia Phillies baseball team, Friday, May 15, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

President Barack Obama holds up a team jersey presented to him by Philadelphia Phillies baseball shortstop Jimmy Rollins, left, as Obama honored the 2008 World Series champions Philadelphia Phillies, Friday, May 15, 2009, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington.

This is even all the more pathetic when one considers the number of police killings that the Philadelphia PD experienced in 2008.

According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the Justice Department has directed the San Francisco Police Officer’s Association (SFPOA) to stop talking about the murder of SFPD Sgt. Brian McDonnell by an act of domestic terrorism during a Weather Underground bombing of a police station on February 18, 1970.

Specifically, the SFPOA signed a letter to support efforts to re-investigate allegations that both Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn were directly involved in the Park Station terrorist attack.

San Francisco Chronicle – Police Officers told to zip lips on bombing

More on this from James Simpson at American Thinker

Is the Justice Department actually investigating this case now? Or is Eric Holder trying to muzzle criticism of Bill Ayers? This would be the same Eric Holder involved in Clinton pardons of Weather Underground terrorists Susan Rosenberg and Linda Evans.