Barack Obama: “Let's lift these threats from our families and our businesses, and let's get down to work.”

People aren't looking for perpetual anger and division. They are looking for fairness and common sense and mutual respect, that deep in our gut, we want to find a way to turn towards each other again, not further away.

a belief that our military and law enforcement owe allegiance not to any president or political party, but to the people and our constitution … a belief in the peaceful transfer of power

I thought this was the South Side of Chicago.

I am very happy to see a ceasefire. And I’m hopeful that it holds.