Dept of Justice Launches Operation Legend to Assist Cities in Reducing Violent Crimes.

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

This is GREAT NEWS. The Trump Administration realizes that years of holding meetings, vigils, and keeping fingers crossed, have not reduced violent crime in urban areas of America.

Today, the U.S. Department of Justice began initiating ACTIONS that will reduce the senseless loss of many lives in America's major cities....starting with Kansas City, Missouri.

Today, Attorney General William P. Barr announced the launch of Operation Legend, a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative across all federal law enforcement agencies working in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight the sudden surge of violent crime, beginning in Kansas City, MO.

Operation Legend was created as a result of President Trump’s promise to assist America’s cities that are plagued by recent violence.

Operation Legend is named after four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City, the latest in a string violence to plague Kansas City in recent weeks. Kansas City has already reached 100 homicides this year, a 40 percent increase from last year.

“President Trump has made clear: the federal government stands ready and willing to assist any of our state and local law enforcement partners across the nation responding to violent crime.

Operation Legend will combine federal and local resources to combat the disturbing uptick in violence by surging federal agents and other federal assets into cities like Kansas City, a city currently experiencing its worst homicide rate in its history,” said Attorney General Barr.

As part of Operation Legend, Attorney General Barr directed federal agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, DEA and ATF to surge resources to Kansas City in the coming weeks to help state and local officials fight the surge of violent crime. Department of Justice assets will include over 100 FBI agents, U.S. Marshals, DEA agents, and ATF agents.

In addition, Timothy A. Garrison, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, will be surging additional resources from his office to ensure he is able to handle an anticipated increase in prosecutions.

The DOJ Announcement: www.justice.gov...

Main Stream Media article: fox4kc.com...

After the number of Violent Crimes/Murders in Kansas City begins the lower, mayors who have turned down President Trump's offer of Federal Law Enforcement assistance, like Chicago and New York, will (hopefully) come to their senses!

-CareWeMust

What could possibly go wrong?

a reply to: Phage

I guess we will see.

originally posted by: Phage
What could possibly go wrong?

Don't worry...People with cynical minds will soon chime in with a host of answers to your question.

Hmmmm.... details are sparse, but it looks like the assistance will be of an investigative nature. This is from the Fox link:

Lucas said he learned on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that the Department of Justice plans to send federal investigators to Kansas City as support for unsolved homicide and non-fatal shooting investigations.

“As I understand the department’s plan, any outside help will not be used for regular policing or patrol activities—and solely to clear unsolved murders and shootings,” Lucas said in a statement. “I also understand the United States Attorney in Kansas City has been in contact with the family of LeGend Taliferro who support the investigation effort to help find the murderer of 4-year-old LeGend and many other victims tragically killed this year in Kansas City.

Curious that the mayor of St. Louis wasn't informed of the Feds being sent in and had to learn about it on Twitter. I don't even need my tinfoil hat to wonder why the Feds didn't coordinate with the mayor, although there was some communication apparently:

Lucas said he hopes to learn more about this effort over the days ahead. “The investigative support effort announced this afternoon can be only one tool out of many, such as mental health treatment and restorative justice, in addressing violent crime,” Lucas said. “As I said in my letter sent last week to Governor Parson that was cited by the White House this afternoon, ‘[W]e will continue to pursue a broad set of social services and other tools to address violent crime now and in the future.’ As mayor, I remain committed to working on all solutions to making our city safer and finding peace for all those impacted by violent crime.”

I hope this is good news and the efforts bear fruit.

As with all government feel good initiatives it's treating the symptoms, not the causes.

For reference see the Wars on Poverty, Drugs and Terror.

We will see how much resistance they get from local "officials" and soothsayers 🤓🚬

Sounds like they may know what they are doing. I know many will see this as something that will make matters worse of course but remember this is not the last administration and times have changed.

a reply to: carewemust
Interesting some are against help.
Wonder why?

Good.

Democrats and liberal media alike pushed a hate filled narrative that resulted in a surge of hyper violent crime.

When you have Democrat and congressional institutions pushing hateful rhetoric and calling for Police Defunds, crime will respond and surge. Add in the inaction of Mayors, Governors, you have a recipe for disaster.

Five(5) Children, black American children, gun down in their SLEEP, HOUSES, PLAYGROUNDS, all for WHAT?

Trump protects American Children, regardless of youur opinion of the man, he protects Children here in America and at the deaths of Five children, enough is enough.

Damned the Mayors and Governors who weren't informed of Federal intervention, WE DON'T CARE.

I say, make the push, Operation Legend, root out the cells, investigative in nature and bring basic order back.

People cried, whined and moan that Military use during the initial rioting would result in disaater, IT HASN'T.

The Guard wad deployed and...that's that. No Military gunning down civilians in the street or massive cages to incarcerate Americans, everything worked out and the doomporn naysayers remaimed quiet.

Internal polling shows that BLM riots lead to a Trump landslide.

People are fed up.

As an American, I approve of this heavy handed approach, may god help us all.

originally posted by: Boadicea
Hmmmm.... details are sparse, but it looks like the assistance will be of an investigative nature. This is from the Fox link:

Lucas said he learned on Twitter Wednesday afternoon that the Department of Justice plans to send federal investigators to Kansas City as support for unsolved homicide and non-fatal shooting investigations.

“As I understand the department’s plan, any outside help will not be used for regular policing or patrol activities—and solely to clear unsolved murders and shootings,” Lucas said in a statement. “I also understand the United States Attorney in Kansas City has been in contact with the family of LeGend Taliferro who support the investigation effort to help find the murderer of 4-year-old LeGend and many other victims tragically killed this year in Kansas City.

Curious that the mayor of St. Louis wasn't informed of the Feds being sent in and had to learn about it on Twitter. I don't even need my tinfoil hat to wonder why the Feds didn't coordinate with the mayor, although there was some communication apparently:

Lucas said he hopes to learn more about this effort over the days ahead. “The investigative support effort announced this afternoon can be only one tool out of many, such as mental health treatment and restorative justice, in addressing violent crime,” Lucas said. “As I said in my letter sent last week to Governor Parson that was cited by the White House this afternoon, ‘[W]e will continue to pursue a broad set of social services and other tools to address violent crime now and in the future.’ As mayor, I remain committed to working on all solutions to making our city safer and finding peace for all those impacted by violent crime.”

I hope this is good news and the efforts bear fruit.

False.

McEnany said this was in response to a letter sent by Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas to Missouri Governor Mike Parson saying “we are at a crisis point and additional tools are needed for law enforcement and prosecutors to interrupt conspiracies to commit murder and the violent acts, particularly felons using deadly weapons in the streets of Kansas City.

When said, learned on twitter, it was in response to what already was, he probably didn't get the response in time, or out of the office, whatever the case may be, it isn't a reaction of surprise, rather, oh, they're coming.

He then explains that the Feds will be investigating shootings and murders, not any patrolling or everyday police work. This is an expanded presence, for 10 days.

a reply to: Arnie123

When said, learned on twitter, it was in response to what already was, he probably didn't get the response in time, or out of the office, whatever the case may be, it isn't a reaction of surprise, rather, oh, they're coming.

Wow! What a pretzel that is!!!

That's whole lot of qualifiers and weasel words (literally describing a lack of communication) to justify calling the lack of communication "false."

Maybe Trump should start with not funding race riots and using the media for propaganda.

originally posted by: xuenchen
We will see how much resistance they get from local "officials" and soothsayers 🤓🚬

We'll also see more shootings of innocent bystanders, including children.

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: carewemust
Interesting some are against help.
Wonder why?

Maybe it continues to "thin undesirables" from the herd. That's what Planned Parenthood does. That's what 5 Governors did with the the poorer/older CoronaVirus patients.

July 20, 2020

"Operation Legend" is coming to Chicago, with 100 to 150 additional Federal Law Enforcement officials assisting the Chicago police department.

The Chicago police chief, and the head of the Chicago police union, WELCOMES what ever assistance the Feds can render.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot does not want any Federal Assistance. Apparently she's OK with 187 children being shot in Chicago so far this year.

STORY: abc7chicago.com...

a reply to: carewemust
They are not old enough to vote yet so the dems don't care.
Those black lives don't matter, ask don lemon.

originally posted by: shooterbrody
a reply to: carewemust
They are not old enough to vote yet so the dems don't care.
Those black lives don't matter, ask don lemon.

I hear Don Lemon loved Black kids in 2012, but doesn't care now. Sick bastard.

July 21, 2020
14 People shot in Chicago this evening during a funeral.

A horrific shootout outside a funeral home on Chicago's South Side Tuesday night wounded at least 14 people, police said, in the latest chapter of violence gripping the big city.

"All we saw was just bodies laying everywhere," witness Arnita Gerder told WMAQ. "Shot up everywhere, all over. Legs, stomach, back, all over the place. We thought it was a war out here."

A vehicle was traveling on 79th Street when people inside opened fire on funeral attendees, the Chicago Police Department's First Deputy Superintendent Eric Carter said during a news briefing.

Source: www.foxnews.com...

originally posted by: carewemust
July 20, 2020

"Operation Legend" is coming to Chicago, with 100 to 150 additional Federal Law Enforcement officials assisting the Chicago police department.

The Chicago police chief, and the head of the Chicago police union, WELCOMES what ever assistance the Feds can render.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot does not want any Federal Assistance. Apparently she's OK with 187 children being shot in Chicago so far this year.

STORY: abc7chicago.com...

Monday, July 27, 2020

Federal Reinforcements need to be sent to Chicago, because the Chicago police are too intimidated by gangs to do what is necessary to save innocent lives.

TODAY:

10 Month Old baby in critical condition after being shot while riding with her dad on the Expressway today.

abc7chicago.com...

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5 People shot at one time, just 8 hours later.

www.nbcchicago.com...