Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Operation Legend

justice.gov ^ | July 8, 2020 | DOJ

[ransomnote]

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.  “The Department’s Operation Legend is named in honor of one of Kansas City’s youngest victims, four-year old LeGend Taliferro who was shot in the face while sleeping in his bed.  LeGend’s death is a horrifying reminder that violent crime left unchecked is a threat to us all and cannot be allowed to continue.”

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.  They will be working alongside state and local law enforcement agencies. 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.

LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old boy who was shot and killed on June 29th in Kansas City, MO.

 

Topic(s): 

Violent Crime

Component(s): 

Office of the Attorney General

USAO - Missouri, Western

Press Release Number: 

20-635

 

[KosmicKitty]

NABLM

Not All Black Lives Matter. When will the city council kick the feds out?

[StormEye]

"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 ...:

It won't matter.
The people committing the murders aren't worried
about being sent to prison. As long as there is no
death penalty for murder and barbaric behavior the
criminals have nothing to fear.

[Bonemaker]

Hope they do a better job with this then they did in the Operation Coup Plotters. But I doubt it.

[PIF]

Had they been serous they would have started in Baltimore, Chicago, Minneapolis. Not some place in Missouri. Operation Look Good, Achieve Nothing

[KDF48]

Legend gets the grace of God. Our government took the Bible out of our schools. Our government is not much of problem solver.

[KDF48]

Legend gets the grace of God. Our government took the Bible out of our schools. Our government is not much of problem solver.

[KobraKai]

I would rather hear from Barr something regarding protections for citizens engaging in self defense against the leftist mob.

[Agatsu77]

What, no judge has stopped him yet?

[Obadiah]

Yeah, just what we need, more operations. Can we get a couple more investigations thrown in too?

Sorry, but these people are pathetic. How long has Barr been around now? Has one thing — one thing — ever resulted in a prosecution? A Grand Jury? A pre-dawn raid? A mean letter? How about a frowned face?

Stop. These guys are worthless and are just putting out political statement to mollify people. We all know, nothing will ever happen — ever.

[Leep]

We need Barr for this?

[Plumres]

How about arresting one Democrat for something first. There has not even been a jaywalking ticket issued for these felons.

[precisionshootist]

"We need Barr for this?"

What part of the Constitution gives the federal government this power?

What part of the Constitution allows the federal government to assemble an army of heavily armed non military government agents with police power?

Sorry if I sound cynical but I trust the federal government and it's unauthorized army about zero percent.

[precisionshootist]

Don’t get me wrong. I trust our president but the FBI and the ATF, not so much.

[dsc]

“Attorney General Barr directed federal agents from the FBI, U.S. Marshal Service, DEA and ATF”

Do you really think there is one good man to be found anywhere in those agencies? Lon Horiuchi murdered an unarmed woman holding her infant, and they treated him like a hero.

Moral lepers, one and all.

If Barr had one quark’s weight of decency, on day one he would have requested enough marines to seal off every DOJ office in the US, and fired everyone in the organization.

[livius]

I’d trust them a lot more than the Obama -BLM army.

He is offering federal support, and this should have been done a long time ago. People who live in these areas are subject to unequal protection under the law, Not because the police wouldn’t love to go there and get the killers, but because of the politicians who see black rioting and murders as somehow beneficial to their careers.

Also a lot of the gangs are more than interstate, they’re international. So he has every reason in the world to do this.

Somebody’s got to step up to the plate, and Trump - working through Barr - is doing so.

[rockabyebaby]

Y A W N....Barr is pretty much useless.

[Bommer]

How about launching Operation RICO Terrorism where you go after the financing, including BLM funnelling money into the DNC. Oh wait. That would mean that you would actually have to do your job vs. getting fat and blowing bag pipes, eh Billy?

[mulligan]

Words, words and words. No action.

[chief lee runamok]

 Meanwhile, back at bill barr on bagpipes.