Attorney General William P. Barr Announces Launch of Operation Legend

justice.gov ^ | July 8, 2020 | DOJ

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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

 

[Cobra64]

Why is the justice department doing the job of the FBI? I thought FBI guys carried guns and DOJ slammed the gavel. Silly me.

[robowombat]

It is just some feel good PR and Barr hopes it will take some heat off of DOJ. The volume of angry e-mails and snail mails to Barr is actually bothering DOJ as they have media analysts that can roughly calculate how large a slice of the public now hates them. Amazing, the FBI has gone from one of the most respected parts of the government to below the House in ratings.

[jjotto]

Lot of ‘operations’ are announced by the DOJ, usually with a task force.

One I remember last year was

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/attorney-general-william-p-barr-announces-launch-operation-relentless-pursuit

[JoeRender]

Its good that they are doing this but the swamp needs to be drained too. When are we going to see indictments?

I am NOT holding my breath.

[ransomnote]

Its good that they are doing this but the swamp needs to be drained too. When are we going to see indictments?

I am NOT holding my breath.

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https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3863496/posts?page=7#7

[JoeRender]

Makes sense. That they would use Covid as an excuse.

[ransomnote]

Makes sense. That they would use Covid as an excuse.

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IT’s the reason the lockdowns/fear have persisted. They want to crash Trump’s economy and blame him for it to harm his reelection chances. And they want to keep theirs out of court. The lockdowns will continue until November 4 unless the public pushes back on their state officials.

I saw an article earlier today wherein the MSM was speculating on the perplexing rise in crime! That and an article saying there’s a rumor CA was going to release 10,000 criminals. That’s part of their plan - rock society and blame Trump, tell the public that if they want to rioting to stop, vote Dem. Pathetic.