More Than 200 Charged With Federal Crimes Under Operation Legend: DOJ

Epoch Times ^ | 08/19/2020 | Janita Kan

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More than 200 people have been charged with federal crimes and nearly 1,500 people were arrested as part of an initiative aimed at stemming violent crime in major inner cities, the Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Wednesday.

Attorney General William Barr said the figures represent the latest numbers of law enforcement actions taken since the launch of Operation Legend in early July, which has since been expanded to numerous cities around the country.

As part of the operation, about 217 people were charged with federal crimes and nearly 400 firearms have also been seized by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), Barr said. The nearly 1,500 people arrested were mostly arrested for violent state crimes, which includes more than 90 homicides.

These numbers do not take into account numbers from Indianapolis, Indiana, whose operation was announced just last week, the department said.

Over the past few weeks, the DOJ announced several moves to show its commitment to cracking down on violent crime across the country. It launched Operation Legend, a law enforcement program where federal resources are surged to inner U.S. cities to assist local and state law enforcement officials to tackle violent crime and restore public safety.

[joma89]

And there are thousands who should have been charged I suspect but those criminal leftist, democrat soldiers called antifa will get away scott free.

JoMa

[DesertRhino]

A few violent individuals and bomb throwers. Was there a single arrest of any antifa financiers and leaders? Any RICO arrests? They do business across state lines every day.

The the first line morons, but not the leaders and money men.

[RideForever]

Did you follow the money, even?