AG Barr launches Operation Legend, federal crackdown on violent crime in U.S. cities
Various elements of the federal law enforcement community will work with state and local law enforcement to help tackle crime in U.S. cities
By Alex Nitzberg
Last Updated:
July 8, 2020 - 10:45pm
Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday announced the launch of Operation Legend, an effort to crack down on spiking crime in American cities like Kansas City, where four-year-old LeGend Taliferro was fatally shot in his bed last month.
Federal law enforcement agencies will work with state and local law enforcement to help tackle crime in U.S. cities.
“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,†Barr said in a statement included in a Department of Justice press release.
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