From the U.S Attorney’s Office:
Department of Justice Announces Expansion of Operation Legend to Chicago
CHICAGO – John R. Lausch, Jr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, today joined Attorney General William P. Barr and President Donald J. Trump to announce the expansion of Operation Legend to Chicago.
Operation Legend is a sustained, systematic and coordinated law enforcement initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime. The Operation was first launched on July 8, 2020, in Kansas City, Mo., 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, 2020, in Kansas City. The first federal arrest under Operation Legend was announced on July 20, 2020.
As part of Operation Legend, Attorney General Barr directed the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, DEA, and ATF to significantly increase resources into Chicago, as well as Albuquerque, N.M., in the coming weeks to help state and local officials fight high levels of violent crime, particularly gun violence.
“A top priority as federal prosecutors is to reduce violent crime, particularly in a large urban area like Chicago,” said U.S. Attorney Lausch. “As part of Operation Legend, additional federal resources will assist our office and our federal, state, and local law enforcement partners to increase prosecutions of trigger-pullers, drug traffickers, carjackers, and those who illegally traffic, use, and possess firearms. We will use these new resources and every other available federal law enforcement tool to reduce the unacceptable level of violent crime in Chicago.”
“The most basic responsibility of government is to protect the safety of our citizens,” said Attorney General Barr. “Today, we have extended Operation Legend to Chicago and Albuquerque to protect the residents of those cities from senseless acts of deadly violence by targeting those involved in gang activity and those who use guns to commit violent crime. For decades, the Department of Justice has achieved significant success when utilizing our anti-violent crime task forces and federal law enforcement agents to enforce federal law and assist American cities which are experiencing upticks in violent crime. The Department of Justice’s assets will supplement local law enforcement efforts, as we work together to take the shooters and chronic violent criminals off of our streets.”
Chicago is currently experiencing a significant increase in violent crime, with homicides up 51% over 2019. Over the weekend of July 17, more than 60 people were shot in the city of Chicago, with 14 fatalities. Similarly, Albuquerque is currently on pace to break 2019’s record for homicides in the city. On the weekend of July 10, there were four murders in Albuquerque within a 24-hour period.
In Chicago, the Department of Justice will supplement state and local law enforcement agencies by sending more than 100 federal investigators from the FBI, DEA, and ATF to the city. Under the leadership of U.S. Attorney Lausch, these investigators will complement the work already underway by existing joint federal, state and local task forces focused on combatting Chicago’s violent criminals, gangs, and drug trafficking organizations. The investigatory efforts will be advanced by more than 100 members of the U.S. Marshals Service Great Lakes Task Force, which will direct violent fugitive apprehension operations within Chicago to identify wanted gang members, violent criminals, and firearms violators. The Department of Homeland Security’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) is also committing 100 agents, already stationed in Chicago, to Operation Legend. HSI agents will conduct investigations into gangs, narcotics traffickers, violent offenders, and firearms traffickers.
To further support the Chicago Police Department in reducing violent crime, ATF has deployed its national Crime Gun Intelligence Mobile Command Vehicle to assist local law enforcement with analysis of crime scenes and spent shell casings through the National Integrated Ballistic Information Network (NIBIN). ATF will also make available additional resources to assist the city of Chicago in providing timely, efficient analysis of ballistic evidence from shootings in order to quickly disrupt violent criminals and prosecute those prohibited from possessing firearms under federal law. The Bureau of Justice Assistance will make available $3.5 million in funding to reimburse the Chicago Police Department and City of Chicago for the work of local law enforcement on the federal task forces supporting Operation Legend’s violent crime reduction efforts. The COPS Office has also made $9.375 million available to the Chicago Police Department to fund the hiring of 75 officers.
In Albuquerque, the Department of Justice will supplement state and local law enforcement agencies by sending more than 25 federal investigators from the FBI, DEA, and ATF to the city. Under the leadership of John C. Anderson, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, these federal investigators will work closely with the Albuquerque Police Department and the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department, along with other local partners, through preexisting task forces directed at combatting violent crimes. Up to ten HSI agents will assist with the efforts in Albuquerque, as well. The Department of Justice has also made available more than $1.5 million in COPS Hiring Grants to the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Department to onboard five deputies and to support additional federal task force officers committed to violent crime reduction efforts. Separately, the Bureau of Justice Assistance has made available $1.4 million to reimburse the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office for the work of local law enforcement on the federal task forces supporting Operation Legend’s violent crime reduction efforts. The Department has also assisted Albuquerque through the Joint Law Enforcement Operations (JLEO) fund to assist reimbursement of local law enforcement serving as federal task force officers with FBI, ATF, DEA, and the U.S. Marshals Service. These JLEO funds also will be used to assist the city of Albuquerque in acquiring technology used for detection of gunshots and development of an integrated response plan to gunshots by local law enforcement.
I don’t think this will go over well
“The COPS Office has also made $9.375 million available to the Chicago Police Department to fund the hiring of 75 officers.”
Um about time.
Make sure that they lockup Beetle Juice and Cheeto ginger JB Pritzker too…
Waiting for comments from marxist left wing sympathizers, useful idiots and Biden supporter on these deployments.
I can’t thing of a better way to incite huge riots!
Thank you Donald.
Leslie Schermethorn, horn out back to your mansion.
You are a real puke!
You have a fo nothing job and you dare to say private property should not be protected by Feds.
Go to hell hobo queen!
We’ve already got huge riots, Leslie.
It’s time to put an end to them.
People forget about how wicked Mayor Bettlejuice accused Alderman Raymond Lopez of being “100% Full of S@^&” when he talked about people on the corner with AKs, in a city where do-nothing Democrats refuse to protect the people.
People have thrown bricks into his home and office.
Liars who support evil things like BLM will call operation LeGend an act of “systemic racism”.
We call it “taking out the trash” and cleaning up the gang violence because nasty Bettlejuice who won’t do it because she likes seeing people suffer as long as it keeps her getting the criminal votes.
https://twitter.com/RLopez15thWard/status/1285913444756140034
So much for State’s rights rights….
I’m sorry but states rights do not apply here. These are not protests they are terrorists. They are using violence as a way to achieve political goals. That is the definition of terrorism.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cpd-releases-new-video-of-friday-protest-says-mob-action-injured-49-officers/2307965/
Watch this video and explain to me how this is protesting.
It’s an organized ambush against police officers and an attempt to destroy public property, not a protest.
Article 1, Section 8-15 US Constitution
15: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
This power was given to Congress by the constitution so states rights do not apply here.
Congress then gave that authority to the executive branch following 9-11
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/40/1315
You misunderstand states rights. States rights means anything NOT given to the federal government is a power of the states.
In this case, the constitution did give this authority to the federal government so there is no conflict with states rights.
Sorry nice try but this action is consistent with states rights.
If mayors and governors would do their job none of this would be necessary.
Prairieburner said: “So much for State’s rights rights….”
The same state that has the right to run itself into the ground financially, permit never ending violence and rioting, also wants Daddy Trump to bail it out of the financial hole.
But don’t dare send in law enforcement where the city has stopped the police from keeping order.
A lot of people seem to forget that one of the primary jobs of our government is to provide protection from a threat. Neal details it well. Democrats are seeking to destroy the union through insurrection, and using identity politics to do it. This has happened elsewhere throughout history, many times even within the past 100 years.
Wait until the lefties figure out he is also using section 802 of the patriot act.
A person engages in domestic terrorism if they do an act “dangerous to human life” that is a violation of the criminal laws of a state or the United States, if the act appears to be intended to: (i) intimidate or coerce a civilian population; (ii) influence the policy of a government by intimidation or coercion; or (iii) to affect the conduct of a government by mass destruction, assassination or kidnapping.
This is how congress has defined terrorism. Sure sounds like these folks also meet this definition.
Even the ACLU knows this.
https://www.aclu.org/other/how-usa-patriot-act-redefines-domestic-terrorism
Covid “the China Virus” riots against public paid property looting etc all acts of terriosts should be jailed !
brought to justice anyone behind it should be jailed and the book thrown at them if they got $$ then we all get paid back our $$ to boot…
inept “pat” in office should step down as well…
all of them in on this…
begone!
Do you realize that the current Stare’s Attorney has no opponent and will be re-elected this fall?
I guess that Beetlejuice is working something out with Uncle Trump after all.
https://nypost.com/2020/07/23/trump-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-agree-to-deployment-of-feds/
Don’t you think it’s odd Cal that Kenneally is running unopposed especially when he’s incompetent and extremely weak.
Weren’t there any qualified Second Graders to challenge this waste?
Neal at 11:14 AM is correct with this”:
“Democrats are seeking to destroy the union through insurrection, and using identity politics to do it. This has happened elsewhere throughout history, many times even within the past 100 years.”
Yes. Only have to look at the moronic, imbecilic Democrat mayors of Seattle and Portland and their equally imbecilic Democrat governors who have ALLOWED anarchy and insurrection to go on for well over a month, many weeks. Perhaps these mayors and governors need to be charged with gross negligence and intentional and willful incompetence and put in jail without bail.
The greatest threat to our nation going forward is not China or Russia but is Democrats. All Democrats. These include recklessness goofballs such as Biden, Pelosi, Schumer, Shi**, Nadler, Durbin, Whitehouse, Harris, etc. Trust no Democrat ever. Never vote for a Democrat. Their party is evil. It has been the party of slavery and racism.
Leslie at 7;01 PM on July 22 states”
“I can’t thing of a better way to incite huge riots!
Thank you Donald.”
Please explain.
Leslie, are you aware of the “huge riots” ongoing for many days ins Democrat controlled cities and states? Tell us what these Democrats have done to quell the riots. Or on the other hand, are the Democrat mayors and governors intentionally being grossly incompetent in allowing these riots to continue day after day after day for “their” convoluted far left wing agenda to destroy this Nation?
the Chicago rioting criminals, err peaceful protestors, are going for an injunction
A judge granted one in Portland
all have lost their minds, are funded, been threatened, robots, brainwashed, culted…
don’t get it
Yeah, the injunction they got says they can’t arrest press for ignoring dispersal orders or arrest someone they don’t suspect of a crime.
Since what they are doing is arresting criminals, that doesn’t really change anything.
And how exactly do these people think they are fighting the system anyway?
They have the backing of every major corporation.
How is that fighting the system?
That’s called selling out and serving the interests of the big money.
Some guy makes sense. Kenneally is a human zero.
You are bigger fools than I thought if you think federal troops coming to Illiois is a good thing!
I don’t think it’s a good thing.
I also don’t think giving in to violent thugs or letting them run loose is good either.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/24/christopher-columbus-statue-removed-chicago-following-protests
Looks like Lightfoot has a solution though.
Just give the violent thugs what they want.
And maybe this is why…
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-anti-police-protesters-target-mayors-home-after-her-call-with-trump
It’s fun to dance, outside of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s residence. 😊
Let’s shake our bootays, at Lori’s crib:
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Chicago has violent crime and murders committed by evil people because:
Guns, racism and poverty are blamed, despite having tough gun laws dating back to Mayor Jane Byrne (1982),
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is anti-cop and throws them under the bus (i.e. Bobby Rush popcorn office),
Criminals are never held accountable,
Chicago Police won’t do much, because they don’t want to become the next Darren Wilson (Michael Brown), Derek Chauvin (George Floyd),
Garret Rolfe (Rayshard Brooks),
Robert Rialmo (Quintonio LeGrier) and
Jason Van Dyke (LaQuan McDonald)
If Chicago Cops arrest, then
The Cook County Evil Cabal consisting of these people stops it:
Board President Toni Preckwinkle says there are too many Blacks and Browns in Cook County Jail, because of systemic racism,
Due to systemic racism, Blacks and Browns are free because:
State’s Attorney Kim Foxx won’t prosecute,
Chief Judge Evans won’t allow sentencing,
Sheriff Tom Dart releases prisoners,
(also cites overcrowding and COVID-19).
Thus, this is why Whites avoid the Red Line, Gold Coast, Magnificent Mile, State Street, River North, Streeterville, South Loop, Lakeview, Lincoln Park (Zoo), Taste of Chicago, Navy Pier and more.
Thus, Chicago Crime is much more than George Floyd and Christopher Columbus.
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I grew up there, everything Eddie said is correct,although I wouldn’t say whites avoid areas like River North, they sure as hell avoid the south and west sides.
The real systemic racism in Chicago is when old man Daley opened all the projects. Cram people on top of each other, tell them that they have no hope, don’t give them decent schools. Just keep the government handouts coming. That is the true systemic racism of leftist policies in modern day America.
Hi Neal. Whites are avoiding Rivet North, etc. 😑