Attorney General Barr Delivers Opening Remarks at Press Conference Announcing Updates to #OperationLegend
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#OperationLegend has resulted in 43 defendants charged with federal crimes in Kansas City, Missouri. 
#OperationLegend has resulted in 61 defendants charged with federal crimes in Chicago, Illinois.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 16 defendants charged with federal crimes in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 32 defendants charged with federal crimes in Cleveland, Ohio.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 22 defendants charged with federal crimes in Detroit, Michigan.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 11 defendants charged with federal crimes in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 25 defendants charged with federal crimes in St. Louis, Missouri.
#OperationLegend has resulted in 7 defendants charged with federal crimes in Memphis, Tennessee.
“We launched Operation Legend 6 weeks ago here in Kansas City. Three weeks ago we rolled it out in several additional cities, so now Operation Legend in underway in nine cities.”—AG Barr on #OperationLegend
“The operation is named for LeGend Taliferro, a four-year-old boy shot and killed while asleep in his bed.”—AG Barr
“For us, LeGend is a symbol of the many hundreds of innocent lives that have been taken in the recent upsurge of crime in many of our cities this summer. His life mattered. His name should be remembered. And his senseless death… should be unacceptable to all Americans.”—AG Barr
“Through Operation Legend, the federal government has dispatched to the nine cities more than 1,000 additional agents to work shoulder-to-shoulder with state and local law enforcement.”—AG Barr
“Unfortunately, we have recently seen violent crime spike in many major cities, especially homicides and non-fatal shootings... Operation Legend is the heart of the federal government’s response to this uptick in violent crime.”—AG Barr
“[Operation Legend’s] mission is to save lives, solve crimes, and take violent offenders off our streets before they can claim more victims.”—AG Barr
“Rather than demonizing or defending police, we are supporting and strengthening our law enforcement partners at the state and local level.”—AG Barr
“So far, the federal-state task forces involved in Operation Legend have made almost 1500 arrests. Many of those arrests are for violent state crimes, including more than 90 homicides, like LeGend Taliferro’s.”—AG Barr
“That’s more than 90 suspected killers who might still be on the streets without Operation Legend, and in many cities the operation is just getting started.”—AG Barr
“Of those arrested, we have charged more than 200 federal crimes. That includes more than 100 charges for federal gun crimes, 21 of which have come here in Kansas City.”—AG Barr
“Criminals know that federal law enforcement means business, and we are putting them out of the business of violence in our cities.”—AG Barr
“In another significant development, federal agents in Operation Legend have seized hundreds of firearms from criminals – including 78 here in Kansas City – ensuring that those weapons cannot use them to harm innocent people.”—AG Barr
“Our work is just getting started. There is no more important mission for the Department of Justice than keeping our communities safe and enforcing the rule of law. Through Operation Legend, we will continue working with our state and local partners to do just that.”—AG Barr
