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President Trump announced Wednesday that he would be unleashing the aptly titled ‘Operation Legend’ on American cities were violence has risen to record levels in the wake of the protests and rioting over the death of George Floyd.
Federal agents will be first dispatched to Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque.
As The Hill reports:
President Trump said Wednesday his administration is sending federal law enforcement officers into Chicago and Albuquerque, expanding his controversial crackdown on what he claims is an unchecked surge of violence in Democratic-run cities.
“Today I am announcing a surge of federal law enforcement into American communities plagued by violent crime,” Trump said in remarks from the East Room of the White House.
He added he had “no choice but to get involved.”
Trump said the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), U.S. Marshals Service and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would all send agents to Chicago.
Pres. Trump: “The Department of Justice will immediately surge federal law enforcement to the city of Chicago…to help drive down violent crime.” https://t.co/8Bv9FuNuF3 pic.twitter.com/QZJSiMcrzM
— ABC News Live (@ABCNewsLive) July 22, 2020
The mayor of Chicago, Lori Lightfoot, decried Trump’s announcement, in spite of having no plan herself to quell the unprecedented violence currently sweeping her city.
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