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DOJ Initiative To Fight Violent Crime Extended To Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee

Trump on Operation Legend: "My first duty as President is to protect the American people, and today I’m taking action to fulfill that sacred obligation."

Hank Berrien
DOJ Initiative To Fight Violent Crime Extended To Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee
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On Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced it was extending Operation Legend, an initiative in which federal law enforcement agencies work in conjunction with state and local law enforcement officials to fight violent crime and was already in place in Kansas City, Missouri, Chicago, and Albuquerque, to Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee.

The initiative was named after four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed while he slept early in the morning of June 29 in Kansas City. It was first launched in Kansas City and extended to Chicago and Albuquerque. The operation announced its first arrest on July 20.

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