There are pawns in this game. ‘Operation Mayor Trumps concern is legend, more political than law enforcement

As president, Donald Trump and Attorney General William Barr speech more FBI agents to protect US cities better against violent crime to send, using the disastrous conditions. It ‘was “a shocking explosion of shootings, killings, murders and heinous crimes of violence,” said Trump at the White House on July 22, based on Legend operation, the new Justice Department program to provide federal funding to cities, struggling with the increase in violent crime rates, have “the bloodshed has to stop. This bloodshed will end.” the solution, Trump says, it is for the federal government to “surge” several hundred agents in various cities US federal agencies, including the FBI, US Marshals Service, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and the internal security Department. “Our goal is to help save lives,” said Barr at the same event. But was launched in the month since the operation Legend 8 July – early, Missouri, and then seven other cities expanded in Kansas City – Mayor in four of the eight cities on the list say that the introduction of the program was chaotic, disabled by policy and it has had a limited impact so far on the ground. “If you ask this mayor when the program kicked when this was a turning point in a violent year, I think it’s the answer ist, Nein ‘,” says Quinton Lucas, the mayor of Kansas City pretty clear. A sense that matters in Washington. Subscribe to daily direct current, short newsletter. When you “law-and-order” seek re-election as candidates, Trump legend that operates as part of its tough stance-on-crime in the last months of its rural location, regularly stressed that cities see a trend the rise in violent crime are led by Democrats. He is called by federal officials in Portland, Oregon near the previous crackdown operation Legend protests., That the use of federal troops in the city for the new program, no association was to paint a complete picture of muscle Although federal authorities display , it is not unusual for the FBI agents in US cities will work alongside local police. DEA agents regularly work on cases of drug trafficking, for example, and ATF agents working on gun cases. But the gap between the way the talks the President and the Attorney General of this new program and what some mayors see on the bottom left is confused and skeptical operation Legend is designed their cities help, or to be re-elected for help Trump, “This, at best, seems to be the president of confusion and fusion of various federal activities, and is something of confusion for the public and for the mayor,” said Tim Keller, mayor of Albuquerque, Mexico. “At worst, it’s just a part of his political agenda which found that basically is violent democratic progressives seem to manage the city.” The process is named Taliferro legend, a four year old child that was in late June in Kansas City shot. Following discussions between the US attorneys in these areas and the Washington Department of Justice has extended the other seven cities are: Chicago, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Detroit, Milwaukee, Memphis and St. Louis. The decision to add any city was signed on itself by Barr, TIME after two US attorneys with voice operation Legends expansion to the cities in their districts have eased. After Trump, all cities currently scheduled are on board. “We did not encounter resistance, I have to be honest with you,” Trump said in response to a question of time on the legend of operating at a press conference on August 3. “We’re trying to help.” But it was so in the DOJ list city, some coordination uncomfortable leading unevenly between lawyers and US mayors. Some mayors are satisfied working with the Department of Justice with local forces. Mayor of Chicago Lori Lightfoot was initially doubtful as the forces of the Federation would help in Chicago, especially after a crackdown on protesters in Portland federal officials witnesses. A former federal prosecutor denounced the tactic Lightfoot Para Portland and advised federal agents to Chicago available to plug into existing police infrastructure, fighting around the city crime wave. It ‘was recorded 430 murders in Chicago in July, representing an increase of 51% over the same period last year. Lightfoot says now is the time, gives his “confidence” in the program that the administration is working with the Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John interceptions, which she calls a friend. Listening, for its part, says that bringing in federal agents to work closely with the Chicago Police Department “critical Guide provides us necessary to ensure that we focus in the city of Chicago in the right areas.” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett also says that the vote is close with his US lawyer and local law enforcement for the integration of federal funds into his own city. But others say the launch is confused, and that caused concern among the inhabitants. Lucas in Kansas City, says the announcement of the blue was that the district might be the program. He says the US attorney a call a few days before gave vague mention that it is “for a walk” plan, but who learned to view the call details of operation Legend on Twitter. By the time the program was announced Kansas City reached 100 homicides this year, an increase of 40% over the previous year. In Albuquerque, says Keller a “courtesy call” was given less than 24 hours before the DOJ, and that was unusual, as he had little input or understanding of the subject. Albuquerque to break the pace for homicides in the city its 2019 record, has been added to the operation Legend List on July 22, but Keller says no new federal funds so far are in the city as part of the program has seen. This does not mean that does not bother residents Albuquerque on it, especially after the federal agents spray relief and rubber pepper shoot bullets at protesters seen on the streets of Portland. Hundreds of Albuquerque residents marched to protest the Legends expansion that operate in their city. Kansas City has also seen protests for the program. “We protest against an operation to come to our knowledge, neither here nor there,” says Keller. In Milwaukee, Barrett has to speak in his town about the differences between operating legend has frightened residents, and what is happening in Portland. “Investigators are not patrols. You are the troops. And when we made clear, I think what people calmed down,” he says. “This is not what President Trump loved so much. And the more he liked it, the harder it was to get the information for us.” The way it is designed to function would be operating legend of existing structures and joint task force in American cities by adding resources, lawyers and US mayors say they do not contribute to the apocalyptic vision of militarized streets and rogue federal agents that some Americans are afraid of Portland and the scene in June in Lafayette Square in front of the white house. “In all these cities the existing framework in the form of a federal task force there,” says Justin Herdman, US Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. The new funds in a city as part of Operation Legend assigned “can put in the right job, it’s done,” he says. This is what is happening now in Chicago, says Lightfoot. Operation Legend agents are slipping into “the existing infrastructure of the FBI, DEA and ATF, which have already been on the ground here probably 60 or more years, maybe more,” he says. But, he adds, came despite “the rhetoric and hype”, the agent just last week, “said the jury if they will actually be useful.” Barrett is hoping for the best. Milwaukee has had to cut 60 police officers from its budget last year, while the murder of this year 85%. “We welcome these resources of our local law enforcement to help,” he says. But, he adds, made Trump implementation participation in the Milwaukee program “tremendously complicated”, and says that he remains vigilant about. “I’m going to look,” he says. “I do not want a change in the federal administration. I do not want what happened in Portland has happened here” In Albuquerque, Keller says he “when it speaks literally see anything else.” He and Kansas City, the Lucas book judgment about whether the legend OS is its something particularly unique about all fine, “I’m not sure it is the game changer is that the president describes or the beginning of horribles parade that criticize have heard of, like the other side of things” He says. Therefore, the President Lucas messaging through the operation legend and his confusing the operations of law enforcement with federal agents repression of protests in Portland and Washington thinks, DC is the end point. “It ‘a culture war,” he says. “These cities and towns are out of control, and Trump is going to have something that will help, if it helps or not. And we are farmers in this game.” WJ Hennigan / Chicago
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