Trump admin to send federal troops to Memphis, St. Louis
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Source: UPI
AUG. 7, 2020 / 12:49 AM
By Darryl Coote
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced on Thursday that federal law enforcement agents will be sent to Memphis and St. Louis amid a spike in violent crime in the two cities. Pool Photo by Chip Somodevilla/UPI | License Photo
Aug. 6 (UPI) -- The Trump administration announced federal law enforcement officers will be sent to Memphis and St. Louis to stamp out violent crime in the cities.
The Justice Department announced Thursday the expansion of Operation Legend that began in early July with the deployment of federal troops to Kansas City, Mo., following the death of LeGend Taliferro, 4, who was fatally shot while sleeping in the early morning of June 29.
In July, Federal troops were also sent to Chicago, Albuquerque, Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee under the operation.
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sakabatou
(42,146 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,813 posts)... when are these GOP marketing geniuses going to realize that this whole 'law and order prezident' shtick isn't working?
jorgevlorgan
(8,286 posts)...if we have anything to do with it
Garion_55
(1,915 posts)they think that hitting protesters with rubber bullets helps them somehow.
Roy Rolling
(6,911 posts)More firepower and violence. Thatll learn em.
brewens
(13,566 posts)Russian! Or maybe I just made that up. It couldn't hurt to get that rumor going around could it?
Judi Lynn
(160,515 posts)Grokenstein
(5,721 posts)applegrove
(118,600 posts)Alert: not a reputable news source
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