The move comes despite opposition from local leaders in Chicago, Albuquerque, and Kansas City
. The rollout of federal agents to American cities is being billed by the Trump administration as an “anti-crime” program they say is unrelated to the protests, called “Operation Legend.”, the Department of Justice will send over 100 federal agents from the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives to Chicago, and at least 100 agents from the Department of Homeland Security already located there will be assigned to the operation, as well.
The move comes despite opposition from local leaders."That's what we call tyranny, and dictatorship, and we are not having it in Chicago," CBS News reports that Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot said. "We always welcome partnerships in constitutional crime fighting that are in step with our community, but we won't sell out our city for a bait and switch excuse to send secret police to Albuquerque,"."Operation Legend is not real crime fighting; it's politics standing in the way of police work and makes us less safe."
On Wednesday night in Portland, mayor Ted Wheeler was tear gassed along with protesters, which he called an “egregious overreaction,”. "I can tell you with 100 percent honesty, I saw nothing which provoked this response,” Wheeler said."It's going to stop now." The DOJ, Attorney General William Barr, and President Trump have used racist “anti-crime” language that implies Black Lives Matter protests are to blame for increases in “gang violence” as justification for sending in troops to U.S. cities. It is reminiscent ofduring the “War on Drugs.” Many of the agents being sent in are U.S.
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