St Paul & Mpls Needs Operation LeGend to end Violent Crime

Twin City Citizens don’t need to be reminded of the ill effects of violent crime in our neighborhoods.  It is a common occurrence in some neighborhoods of St Paul and Minneapolis to hear gun shots several times a week.

Prior to the unrest after the officer involved death of George Floyd, local politicians Melvin Carter III and Jacob Frey, and their proxies on Nextdoor.com and other social media platforms would say there wasn’t an uptick in violent crime especially during the mayoral campaigns in St Paul & Minneapolis but there was. They floated the idea crime could be deterred and combatted by unproven and dangerous ideas that didn’t get dangerous criminals off the street. Some supporters said the police could be disbanded.

People know these naïve ideals of both mayors have encouraged violent crime to go unchecked.  Criminals aren’t stupid, they know an opportunity to eliminate their competition when they see it.

Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo, a 30 yr Police Officer in the Minneapolis Police Department, said they have redeployed internal resources and intelligence gathering” to combat what he calls an “uptick” in crime. Advisories in the 3rd Precinct say people should “be prepared” to hand over cellphones, and wallets and purses to robbers, reports Kyle Hooton of Alpha News.

An Uptick in Crime?

We Citizens of the Twin Cities of St Paul and Minneapolis need more help taking down unchecked, unopposed violent crime here.  It’s not like the police in both cities are incapable of stopping it, they are not supported by our elected officials. The police know where the problem areas are in both cities yet fail to act.

A Glimmer of Hope 

In the inbox recently from the White House is a story about how President Trump and Department of Justice’s Attorney General Bill Barr want to take a Bite out of Crime in some of the biggest cities with an “Uptick,” in crime with Operation LeGend.

This is what the Twin Cities needs, as our City Leaders and Minnesota’s Governor Tim Walz have failed to serve and protect by NOT upholding our laws.

Below was copied from the White House News on July 22, 2020

The White House • July 22, 2020

NEW: President Trump announces actions to restore safety and peace in U.S. cities On June 29, 4-year-old LeGend Taliferro was shot and killed in his bed after a gunman opened fire on an apartment complex in Kansas City, Missouri. This afternoon, President Trump announced the expansion of Operation Legend, an interagency law enforcement effort led by the Department of Justice and named after LeGend. Its purpose is to quell the unacceptable levels of recent violence in U.S. cities. “My first duty as President is to protect the American people, and today I am taking action to fulfill that sacred obligation,” President Trump said. 🎬 President Trump: Anti-police policy and rhetoric has consequences Attorney General Bill Barr announced the creation of Operation Legend fewer than 10 days after LeGend’s heartbreaking death. The Justice Department is now surging over 200 federal law enforcement officers into Kansas City to help curb the kind of senseless violence that took the young boy’s life. The President announced today that the operation will expand into Chicago and Albuquerque. Over the next 3 weeks, the Justice Department plans to further expand the initiative into Cleveland, Detroit, and Milwaukee. In Chicago, for example, more than 300 federal law enforcement personnel will work with state and local police to help apprehend violent criminals. Just yesterday, another mass shooting in Chicago injured 15 people outside of a funeral service. More than $61 million will be provided by the Justice Department to hire hundreds of new police officers, and about 200 federal agents and deputy marshals will be permanently reassigned to Operation Legend cities. “We will never defund the police—we will hire more great police,” President Trump said. “We want to make law enforcement stronger, not weaker. What cities are doing is absolute insanity.”