Operation Legend

Operation Legend
	FBI info sheet about the killing of LeGend Taliferro
Date	July 8, 2020 – January 20, 2021
Location	United States Cities of Albuquerque, Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and St. Louis;
Type	2020 deployment of federal forces in the United States
Participants	United States Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation; United States Marshals Service; Drug Enforcement Administration; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; United States Department of Homeland Security
Arrests	1,500

Operation Legend or Operation LeGend was a federal law enforcement operation in the United States initiated by the administration of President Donald Trump. The operation was named after four-year-old LeGend Taliferro, who was shot and killed in Kansas City, Missouri, on June 29, 2020. According to the White House, Operation Legend was implemented after President Trump began deploying federal law enforcement agents to fight violent crime in the wake of the George Floyd protests. For Operation Legend, agents from various federal agencies were deployed to aid and assist city and county law enforcement officers.

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