The Department of Justice touted hundreds of arrests as part of its Operation Show Me Justice in St.Louis, Missouri, on Thursday.Beginning in August, the operation included members of the U.S.
Marshals Service, ATF, DEA and the St.Louis Police Department, all surging their efforts to target guns, drugs and other crimes in the city.Acting Deputy Attorney General Trent McCotter announced the conclusion of the months-long operation alongside Sen.
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(Mike Tobin/Fox News)"Through Operation Show Me Justice, the teams have arrested 435 for drug crimes, firearm crimes, other crimes.That includes 412 outstanding warrant arrests.
Most of these individuals already had outstanding warrants for arrest.Many of them had multiple," McCotter told reporters at a news conference on Thursday.The operation also yielded 80 kilos of drugs, 166 illegal firearms, six machine gun conversion devices, and over $1 million in seized currency, McCotter said.TRUMP ADMIN LAUNCHES 'SUMMER SURGE' OF FEDS TO MAKE DC SAFEST CITY IN AMERICA AHEAD OF 250TH ANNIVERSARYMcCotter went on to urge mayors, city councils and state officials across the country to contact federal authorities to carry out similar operations in their jurisdictions."The mission here rests on a simple premise, which is we don't have to accept violent crime.
It's not something you have to shrug your shoulders at.It is not a fact of life in a city or anywhere else," McCotter said.TRUMP’S LAW-AND-ORDER BLITZ MARKS ONE YEAR WITH EYE-POPPING HAUL OF SUSPECTS, GUNS IN BLUE CITY"I want to say something to all the mayors, the city councils, governors, police chiefs who are out there watching now: Violence is not inevitable.
We want to partner with you.We want to work with you.
We want to help you," he added.So far, federal authorities...