Barr credits Operation Legend for recent dip in Chicago homicides, but mayor raises doubts
CHICAGO - Local and federal officials wrangled Wednesday over who should get credit for a recent dip in Chicago violence, even though 63 people were slain in the city in August and shootings continue at a pace far above last year.
Sounding the Trump administration's tough-on-crime theme, Attorney General William Barr said during a visit to Chicago that the federal Operation Legend program has led directly to a significant drop in shootings in the violence-torn city over the past five weeks.
Since Operation Legend launched in Chicago on July 22, homicides have dropped by 50%, Barr said in a news conference with other federal law enforcement leaders at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse. A
