Good morning, and thank you for being here. Im the United States attorney for the Northern District of illinois. I would like to start this morning by taking a moment to introduce you to my Law Enforcement colleagues, some of them you will hear from in a few moments. We are honored to have attorney general william barr here with us today. From the atf we have acting director Regina Lombardo and a special agent in charge in chicago is here as well. Dave. E Deputy Director we also have the special agent in charge of the fbi here in chicago present as well. From the dea, special agent in charge is present. We have chief deputy u. S. Arshal and the chief inspector also up here are two other United States attorneys. We have my counterpart from the Northern District of illinois. And my office, we Work Together frequently combating illegal trafficking of firearms across our common border between indiana and illinois. And my colleague justin, who is the u. S. Attorney in cleveland, the Norther
Hsi case in las vegas. We took down the hollywood clique which operated not only in nevada but also in california and in the Eastern District of new york, again long island. And we took down 21 members and the leadership of that organization. And then finally, these are the new york indictees. Finally i announced that we are going to seek the Death Penalty against alexi sayans, who is a leader in the Eastern District of new york a leader of ms13 there. The president made a trip to brentwood, new york, earlier in his administration and he met with the families of victims that had been killed by ms13, including the family of two young girls who were butchered with machetes. The person that we are seeking the Death Penalty against was involved in those murders as well as the murder of two africanamericans who they, who they just saw in the street and thought they were from a rival gang and just butchered. Those are the actions were taking. There is more coming as we target the leadership
Good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us at this remote press conference. Constitution avenue entrance to this building is a latin inscription that translates, everything is created by law and order. That ancient principal still holds true. Our free Society Depends on the rule of law, the assurance ordinary citizens can go about their lives without being subject to arbitrary violence or fear. When the rule of law breaks down, the promise of america does also. Our nation is confronting two serious challenges to the rule of law. The first is a longstanding one that was recently crystallized and driven home by the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. The video of the Police Conduct in this episode, as i said before, is harrowing. When you watch it, and imagine that one of your own loved ones was being treated this way, and begging for their life, it is impossible for any normal human being not to be struck to the heart with horror. This matter is being pursued both the state
Cspan2. Next, attorney general william barr holding a briefing on the governments response to protests across america after the death of george floyd. He discussed how federal Law Enforcement is continuing to protect americans who are peacefully protesting, but will actively pursue those who loot and cause violence. This is one hour. A. G. Barr good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us at this remote press conference. Over the constitution avenue entrance to this building is a latin inscription that translates, everything is created by law and order. That ancient principal still holds true. Our free Society Depends on the rule of law, the assurance ordinary citizens can go about their lives without being subject to arbitrary violence or fear. When the rule of law breaks down, the promise of america does also. Our nation is confronting two serious challenges to the rule of law. The first is a longstanding one that was recently crystallized and driven home by the killing of geo
Next attorney general william barr holding a briefing after the death of george floyd. He discussed how federal Law Enforcement is continuing to protect americans but will actively pursue those who loot and cause violence. This is one hour. A. G. Barr good afternoon, everybody. Thank you for joining us at this remote press conference. Over the constitution avenue entrance to this building is a latin inscription that translates, everything is created by law and order. That ancient principal still holds true. Our free Society Depends on the rule of law, the assurance ordinary citizens can go about their lives without being subject to arbitrary violence or fear. When the rule of law breaks down, the promise of america does also. Our nation is confronting two serious challenges to the rule of law. The first is a longstanding one that was recently crystallized and driven home by the killing of george floyd in minneapolis. The video of the Police Conduct in this episode, as i said before, is