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The launch of a new federal effort to combat gun violence across the country brought Attorney General Merrick Garland back to his native Chicago, where he called gun violence an ongoing tragedy Thursday and said, “I feel it particularly in my hometown.”
Garland’s first official visit as attorney general to Chicago came in the wake of three mass shootings in a single day. One of them took place just down the street from St. Agatha Catholic Church,
where Garland met with community members Thursday and talked briefly with reporters.
Shortly before Garland arrived at the church, a police chase erupted outside.
A day after Chicago saw a series of mass shootings in a matter of hours, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appeared in the city Thursday to meet with police and community leaders as the Justice Department launches new efforts to stem the flow of illegal firearms here.
Garland, a native of north suburban Lincolnwood, began the day in Washington, D.C., to announce the formation of strike forces aimed at going after gun traffickers in several cities, including Chicago, at a time when urban America had seen spikes in gun violence.
He then traveled to Chicago to meet with U.S. Attorney John Lausch, who will oversee the local strike force, as well as police and community leaders, officials said.
New initiative focuses on the trafficking of illegal firearms in Chicago, other major US cities
There is a new initiative to curb gun violence in major U.S. cities.
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, toured Chicago s Strategic Decision Support Center, which is the city s hub for crime intelligence, data analyses and technology. If you pick up a gun, if you shoot into a crowd, not only are we gonna find you, we re gonna take you to federal court, and we’re gonna ship you off to South Dakota, and you’ll never see your family again, said Lightfoot.
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