INTRO: Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joining the Justice Department and A-T-F officials to announce the end to “Operation Show Me Justice” … aimed at reducing violent crime and criminal networks in Saint Louis, Missouri. The Senator … a native of Saint Louis … recognizes that the state has struggled with high crime.
ACK: Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) in St. Louis, MO
TAG: The operation included the arrests of some 435 violent offenders … 412 of whom already had warrants out for their arrests. Close to 200 illegal firearms – along with several machine gun convertors – were also seized in the operation.
KEYWORD: Politics, Crime, Legal
