Law enforcement operation targeted violent crime in Fort Worth

A city this size faces the challenges of major American cities, and it cannot meet it alone. When bad actors bring illicit drugs, illegal firearms, traffic children and women, and insert violence into our neighborhoods, they threaten the quality of life of our Fort Worth families and residents. That is why we launched Operation New Day some 90 days ago. In just two and a half months, Operation New Day resulted in federal charges against 141 defendants. These are not abstract statistics. That means 141 bad guys are off the streets. I put myself in the shoes of the victim, and that's who I care about. Okay, we can talk about criminal justice reform, and that's something that the politicians can deal with, but my job is to put people away in jail because they hurt people. And the nuance is lost when you put guns in people's faces, okay? Defense attorneys can make whatever arguments they want to make, but at the end of the day, those people made a decision to hurt others. And the reason Fort Worth has been so safe is because of the sheriff, our police chief, our DA, Rob's up here, our first assistant. Who's done a fantastic job of putting away bad guys. My office has as well.