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Posted on 01/26/2026 7:22:34 AM PST by DFG
PHOENIX — The police liaison for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes has resigned following Mayes’ comments last week regarding ICE operations and Arizona’s Stand Your Ground law.
David Harvey quit on Friday but Richie Taylor, Mayes’ spokesperson, has not confirmed whether Harvey’s resignation was directly due to the attorney general’s rhetoric on a 12News interview from Tuesday, according to azcentral.com’s Stacey Barchenger.
Taylor did say that Mayes “was articulating a very deep concern she has about the possibility for these situations to spin out of control and end in tragedy,” as Minneapolis has recently experienced a pair of deadly shootings involving federal agents.
Mayes has served as state attorney general since being elected in 2022.
What did Attorney General Kris Mayes say about ICE, Stand Your Ground law?
The controversy began when Mayes expressed concerns that confrontations between Arizona residents and ICE could turn deadly in an interview with 12News. She called the combination of armed residents who are empowered under the law to defend themselves and mask-wearing agents without uniforms “a recipe for disaster.”
Brahm Resnik, the journalist conducting the interview, asked her to clarify if she was “giving license to a person to shoot an officer.”
“Absolutely not. But how do you know they’re a peace officer? That’s the key,” Mayes said. “And so if there’s a situation where somebody pulls out their gun, because they know Arizona is a Stand Your Ground state, then it becomes, did they reasonably know that they were a peace officer? You know? I mean, this is a different set of circumstances in the state of Arizona.”
Mayes also vowed in the interview to prosecute any ICE agent who violates Arizona law, although federal immunity law makes that more complicated to bring to fruition.
Mayes talked further about the issue Thursday during an interview with KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Outspoken. She explained that under Arizona law, residents who reasonably believe their lives are in danger can use lethal force to protect themselves.
“If you are really sure that they are ICE and they present a badge or they present identification, then I would not recommend using lethal force against them. But one of the worries that I have is … that we have a Stand Your Ground law in Arizona,” she said.
Joe Clure, executive director of the Arizona Police Association, responded to the attorney general’s comments Friday on KTAR News, calling them “reckless” and “dangerous.”
“I was in complete shock when I heard the … highest law enforcement official in the state of Arizona essentially giving a tutorial on how to shoot a police officer, specifically ICE agents, and get away with it,” Clure said.
Clure also accused Mayes of misinterpreting Arizona’s Stand Your Ground law because it doesn’t allow for lethal force against law enforcement officers performing official duties.
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“””Mayes talked further about the issue Thursday during an interview with KTAR News 92.3 FM’s Outspoken. She explained that under Arizona law, residents who reasonably believe their lives are in danger can use lethal force to protect themselves.
“If you are really sure that they are ICE and they present a badge or they present identification, then I would not recommend using lethal force against them. But one of the worries that I have is … that we have a Stand Your Ground law in Arizona,” she said. “”””
And again I wonder....How did someone this dumb get into her position???
AZ is owned by the cartels. I hope they get their turn under the microscope.
nepotisim and fraud...
Mayes is Arizona’s number one skank and Katie’s butt buddy.
“””nepotisim and fraud...””” and a good dose of DEI
But...do ‘Stand Your Ground’ laws apply to those here ILLEGALLY?
What is with these ‘lawyers and such’ PRETENDING that illegals have ANY rights on US Soil?
Yeesh! These people. Go back to ambulance chasing, Lady!
How did someone this dumb get into her position???“
A stolen election that’s how
The cartels took total control when the California and Chicago voters elected Gallegos, the Prixster’s, Chicago latino with the cartel daddy in prison. Most of the snowbird voters in Arizona are former Prixster Chicago Union Thugs.
Are you kidding? : Bidementia, kneepadsKamala, AOC, the entire Dem lineup ...
“””Are you kidding? : Bidementia, kneepadsKamala, AOC, the entire Dem lineup ...””
Yes.
Body armor with a badge on the front, and “police” emblazoned on the back, along with gunbelt and AR-15 are pretty much telling you who they are. The “No Uniforms” line is a lie. The agents are clearly identified. And as to the masks? How’s about you quit doxing and threatening the families of the agents with injury and death and maybe (just maybe) the agents won’t have to hide their faces.
CC
.How did someone this dumb get into her position???
= = =
She speaks the dialect of the dumb, emotional martyrs to be.
They hear and suck in her ‘legal’ words, and are good to go.
It’d be a shame if somethin were to ‘appen to the Signal community infrastructure via USA intel spooks at times just before vital law enforcement ops to take down fentanyl, human trafficker, foreign national gangs in minny town, just sayin’
worked in hellholes all over the world when needed.
please delete, meant for last thread
“She explained that under Arizona law, residents who reasonably believe their lives are in danger can use lethal force to protect themselves.”
Funny how they don’t say that when a US resident (mainly white) defends themselves.
Another communist party member reveals itself...
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