The top police liaison for Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes abruptly resigned just days after Mayes made explosive comments that dangerously legitimized violence against federal law enforcement officers, specifically ICE agents.
David Harvey, who served as the Attorney General’s police liaison, quit his post on Friday following Mayes’ inflammatory remarks during a televised interview about Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations and Arizona’s Stand Your Ground law.
According to AZ Central, Mayes’ spokesperson “declined to comment further or confirm” whether Harvey’s resignation was directly tied to the controversy.
The controversy erupted after Mayes appeared on 12News, where she openly speculated that armed Arizona residents could legally shoot ICE agents if they could not “reasonably identify” them as law enforcement—particularly if agents were wearing masks or not in traditional uniforms.
Mayes called the situation a “recipe for disaster,” citing Arizona’s Stand Your Ground statute and the presence of armed citizens.
When pressed by journalist Brahm Resnik on whether she was effectively giving people “license to shoot an officer,” Mayes responded:
“Absolutely not. But how do you know they’re a peace officer? That’s the key.”
She continued by suggesting that citizens could later argue they did not “reasonably know” they were confronting law enforcement.
Throughout the interview, Mayes repeated the typical leftist talking points about ICE, claiming they’ve engaged in “thuggish, brutish behavior.” She also previewed a new talking point that we haven’t heard, claiming that ICE is targeting the tribal Indian population in Arizona.
“The other thing that I wanna say to ICE is keep your hands off of our tribal members,” Mayes said, laughably claiming that a Navajo man was detained “because of the color of his skin.”
Mayes further discussed the 2026 elections, plans to push back against a buildup of federal agents and ICE around election time, potential seizure of illegal voting equipment, and pushed conspiracy theories about Trump planning to cancel the midterms.
Notably, she warned that “We will do everything that physically that we can do to prevent them from seizing anything.” When asked to clarify, Mayes says, “It means what it means. No one’s taking anything out of our election polling places.”
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