Arizona prosecutor fires back at NYC DA Bragg, defends decision to refuse extradition for violent suspect
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Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell doubled down on her decision to not extradite an accused murderer wanted in NYC over DA Alvin Bragg's soft-on-crime policies.
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"I'm putting the victims first and making sure that he stays in custody," Mitchell told Ainsley Earhardt on "Fox & Friends" Thursday.
"And again, this is not casting aspersions on NYPD, but… it was just a couple of weeks ago that some of the illegal immigrants that were in New York City who beat up on police officers were let go. They were flipping the camera off as they walked out of jail, and guess where they ended up? Four of them ended up in Maricopa County, and they had to be taken into custody here."
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