Arizona DA Refuses to Extradite Murder Suspect to NYC

The top prosecutor in Maricopa County, Arizona told reporters Wednsday that she is turning down the Manhattan District Attorney’s request to extradite a murder suspect because they are too soft on crime in New York City. Michael Dorgan of Fox News reports that Raad Almansoori is a suspect in the February 8 murder of a 38-year-old woman in New York. He allegedly beat the victim to death with a clothes iron.  Before he could be arrested, he fled to Arizona where he is now facing charges for the February 18 stabbing of two women and the attempted rape of one of them in a McDonald’s restroom. Police arrested him after he fled the scene in a stolen car. At a recent press conference, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell said, “having observed the treatment of violent criminals in the New York area by the Manhattan D.A. there, Alvin Bragg, I think it’s safer to keep him here and keep him in custody so that he cannot be out and doing this to individuals either in our state or county or anywhere in the United States. He is being held without bond, meaning there is no amount of money that he can post to get out of custody at this point.”

Almansoori came to New York to avoid prosecution for raping a woman in Florida last year. He also has an outstanding warrant in Texas. Since Alvin Bragg’s election as Manhattan District Attorney he has earned a reputation for releasing most arrestees, including violent offenders, without bail.  In many cases his office drops charges, allowing habitual felons back on the street to commit more crimes. This is typical behavior for District Attorneys who, like Bragg, identify as progressives and are elected with funding from socialist, pro-criminal billionaire George Soros.