Armed Off-Duty Cop Tried to Incite Violence at a High School Anti-ICE Protest

2026-04-17 12:39 UTC

cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/58619683 A police official in Arizona has been placed on administrative leave after showing up armed to a student-led protest and provoking an altercation that led to the arrest of a teenage girl. The officer told fellow police who arrived on the scene that he attended the students’ immigration rights protest with the intent of acting as an agent provocateur, according to a news report. Dusten Mullen, a sergeant with the Phoenix Police Department, has been suspended with pay pending an internal review of his conduct at a protest at Hamilton High School in Chandler, Arizona, on January 30, according to Phoenix Police Chief Matthew Giordano. “As law enforcement professionals, we are held to higher standards of conduct — both in and out of uniform,” Giordano said. “When we fall short, we must be accountable, and we will not tolerate actions which undermine the trust the community has placed in the Department.” Fox 10 Phoenix, the outlet to first identify Mullen, reported that Mullen told Chandler Police Department officers on the scene that he was there in the hopes of getting a rise out of the kids that would then allow the local cops to cuff them.

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@20cello@lemmy.world 2026-04-17 12:46

Act disgustingly is considered normal behaviour among cops

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@kylie_kraft@lemmy.world 2026-04-17 12:51

"it was an antifa"

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@TheAsianDonKnots@lemmy.zip 2026-04-17 15:37

So he goes after high school kids!? There’s a reason those ICE pussies only operate in states with strict gun control. Arizonans are armed to the teeth and you don’t even need a permit to carry concealed, so he goes after kids that can’t carry. Big man. At the start of all these “raids” the good people of Tucson pushed these idiots back into their little compound and I never heard about anything large scale again. I know more guns isn’t the answer but it’s certainly a BIG problem for fascist wannabes.

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@tinyvoltron@discuss.online 2026-04-18 00:20

At least he's getting a paid vacation.

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@Witchfire@lemmy.world 2026-04-18 15:53

Is this one of those paid protesters I keep hearing about

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