Should never have been charged in the first place.
DA Alvin Bragg to drop murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has finally moved to drop the controversial murder charge filed against bodega worker Jose Alba, his office confirmed Tuesday.
The DA’s office said it had filed a motion in Manhattan Criminal Court to dismiss the case against the 61-year-old bodega worker after an investigation found it couldn’t prove the “defendant was not justified in his use of deadly physical force.”
Bragg and his office had faced widespread backlash after Alba was swiftly charged with fatally stabbing 35-year-old violent ex-con Austin Simon, who had attacked Alba inside the Hamilton Heights Grocery on July 1.
The decision to drop the second-degree murder charge comes weeks after The Post highlighted Alba’s plight, which saw the hardworking bodega clerk initially held at Rikers Island on a whopping $250,000 bond.
“If it weren’t for the NY Post, Mr. Alba would still be in jail,” said Frank Garcia, chairman of the National Association of Latino State Chambers of Commerce.
https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/alvin-bragg-to-drop-charges-against-bodega-worker-jose-alba/
Some are looking at this as a win. To me, this should have NEVER happened in the first place. A win would be getting rid of the DA, now!