Posted on 07/08/2022 6:45:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Jose Alba, a 51-year-old clerk in a Bronx bodega, fought off a violent attacker with a knife, killing him. Today, Alba sits in the infamous Riker’s Island jail.
BACKSTORY
A woman attempted to pay for a bag of chips with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) debit card. Alba handed her the chips. When the EBT card came back with insufficient funds, Alba took the chips back. The woman got mad and proceeded to knock items from the counter then stormed off to get her boyfriend, Austin Simon.
DAMAGE-O-RAMA! There have been a number of videos on social media showing irate customers causing chaos in stores and restaurants.
Ten minutes after the woman left, she returned with Simon, 33. Simon went behind the counter to confront Alba. Alba showed Simon the receipt stating the woman’s card was declined. That didn’t diffuse the situation.
Simon then pushed Alba into a chair and began raving at him. Alba tried to brush past Simon and that’s when Simon grabbed him, and when Alba grabbed a knife to defend himself.
FACT-O-RAMA! Austin Simon has eight known arrests on charges including assault, domestic assault, and robbery. He was on parole after being jailed for attacking a cop.
GRAPHIC WARNING
In the video below, Alba tries to escape but Simon won’t let him. A struggle ensues, Alba stabs Simon. The men then go off-camera where Simon’s girlfriend attacks Alba with her own knife. When the fight is over, Alba can be seen with a deep cut on his arm.
61-year-old bodega worker Jose Alba was attacked by an enraged career criminal, Austin Simon, who went behind the counter and choked him over a bag of chips. Alba defended himself, and Simon died. DA Alvin Bragg has charged him with murder.
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Shockingly, Alba was arrested and charged with second-degree murder and is being held on $250,000, which he doesn’t have. He has no arrests in his past. Commie District Attorney (DA) Alvin Bragg, whom many people want fired over his far-left, kid-glove treatment of violent criminals, pushed for $500,000 bail. Simon’s girlfriend wasn’t arrested, even though she attacked Alba with a knife.
Bragg has a history of going soft on criminals.
NOW CONTRAST THIS WITH ANOTHER NYC CASE:
Meet “rapper” Camrin Williams, aka C Blu.
Williams, 16, was approached by cops. A struggle ensued, during which Williams’s illegally purchased and illegally carried gun was fired, shooting a police officer in the leg. Williams’ charges were dropped.
New York rapper C Blu charges are dropped. The teen was accused of shooting an NYPD officer. A judge determined that cops had no reason to approach C Blu in the first place.
Tucker said the guy was 61 y/o, last night...not the 51 circulating in the news.
Trump should post bail.
It was a good stab.
Once he got stuck in the neck, it didn’t take but 10 seconds for the thug to go down.
And those MoFo’s at GoFundMe pulled the fund set up for Alba.
And most (all?) of them have a common denominator.
Bragg has a history of going soft on black criminals.
In India, cows are sacred. Here Blacks (especially females) are sacred.
They’re sub-human, just above animals.
This story keeps getting worse. Now I find the woman who caused the problem in the first place (cherchez la femme) wasn’t short of cash to buy the chips, she had already maxed out her EBT card, i.e. taxpayers’ money.
The fact that the clerk is charged with murder of a thug attacking him, and the woman who caused the problem who stabbed the clerk walks free shows how disconnected from reality some places have become.
Alba was supposedly stabbed by the piece of excrement girlfriend. She wasn’t charged either. I saw Mayor Adam’s response to this. Not convincing at all. He’s another part of the problem, just like everyone that has a D next to their name. Democrats lack all legitimacy. Every single one of them.
However, I can understand why a Manhattan DA would press charges at the outset. If there were no charges, it would send the message that you can use deadly force against anyone who is throwing punches at you.
I lived in NYC for 20 years. It's not a normal place. You cannot have people thinking it's ok to stab someone because you're in a fight with them.
It’s better to be judged by 12 of your peers than 6 carrying you to your grave.
In the video he looked 71.
NY voters need to arm up cuz this is going to bring more attacks on innocent people!!
The bodega guy is innocent. The “justice” system is broken in democrat-run areas.
.... And going hard on other minority small business owners who stick up for themselves. Anarcho tyranny in action.
The DA should be disbarred, fired, and prohibited from entering a courtroom unless it’s as a defendant.
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