Posted on 07/19/2022 8:49:18 AM PDT by abb
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has finally moved to drop the controversial murder charge filed against bodega worker Jose Alba, his office confirmed Monday.
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 a investigation found they 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 him inside the bodega on July 1.
The decision to drop the charge comes weeks after The Post highlighted Alba’s plight, which saw the hard-working bodega clerk initially holed up 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.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
The DA now needs to charge the woman who instigated the assault with Felony Murder.
Alba is lucky that the media picked up the story.
Prosecutorial malpractice.
With no consequences to the DA of course.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/nyregion/jose-alba-bodega-charges-nyc.html
https://www.fox5ny.com/news/murder-charges-dropped-against-bodega-worker-jose-alba
About time. He never should have been charged.
Not good enough. Will never be good enough for the offense. That DA must face public punishment for doing that to begin with. This stuff has to STOP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The bad guy is dead because the clerk used a knife. Had the clerk carried a gun and fired a warning shot, maybe nobody would have been dead as a result. If the warning shot failed to stop the threat, then the clerk could have winged the guy, just like an old cowboy movie.
The “fight or flight” instinct can be deadly.
Well, I have to say that is mighty white of Mr Bragg.
Maybe he remembered what happened in California and didn’t want the same treatment for angry citizens.
It is VERY hard to get a pistol license in NYC (even after the Supreme Court ruling)
And NYC is crowded. If the "warning shot" hits a bystander, the shooter is in deep trouble. Better to ensure the bullet hits a safe backstop (the thug's torso)
Wait, it’s “bodega”? I thought Dr. Jill said they were “bogedas.”
Bragg needs a good stiff sentence at Riker’s.
This is how Dems treat Hispanics when another more favored minority is involved.
Now, give him back all of the money he has spent. PLUS TRIPLE DAMAGES!
You can beat the rap but you can’t beat the ride!
Arresting him and locking him up with a high bond is just harassment.
Good point. In the old days the press protected the innocent powerless. Now they protect the bloated 'elites'...
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