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DA Alvin Bragg to drop murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba
New York Post ^ | July 19, 2022 | Carl Campanile, Elizabeth Rosner, Emily Crane

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 ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 1; alba; alvinbragg; austinsimon; bodega; bragg; josealba; murder; newyork; nyc; selfdefense; simon
This just in.
1 posted on 07/19/2022 8:49:18 AM PDT by abb
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To: abb

The DA now needs to charge the woman who instigated the assault with Felony Murder.


2 posted on 07/19/2022 8:50:55 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: abb

Alba is lucky that the media picked up the story.


3 posted on 07/19/2022 8:51:24 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: abb

Prosecutorial malpractice.
With no consequences to the DA of course.


4 posted on 07/19/2022 8:51:28 AM PDT by GnuThere
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To: abb

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/19/nyregion/jose-alba-bodega-charges-nyc.html

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-charges-dismissed-harlem-bodega-worker-jose-alba-20220719-wpukj3ga2zfrdgomjh7efybbke-story.html

https://www.fox5ny.com/news/murder-charges-dropped-against-bodega-worker-jose-alba


5 posted on 07/19/2022 8:52:23 AM PDT by abb
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To: abb
Bragg and his office had faced widespread backlash...

That's a good sign, in leftist New York. People are waking up to the danger of living in large (Democrat) cities. They're fed up with the rampant thuggery without consequences. Law and order will be the new winning platform come election time. The tide is turning.
6 posted on 07/19/2022 8:58:35 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: abb
This is good. But nevertheless... FU DA Bragg!
7 posted on 07/19/2022 9:01:31 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. )
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To: abb

About time. He never should have been charged.


8 posted on 07/19/2022 9:01:44 AM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: abb

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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


9 posted on 07/19/2022 9:07:50 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: abb

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.


10 posted on 07/19/2022 9:14:10 AM PDT by Bernard (“the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God." JFK 1-20-61)
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The “fight or flight” instinct can be deadly.


11 posted on 07/19/2022 9:23:26 AM PDT by Mashood
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Well, I have to say that is mighty white of Mr Bragg.


12 posted on 07/19/2022 9:30:17 AM PDT by Tupelo (PINO: President In Name Only)
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To: GnuThere

Maybe he remembered what happened in California and didn’t want the same treatment for angry citizens.


13 posted on 07/19/2022 9:35:41 AM PDT by Lake Living
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To: Bernard
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.

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)

14 posted on 07/19/2022 9:36:49 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: abb

Wait, it’s “bodega”? I thought Dr. Jill said they were “bogedas.”


15 posted on 07/19/2022 9:39:45 AM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: GnuThere

Bragg needs a good stiff sentence at Riker’s.


16 posted on 07/19/2022 9:58:50 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: Seruzawa

This is how Dems treat Hispanics when another more favored minority is involved.


17 posted on 07/19/2022 10:52:25 AM PDT by Dave911
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To: abb

Now, give him back all of the money he has spent. PLUS TRIPLE DAMAGES!


18 posted on 07/19/2022 11:17:48 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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To: abb

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.


19 posted on 07/19/2022 11:24:25 AM PDT by Bartholomew Roberts
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“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.

Good point. In the old days the press protected the innocent powerless. Now they protect the bloated 'elites'...

20 posted on 07/19/2022 11:35:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (US Military Promotions - Advancement based on ‘sexual kink, weirdo status, and skin pigmentation.)
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