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Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Backs Down, Won't Pursue Charges Against Man Who Shot Robber in Self-Defense
PJ Media ^ | 04/04/2023 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 04/04/2023 6:42:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

It was reported last week that Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, was seeking murder charges against Moussa Diarra, a parking garage attendant in Manhattan who had shot a thief in an act of self-defense. However, Bragg has since changed his stance and will no longer pursue charges against Diarra.

The original charges stemmed from an incident in the garage where Diarra worked on West 31st Street, where he encountered a thief peering into cars. Diarra suspected the man of stealing and asked him to reveal the contents of his bag. However, the thief had a gun, and when Diarra tried to grab it, the gun went off, injuring him in the stomach and grazing his ear. Diarra then used the gun to shoot the would-be thief in the chest.

Both Diarra and the would-be robber, 59-year-old Charles Rhodie, faced identical charges of attempted murder, assault, and criminal possession of a weapon, though Rhodie also faced attempted robbery charges.

Diarra was stunned to be facing charges.

“I got bullets in me, and I’m chained to a hospital bed, but I didn’t do anything wrong,” Diarra lamented from his hospital bed, according to a report from the New York Post.

Bragg was also charging the alleged robber, 59-year-old Charles Rhodie, with the same crimes as Diarra, but the charges against Diarra sparked significant outrage.

“One of my first thoughts was a political football, and this gentleman shouldn’t become a political football,” Meyers Parking’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Carolan said.

“Here’s a gentleman who’s just a hardworking individual doing his job,” Carolan said of Diarra. “You just think you’re doing the right thing. The altercation happens because of the other individual, not our guy. He’s reacting.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alvinbragg; charlesrhodie; nyc; selfdefense
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1 posted on 04/04/2023 6:42:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Mr. Diarra should file a complaint with the Bar Association, loudly and publicly.

Of course it won’t go anywhere, but that’s not the point.

L


2 posted on 04/04/2023 6:44:04 AM PDT by Lurker ( Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Bragg is a reasonable DA. /s


3 posted on 04/04/2023 6:44:42 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: SeekAndFind

Diarra’s ethnicity saved him from prosecution. A white guy is in lock-up at Riker’s with this Soros-owned DA.


4 posted on 04/04/2023 6:44:49 AM PDT by MTBobcat (The “rank-and-file” are as corrupted as their leadership.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Orders from on high (Soros). Tamp it down until Trump is ruined. Then, go back to destroying the little guys.


5 posted on 04/04/2023 6:45:29 AM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: SeekAndFind

He’s putting all of his eggs in the “Destroy Trump” basket. Once he’s done permanent damage to Trump, he will be amply rewarded. No NY jury is going to let Bragg fail.


6 posted on 04/04/2023 6:45:58 AM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Trump read this story, Bragg will look for a way to charge 45.


7 posted on 04/04/2023 6:46:39 AM PDT by ConservaTexan (February 6, 1911/June 14, 1944)
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To: SeekAndFind

Intimidating the law-abiding and encouraging violent criminals. This is exactly the opposite of what a big city DA should be doing.


8 posted on 04/04/2023 6:46:40 AM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: SeekAndFind

The Third World DA


9 posted on 04/04/2023 6:49:34 AM PDT by butlerweave
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The propaganda narrative they want the mind numb to believe in this is; “SEE! Bragg is a fair man”

24/7/365 the propaganda flows like sewage, brainwashing the masses.

...look for it and declare the truth


10 posted on 04/04/2023 6:50:29 AM PDT by SheepWhisperer ("Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD’s purpose that prevails.")
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To: SeekAndFind

Wonder how long it will take blacks to realize that Bragg is a clown, puppet of Soros. Soros is using them to promote his globalist vision by destroying and dividing America. This Bragg fool is demeaning to all blacks.


11 posted on 04/04/2023 6:51:07 AM PDT by allendale
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RE: Wonder how long it will take blacks to realize that Bragg is a clown, puppet of Soros

The problem is the media LIKES clown shows. It sells papers and internet views.


12 posted on 04/04/2023 6:54:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Diarra, an immigrant, and the wounded survivor who shot back, appeared to be a Black African in the brief bed side interview I saw on Fox News.

In other words, Manhattan District Attorney Bragg charged a hard working Black immigrant with murder because he defended himself and a customer's property!

13 posted on 04/04/2023 6:58:05 AM PDT by zeestephen (43,000)
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Re: "No NY jury is going to let Bragg fail [against Trump]."

And, no New York City jury will ever punish Bragg for malicious prosecution.

Trump should ask for a change of venue to Staten Island, which I think has a GOP Congress Person.

On second thought, first, confirm that the Congress Person did not vote for Impeachment, then ask for a change of venue.

14 posted on 04/04/2023 7:07:33 AM PDT by zeestephen (43,000)
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To: SeekAndFind

Like all major cities, NYC is a dumpster fire.


15 posted on 04/04/2023 7:08:52 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Women better allow the rapist to rape them or find themselves in jail.


16 posted on 04/04/2023 7:10:31 AM PDT by bray (Order at TheRepublicofTexas.store)
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Well, Diarria did steal the gun by force and then shoot an unarmed man. /s


17 posted on 04/04/2023 7:11:56 AM PDT by rxh4n1
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To: central_va

RE: Like all major cities, NYC is a dumpster fire.

And I agree with you. But : 1) I don’t live in NYC, and my county is one of those responsible for flipping Congress in 2022 ( look it up ); 2) 70% od the city’s voters does not constitute EVERYONE in the city.


18 posted on 04/04/2023 7:12:26 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

A conservative in NY is as about as useful a tits on a mule.


19 posted on 04/04/2023 7:13:40 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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RE: A conservative in NY is as about as useful a tits on a mule.

An apt description of your opinions.


20 posted on 04/04/2023 7:17:24 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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