NYC bodega clerk Jose Alba tried to avoid confrontation that led to his arrest, new video reveals

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[PeterPrinciple]

That sounds like the generic and slightly antiquated title of a “General Store”:

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Antiquated? No, it never goes away. Hopefully centralization of govt and business goes away and we see more of this....................

[Newtoidaho]

Even if that was true the criminal thug undoubtedly stole it.

[EC Washington]

The murdered Hero was planning to go to Medical School. and give back to his community - as soon as he got his GED

[Old Retired Army Guy]

I can’t believe that DA hasn’t dropped the charges against Alba yet.

[Captain Walker]

Why the insistence on describing that business as a “bodega” instead of simply what it is, which is a small store or snack shop?

Just look at the product line in that place that you can see in the close shots taken by the video camera: tobacco products [to include the "loosies"], soda, and candy; these places offer a slew of products with low profit margins. Simply referring to them as "small stores" or "snack shops" wouldn't give the whole picture.

[high info voter]

It's the "me-me" generation believing in a lifetime of "reperations!

Followers of Satan are trying to take over America!..... Is that what you want folks?

Do you realize that followers of the “master of Hell” are NOT going to see the Father God of Heaven??

[mware]

Well I doubt he bought it as retain cost. After all lots of looted goods out there now, whether bought on black market or pinched I doubt he bought it at a store.

[ConservativeInPA]

‘This’ is a part of America that needs to disappear. We give the food stamps. We give the Medicaid. We give the cash assistance. We give the section 8 housing. We give the free education. Guess which one they don’t want or use.

Killing them is immoral. It would be genocide. Putting them into prison costs megabucks and it doesn’t work. Once they are released, they have more street ‘cred’ and are worse than before. So what’s the solution? I am thinking forced labor for real wages. That’s not slave labor. Maybe company towns need a comeback, so something like CCC camps. Force them to learn how to work and value the money they receive for work. Make American cities clean with spotless streets. Clear vacant lots. Remove graffiti. Repair and maintain city streets. Upgrade and maintain sewers and water. Call it BBAC, Build Back American Cities. Do it all for minimum wage and one strike and they are out. No fighting. No drugs. No absenteeism.

I guess there’s a little bit of a liberal in me this morning.

[sauropod]

Thank you. I didn’t know what that was.

[Daffynition]

“That’s not my fault, it’s not working.” He's talking about an EBT card, right?

[Rummyfan]

We need more Jose Albas.

[Rummyfan]

The perp picked the wrong bodega man to f*** with.

[Rummyfan]

La Beefa didn’t like it when her EBT card was refused, and the real victim of this event didn’t just let them steal the merchandise. She directly threatened him and then made good on her threat. She aimed her low-IQ baby daddy and turned him loose on the victim like a pit bull. Fortunately, he got schooled and is taking a justified dirt nap.

An accurate recap of the incident. Im only sorry La Beefa didn't get hers too.

[Rummyfan]

The murdered Hero was planning to go to Medical School. and give back to his community - as soon as he got his GED...

I thought he ws an aspiring rapper?!

[joma89]

Criminal, democrat party government...again. This is why the 2nd amendment was enshrined.

[Gaffer]

I think they only use that term where someone who is hispanic is involved in a confrontation with a black and want to put out some kind of negative context to it.

If I were on the jury the defendant would go completely free.

[rarestia]

We need to get rid of the prison systems as they exist.

Bring back hard labor. 10 hours of ditch digging and manual rock hauling.

No TV in prison. There’s a prison library. You read.

No comfy beds. You get a small cell with a mat and a blanket.

Meals are simple. No choices. You get produce that’s not fit to sell in local markets. You get meat scraps from local butchers. Bread and carbs should be day-old stuff from local bakeries or unused cooked rice from local restaurants.

You get one hour of “social” time per day.

Enough is enough. Prison is a damn luxury. When there’s zero motivation to get out of the prison cycle because prison is nicer than life on the outside, then we’ll continue to turn out criminals.

[hanamizu]

“...after he fatally stabbed a customer, new video shows.”

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Alba did not stab a ‘customer’, in self-defense he stabbed a strong-arm robber who was sent by the woman to ‘f**k him up’.

[curious7]

There’s also the ‘deport to Africa’ option since America is so terrible according to them.

[ConservativeInPA]

One way tickets to Monroeville.