Sometimes actual justice wins:
After intense backlash from local bodega workers and city tabloids, Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg on Tuesday dropped all charges against bodega clerk Jose Alba, who was allegedly acting in self-defense when he fatally stabbed a man who was attacking him.
The liberal DA’s decision comes after weeks of criticism of Bragg’s decision to send the 61-year-old to Riker’s Island and charge him with second-degree murder in the death of 35-year-old Austin Simon. Bragg first requested Alba’s bail be set at $500,000 before it was lowered to $50,000 in response to criticism from the community. He was later released on a $5,000 bail bond.
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Bragg’s office said Tuesday that “a homicide case against Alba could not be proven at trial beyond a reasonable doubt” after further investigation, according to the New York Times.
This is obviously the correct decision, but this was obviously justifiable self-defense from the very beginning, and that didn’t keep Soros-backed DA Alvin Bragg from charging Alba with murder in the first place. Indeed, chances are good that if it weren’t not for widespread outcry from other politicians (like Mayor Eric Adams), it’s quite possible that Alba would still be languishing in Riker’s Island awaiting trial.
The Defund The Police wing of the Democratic Party won’t give up their war on legal self-defense without a lot more fights.
Tags: Alvin Bragg, Crime, Democrats, Jose Alba, New York City, self-defense
Weird … BLM demanded “bail reform” but I didn’t here a peep from them about Alba. Go figure.
In progressive cities justice does not exist as understood in Western civilization. It is a show trial, a kabuke dance in which the proles will be punished and be made to understand their role in a “diverse society.”
Two minutes of hate up next.
The process was the punishment. Self defense is not a right in NYC.
In a just world, he’d have been taken to the station for a statement and released pending action by the DA or Grand Jury; not arrested and charged only to have the charges dismissed later.
In a truly just world, his assailant’s head would be on a spike outside the entrance to that bodega, and he’d have been given a cash reward by the local merchant’s association…
Girlfriend’s would have been right next to it, as well.
Since “girlfriend” participated and stabbed Alba 4X, why is she not in for “felony murder”? Other than her dark skin, that is. Looks like, in NYC, the ghetto people are not responsible for anything they do.
No surprise that the “productive people” are leaving town. “Wall Street” will be an interesting section in a Six Flags theme park. And the decent food will be safe and edible.