The former bodega worker was charged with murder and held on Rikers after fatally stabbing an attacker in what he claimed was a self-defense slaying.
after fatally stabbing an attacker in his store last year in what he claimed was self-defense is suing lefty Manhattan District Attorney Alvin and the New York City Police Department for racial discrimination.
“While in theory, Bragg’s ‘racial equity’ policies are a well-intentioned attempt by him to implement even-handed justice, the means and methods employed by Bragg have instead had an opposite effect and resulted in discrimination against certain defendants based on race,” states the suit, which also names NYPD Detective William Garcia along with unnamed arresting officers and police detectives.
On July 1, 2022, Alba, a 61-year-old Dominican immigrant, stabbed Simon, a 35-year-old black man, multiple times at the Harlem bodega, after the hardworking clerk got into an argument with his attacker’s girlfriend because she couldn’t pay for a bag of chips, video revealed.Former bodega worker Jose Alba has sued the Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and NYPD in federal court for racial discrimination.
The ex-con approached Alba from behind the counter and shoved him, sparking a fight that ended in Simon’s death and the clerk’s arrest, after he called the police. Despite Alba’s claims of self-defense, Bragg charged the clerk with second-degree murder and requested bail be set at $500,000, although a judge lowered it to $250,000.
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