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.
Video obtained by the New York Post seems to show Simon advancing on Alba at the bodega where Alba works and violently shoving him against a wall after his girlfriend’s credit card was rejected while trying to buy a bag of chips. A struggle between the two men ensued and Alba stabbed Simon repeatedly. He also sustained a knife wound himself.
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