Bodega clerk Jose Alba was freed on $50,000 bond and should undergo digital monitoring.
Alec Tabak
The Situation: The discount in bail for Jose Alba, who was arrested for stabbing an attacker in self-defense.
Lowering Jose Alba’s bail is hardly ample (“Lastly, D.A. Frequent $ense,” July 8).
If Manhattan District Legal professional Alvin Bragg actually had frequent sense, he’d have dropped all expenses in opposition to Alba, apologized to all New Yorkers and resigned.
Since he did none of these items, and since Gov. Hochul will certainly not have the frequent sense or guts to ship him packing, we’re going to be caught with him and his felon-coddling methods until we elect a Republican governor.
Invoice Marsano
Manhattan
Simply whenever you thought crime in New York Metropolis couldn’t get any worse, it does.
Not solely does a paroled ex-convict assault a employee behind the counter at a bodega, however when the employee, who a video exhibits tried to go away, was pressured to defend himself, he will get arrested, thrown in jail and charged with homicide.
It's unhealthy sufficient our state and native legislators and district legal professional refuse to carry criminals accountable for his or her crimes, which has led to a report upsurge of violence and lawlessness in our metropolis.
Now our DA is searching for to punish harmless victims for safeguarding themselves in opposition to the violence that the DA and different leaders have allowed to metastasize.
Marc E. Kasowitz
Manhattan
The arrest of Jose Alba, the 51-year-old deli clerk, for allegedly stabbing and killing 35-year-old profession prison Austin Simon is a gross injustice.
With a video clearly exhibiting Alba defending himself from an assault, he ought to by no means even have been arrested, not to mention charged with homicide.
With the excessive homicide charge within the metropolis, Alba had ample motive to concern for his life.
Josh Greenberger
Brooklyn
Hochul, your days as governor are numbered, as you refuse to take away this imbecile Bragg from workplace.
Your hopes of being reelected to the governorship are dwindling. You ought to be ashamed of your self that you haven't began the method of eradicating this incompetent DA from workplace.
Bragg is clearly an advocate for the criminals and never the residents who pay his wage — together with yours.
Jose Alba must be given a medal for his actions in defending his personal security and life. God bless him and his household.
Gene O’Brien
Whitestone
Writing as a Democrat, I say that Gov. Hochul should train her unique energy to fireplace Bragg.
The bogus case in opposition to Alba is the final straw. As The Put up has editorialized, self-defense isn’t against the law (“Asinine Alvin has gotta go,” July 7). And your opinion columnist, Michael S. Discioarro, a former Bronx assistant prosecutor, set forth the explanation why Alba was justified in defending himself when below assault at his household’s Manhattan bodega (“By legislation, actions of accused justified,” July 8).
I used to be born in Manhattan and spent my earliest years there. I now stay in Bridgeport, Conn. I'm appalled at Bragg’s acceptance and normalization of “booster” store thefts, subway assaults, college gun assaults and general hazard within the metropolis.
As Mayor Adams stated, Alba was only a New Yorker doing his job.
I received’t go to Manhattan till these crime issues are addressed. If I wish to go to a giant metropolis, I’ll take my vacationer dollars to Boston.
Douglass T. Davidoff
Bridgeport, Conn.
A bodega employee who defended himself was put into jail with an extreme bail quantity. Now, the bail has been lowered and he was capable of go dwelling, besides the district legal professional continues to be charging him with second-degree homicide. He should put on a monitor and quit his passport.
Principally, he's being handled like a hardened prison, whereas this district legal professional turns free violent criminals the identical day with out bail.
Now this man should show his innocence in court docket, which is totally ridiculous. It leaves me with no religion in our court docket system. Our governor sits idly by, not even making an effort to alter the court docket system.
Joseph Comperchio
Brooklyn
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