{"id":2051879,"date":"2023-10-01T20:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bodega-worker-sues-da-alvin-bragg-nypd-for-racial-discrimination\/"},"modified":"2023-10-01T20:21:23","modified_gmt":"2023-10-02T00:21:23","slug":"bodega-worker-sues-da-alvin-bragg-nypd-for-racial-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bodega-worker-sues-da-alvin-bragg-nypd-for-racial-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Bodega worker sues DA Bragg, NYPD for racial bias."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbodega-worker-sues-da-alvin-bragg-nypd-for-racial-discrimination%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2051879&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg. \u200d(Photo by Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:09 PM \u2013 Sunday, \u200dOctober 1, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>A former\u200c Bodega employee who stabbed an\u2063 assailant in his store last year out of \u201cself-defense\u201d is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/n-m-widower-sues-alburquerque-over-sanctuary-city-policy\/\" title=\"N.M. widower sues Alburquerque over sanctuary city policy\">taking legal action<\/a> against\u200c Democrat Manhattan\u2064 District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the New York City Police \u2062Department, alleging racial discrimination.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, filed in Manhattan\u2062 Federal Court \u200con Friday, claims that Jose Alba, a\u200d former clerk at the Blue Moon Bodega in Harlem, was unfairly charged with second-degree murder and spent time in prison \u200con Rikers Island due\u2062 to\u200d Bragg&#8217;s efforts to promote &#8220;racial equity&#8221; in\u200c the criminal justice \u2063system.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;While in \u2062theory, Bragg&#8217;s &#8216;racial equity&#8217; \u200cpolicies are\u200c a well-intentioned\u200b attempt by \u200bhim to implement even-handed justice, the means and methods employed by Bragg have instead had an opposite\u2064 effect and resulted in discrimination against certain defendants based on\u2064 race,&#8221; the suit said. It also names NYPD Detective William Garcia with other\u200c arresting officers\u200b and detectives.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On \u2063July 1<sup>st<\/sup>,\u2062 2022, a \u2062verbal altercation between \u200dAlba, \u2063a 61-year-old Dominican immigrant, and Austin\u200d Simon, a 35-year-old \u200bBlack ex-convict, escalated at the bodega. Simon \u2063allegedly threatened Alba&#8217;s life and a physical altercation ensued, resulting\u200b in \u200cSimon&#8217;s death and Alba&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite Alba&#8217;s \u2063claim of self-defense, Bragg accused him of second-degree murder and set a high bond\u200c of $500,000. The court later reduced it to \u200b$250,000.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to pay the bond, Alba was sent to Rikers Island where he \u2064experienced &#8220;inhumane and unconstitutional conditions,&#8221; according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric Adams and former \u200dNYPD\u2064 Commissioner Bill Bratton \u2062criticized Bragg \u200cfor \u2064imprisoning a working man who appeared to be defending himself and his store. After public outcry, Bragg dropped the charges on July 19<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>&#8220;My \u200dheart goes out \u200bto the employee who was in the store doing his job,&#8221; Adams said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am hoping that we take all \u200cof that into consideration, as\u2063 this \u200dhard-working \u2063New Yorker was doing his job,\u200b and someone aggressively\u2062 went \u2062behind the counter to attack him,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to Bragg, the lawsuit also holds the city and Department of Corrections\u200b Commissioner\u200b Louis Molina responsible for \u2064the conditions at Rikers Island.<\/p>\n<p>Alba is seeking compensatory and punitive damages, the amount of which will be determined\u2063 by a jury.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The \u2063Manhattan DA is \u200d&#8221;treating people differently and \u2064he&#8217;s hurting people,&#8221; said Rich Cardinale, an\u2063 attorney representing Alba.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can&#8217;t keep pitting ourselves \u200bagainst each other \u2064based on race,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A representative \u200dfrom the Manhattan DA&#8217;s office declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive breaking news blasts\u2063 directly to your inbox \u200bfor free. Subscribe \u2062here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chicago seems\u2063 to be \u200da city running out of\u200d money and people\u2063 to tax it\u200d from.\u2064 One America\u2019s Tom McGrath covers people are leaving and why things are getting worse for \u2064those left behind.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>A lot happened last week\u2064 at the White House, from Biden meeting with auto workers to\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-case-you-missed-it-last-week-at-the-white-house\/\" title=\"Last Week at the White House: Recap\">large cash payments made<\/a> from \u2062China to Hunter Biden.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>This\u2062 week has \u2062been filled with major \u200bheadlines in the US and around the world.\u200c One America\u2019s Rachel \u200cAcenas has more.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The U.S. Court \u2064of\u200d Appeals\u2064 for the Sixth\u200c Circuit reversed a decision \u2062that allowed doctors to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/two-states-score-major-victories-for-children-against-gender-affirming-care\/\" title=\"Two States Score Major Victories for Children Against Gender-Affirming Care\">treat young kids\u2019 gender dysphoria<\/a> with puberty blockers and cross-sex hormones in Kentucky and Tennessee. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Andrew Chung September 29, 2023 \u2013 8:04 AM PDT Advertisement Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to\u2026\u200d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Padraic Halpin\u00a0and\u00a0Max A. Cherney\u200b September\u200c 29, 2023 \u2013 5:02 AM PDT Advertisement DUBLIN, Sept 29 (Reuters) \u2013 \u200bChipmaker Intel\u00a0(INTC.O)\u00a0said on Friday\u2064 it\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u00a0Supantha\u2063 Mukherjee September \u206429, 2023 \u2013 5:12 AM PDT Advertisement STOCKHOLM, Sept 29 \u200b(Reuters)\u2063 \u2013 A \u2063raid by French authorities of the\u2026 \u2062 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON\u2064 (Reuters) -The European Commission launched an investigation\u200d on Wednesday into whether to impose punitive tariffs to protect European Union\u2062 automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How does this lawsuit raise important questions about the balance\u2064 between promoting justice\u200c and avoiding discrimination based\u200d on race in the \u200bcriminal justice system<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200bA\u2063 Former Bodega Employee Alleges Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit against Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and NYPD<\/p>\n<p>In\u200d a recent lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal \u2063Court,\u2063 former Bodega employee Jose Alba is\u200b accusing Democrat \u200bManhattan District\u200c Attorney Alvin Bragg \u200dand the New York City Police \u2062Department of racial discrimination. Alba, who stabbed an assailant \u200din his store last year in\u2064 what \u200bhe claims \u200bwas an act of self-defense, alleges that he was unfairly charged\u200b with second-degree murder and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bodega-worker-sues-da-alvin-bragg-nypd-for-racial-discrimination\/\" title=\"Bodega worker sues DA Bragg, NYPD for racial bias.\">endured discriminatory treatment due<\/a> to\u2064 Bragg&#8217;s efforts to promote &#8220;racial equity&#8221; \u200bin the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u2063 the lawsuit, Alba, a former\u200c clerk at the Blue Moon Bodega\u2063 in Harlem, was involved in a verbal altercation\u200c with Austin Simon, \u2063a 35-year-old Black ex-convict, on July 1st, 2022. The\u2064 altercation escalated, and\u200c Simon allegedly threatened Alba&#8217;s life, resulting in a physical altercation that \u200dended in Simon&#8217;s \u200bdeath\u2063 and\u2063 Alba&#8217;s arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite \u2064Alba&#8217;s claim of self-defense, Bragg\u2063 charged \u2064him with second-degree\u2062 murder and set a high bond of $500,000, later reducing it to $250,000. Unable to pay the bond, Alba was incarcerated on Rikers Island where he purportedly experienced &#8220;inhumane\u200c and unconstitutional conditions,&#8221; as\u200c stated in\u200d the\u200b lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200c lawsuit contends\u2063 that Bragg&#8217;s &#8220;racial equity&#8221; policies, although well-intentioned, have had the unintended consequence of discriminating against\u2064 certain defendants based on \u200drace. It also names NYPD Detective William Garcia and other arresting officers and detectives as defendants in \u2062the \u200dcase.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Eric\u200d Adams and former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton\u2063 criticized Bragg for imprisoning a \u2062working man who seemed to be defending himself and\u200d his \u200cstore.\u2063 Following public outcry, \u2062Bragg \u200bdropped the charges against Alba on July 19th.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit holds not only\u200d Bragg \u2064but also the city and Department\u2063 of Corrections\u200c Commissioner Louis Molina responsible for\u2064 the alleged \u2062conditions at \u2064Rikers Island. Alba is \u2062seeking compensatory and punitive damages, the amount of which will\u200c be determined by a jury.<\/p>\n<p>Rich Cardinale, an attorney representing Alba, stressed that \u2062the Manhattan DA&#8217;s actions have been detrimental and have caused harm\u200d to individuals, emphasizing the importance of not\u2064 pitting oneself\u2063 against others based on race.<\/p>\n<p>This case \u200craises\u200d important \u200bquestions about the balance between\u2063 promoting justice \u2063and avoiding discrimination based on race. While Bragg&#8217;s\u2063 intent to achieve racial equity in\u200d the criminal justice system\u2064 is commendable, it\u2063 is crucial \u200bto\u2063 ensure that such policies do not inadvertently lead\u200d to biased outcomes. As this lawsuit unfolds, it will \u2064be \u2063illuminating to see how the court addresses these complex issues and \u2063their potential impact\u200c on the pursuit of justice for all individuals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A former Bodega worker is suing Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg and the NYPD for racial discrimination after stabbing an attacker in self-defense.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2051880,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2051879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2051879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2051879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2051880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2051879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2051879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2051879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}