Soros-Backed Manhattan DA Drops Murder Charge Against NYC Bodega Worker

Manhattan’s George Soros-connected District Attorney Alvin Bragg finally decided to drop the murder charge placed against a NYC bodega worker who fatally stabbed a man who attacked him on July 1st.

The bodega employee, 51-year-old Jose Alba, was charged with second-degree murder after stabbing 34-year-old Austin Simon in the neck and chest.

Security footage shows Simon getting in Alba’s face and shoving him before Alba grabs a knife and defends himself.

On Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office filed a motion in the Manhattan Criminal Court to dismiss the charges against Alba.

The DA’s office couldn’t prove the “defendant was not justified in his use of deadly physical force.”

The motion to dismiss the charges also noted, “Simon’s conduct in entering the store’s small, private area, throwing Alba against the wall to a place he could not escape, and grabbing him by the collar could inspire deep fear in an older and shorter man as to what might be in store next.”

“It is a crime in New York to use physical force to intentionally restrict a person’s movements by moving him from one place to another or by confining him,” the motion pointed out.

Alba was held at Rikers Island prison on a $250,000 bond after being arrested, and faced up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the murder charge.

The initial jailing and charge against Alba resulted in a massive outcry online and in the media.

“The message that Bragg sent was clear to everyone watching,” Fox host Tucker Carlson said. “And it was this: If the criminal who assaults you is a member of a favored group, you don’t have the right to fight back, you may not defend yourself. You must take whatever he gives you because thugs have more rights than you do.”

Others vented their frustration on Twitter:

Perhaps public backlash convinced the leftist district attorney to reverse course on the nationally covered case.