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Jose Alba, 61, was arrested on a second-degree murder charge and initially held on $500,000 cash bail for the July 1 slaying of Austin Simon, 35, who had attacked him.
"They’re crazy. It’s clear from the video that he’s acting in self-defense. It’s clear from all the evidence that they have thus far," railed Bibb, who now works as a criminal defense lawyer.
At the time of the incident, Simon was on probation for assault and already had at least 27 arrests under his belt, according to a source.
The chairman of one of the largest Latino advocacy organizations in the U.S. celebrated the Manhattan district attorney's decision to drop the murder charges against a New York City bodega worker who killed an assailant in self-defense Tuesday and called on New York State Democrats to examine protections for bodega workers to avoid future incidents.
National Association of Latino State Chambers of Commerce Chairman Frank Garcia said he is "very relieved" that Jose Alba, an employee of a Hamilton Heights bodega who fought back against assailant Austin Simon and killed him will not be charged. But, he said, he fears the case has opened up a "Pandora's Box" for bodega employees and owners who no longer feel protected under New York State law.
"This is not Florida, The laws really don’t protect our members," Garcia told Fox News host Shannon Bream on "The Story." "This showed us that if we didn’t come together, all the different Latino leadership groups and the Republican City Council Caucus, we would have had a member in jail for 30 years that didn’t deserve to be in jail."
This showed us that if we didn’t come together, all the different Latino leadership groups and the Republican City Council Caucus, we would have had a member in jail for 30 years that didn’t deserve to be in jail."
originally posted by: burntheships
From the OP link
This showed us that if we didn’t come together, all the different Latino leadership groups and the Republican City Council Caucus, we would have had a member in jail for 30 years that didn’t deserve to be in jail."
He is right you know.
There is something about the way the the current Dem leadership is
attacking/treating Latino's that really smacks of racism.
originally posted by: burntheships
From the OP link
This showed us that if we didn’t come together, all the different Latino leadership groups and the Republican City Council Caucus, we would have had a member in jail for 30 years that didn’t deserve to be in jail."
He is right you know.
There is something about the way the the current Dem leadership is
attacking/treating Latino's that really smacks of racism.