Don't Defend Yourself in Manhattan

Alvin Bragg is soft on crime, but if you defend yourself he will do everything to make your life miserable. NYC bodega clerk Jose Alba would be cheered on Staten Island: pols

Staten Island pols on Saturday came to the defense of a Manhattan bodega clerk who faces murder charges for fighting off an assailant — saying he’d be cheered for such action in their borough instead of tossed in a jail cell to rot on notorious Rikers Island.

“In some parts of the world, that guy would be a hero for saving himself — he’d get a medal,” said Staten Island Borough President Vito Fossella during a rally in support of bodega clerk Jose Alba outside an Eltingville bagel store.

But not on the island of Manhattan. He was thrown in Rikers, with stab wounds received in the incident that were not treated, and now may be infected.

He isn't the only one, of course. Tracy McMaster (a black woman) defended herself against her violent, drunken, ex husband (a white man). She was charged with murder. DA Alvin Bragg Still Won’t Drop Charges Against Manhattan Woman Charged with Murder Who Says She Acted in Self-Defense

The grand jury that indicted McCarter under former District Attorney Cy Vance never heard about Murray’s alleged history of violence, or her claim that she was acting in self-defense. Judge Jackson later ruled that the grand jury was not required to know that information before making their decision.

Because HOW DARE YOU not rely on the state for your personal security, even when it is clear that the state cannot provide that security.