NYC Bodega Worker Jose Alba Sues Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg For Racial Discrimination
Bodega owner Jose Alba filed a lawsuit against Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and the NYPD for racial discrimination.
In July 2022, Alvin Bragg charged 52-year-old Jose Alba with murder when he clearly acted in self-defense.
Jose Alba was thrown into Rikers Island jail for nearly a week after he stabbed his attacker several times in self-defense.
Jennifer Sigall, the Assistant DA under Alvin Bragg said the prosecutor’s office could “not prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was not justified in his use of deadly physical force.”
The murder charge was ultimately dropped and now Alba is suing Bragg for racial discrimination.
Alba is seeking unspecified punitive damages.
