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2022-07-08 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Self-defense isn't a crime — it's time for Manhattan to ditch DA Alvin Bragg

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Posted by Fred 2022-07-08 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1765 views ] Top

1 ...And if a jury is defiant enough to free him, Mister DA will hound him for the rest of his days.

Mike

Posted by MikeKozlowski 2022-07-08 06:30|| 2022-07-08 06:30|| Front Page Top

2 How many of this type would have made it thru law school without affirmative action, AKA the soft bigotry of low expectations?

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 06:38|| 2022-07-08 06:38|| Front Page Top

/\How many of this type would have made it thru law school without affirmative action, AKA the soft bigotry of low expectations?

At least one additional, possibly more.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-08 07:35|| 2022-07-08 07:35|| Front Page Top

4 What's even worse is he refuses to prosecute the girl friend who stabbed Jose.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2022-07-08 08:14|| 2022-07-08 08:14|| Front Page Top

5 The girlfriend should be facing felony murder. She apparently stabbed Alba first, then called her thug to join in. Thug dies an accomplice to her attempted homicide -- she should be facing prison.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2022-07-08 08:30|| 2022-07-08 08:30|| Front Page Top

6 But she's a BIPOC. Instead, she will probably get a stipend for life courtesy of the NY taxpayer. They voted for it, they deserve it...

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 08:36|| 2022-07-08 08:36|| Front Page Top

7 Law Student has been clown make-up for Career Politician for a long time. Its just the facade of professionalism is no longer acquired.

Everyone should be outraged by this obvious path of the future. The problem is a bit deeper than NYP wants to swim into.

Posted by swksvolFF 2022-07-08 10:33|| 2022-07-08 10:33|| Front Page Top

8 In NY, the governor can remove the DA tomorrow. There is no recall. Bragg probably got top marks in law school. The criteria for grades changed when the law schools went 100% liberal. Look at Yale.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-07-08 12:37|| 2022-07-08 12:37|| Front Page Top

9 The real question is, can the Grand Jury decided to indict the DA? A bit beyond jury nullification but that would be HILARIOUS.

Posted by Silentbrick 2022-07-08 13:57|| 2022-07-08 13:57|| Front Page Top

10 If he lets an obviously guilty individual go, he's a conspirator and an accessory. But it would tie the courts in knots deciding it.

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-08 14:06|| 2022-07-08 14:06|| Front Page Top

11 Two guesses about the ethnicity of the deceased and the girlfriend

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2022-07-08 19:15|| 2022-07-08 19:15|| Front Page Top

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