Self-defense isn’t a crime  Manhattan must ditch DA Alvin Bragg

Thanks to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, New York is a city turned upside down.
Get caught with an illegal gun, get released without bail. Shove an elderly person to the ground, attack someone because they are Asian, a slap on the wrist. Shoplift again . . . and again . . . and again . . . nothing.

But defend yourself and your place of business from a man who attacks you, and Bragg sends you to Rikers.

Jose Alba, 51, was working at a bodega on Broadway near West 139th Street late last Friday night. A woman came in wanting chips and couldn t pay; Alba wouldn t give them to her for free.

Furious, the woman s boyfriend, Austin Simon, 35, went behind the counter and confronted Alba. Video of the incident clearly shows Simon is the aggressor. He yells at Alba, gets in his personal space, then shoves him into the wall.

via nypost.com