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Mayor gives DA Bragg a pass for bodega worker murder charge
[NYPOST] Mayor Eric Adams says his "heart goes out" to Jose Alba, the bodega employee unjustly charged with murder for defending himself from a violent mostly peaceful attack. Yet he won’t condemn Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg for bringing the charges against Alba and having him tossed in the slammer
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
on $500,000 bail.

What’s the mayor afraid of?

Adams says "we cannot dictate or mandate how [a DA] determines how he’s going to prosecute crimes," and he won’t "second-guess" Bragg "for his actions."

Hmm. The mayor had no problems "second-guessing" Staten Island DA Mike McMahon’s decision to hit a grocery-store worker with a 24-hour jail stay for seeming to strike former Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Adams called that lockup "unfair" — and explicitly urged the DA to consider prosecuting Giuliani for filing a false police report.

Yes, the mayor’s heart is in the right place on crime. The police initiatives he’s put in place have started to drive down homicides and shootings somewhat — though other crimes continue to tick up. And he rightly blasts his fellow Dems’ disastrous criminal-justice "reforms."

Posted by: Fred 2022-07-10
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=638015