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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]To the posters above who are maligning Bragg...why don't you wait until you read the actual charges against Trump? [/quote]

I removed the post that contained two tweets about Bragg. They contained misinformation. In the first case, the garage attendant was charged by police, not prosecutors. Prosecutors haven't addressed the case yet. In the second case, prosecutors asked that charges be dropped.

The anti-Bragg folks basically have nothing other than misinformation and lies.
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Sure, the prosecutor's office dropped the charges on the bodega worker.... after a huge backlash. 
He was initially locked up at Rikers Island with a $250,000 bond.

[quote]Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has finally dropped the controversial murder charge against bodega worker Jose Alba — with his office conceding Tuesday there wasn’t enough evidence to prosecute the case that sparked widespread outrage.

The DA’s Office filed a motion in Manhattan Criminal Court to dismiss the case against 61-year-old Alba, who fatally stabbed an ex-con who attacked him behind the counter of a Hamilton Heights store on July 1.

The slay charges brought by Bragg’s office prompted an uproar, with Alba and his many backers — who ranged from Mayor Eric Adams to former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton — arguing his actions were clearly self-defense.

Following an investigation, prosecutors concluded they couldn’t prove that Alba “was not justified in his use of deadly physical force,” the motion said. Surveillance footage of the attack showed Alba being attacked by Austin Simon, 35, and even telling the assailant, “Papa, I don’t want a problem.’’

The decision to dismiss the second-degree murder rap came after The Post began highlighting Alba’s plight, which saw the hardworking employee initially held at Rikers Island on a $250,000 bond, before the amount was lowered.

“If it weren’t for the New York Post, Mr. Alba would still be in jail,” said Frank Garcia, chairman of the National Association of Latino State Chambers of Commerce.

During a brief hearing Tuesday, Judge Laurie Peterson officially tossed the case, allowing Alba to have his ankle monitor — a condition of his bail — removed a few hours later.

“I feel better because I don’t have it anymore,” Alba said of the monitor as he spoke briefly to reporters at his home.[/quote][/quote]

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