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   Mayor Eric Adams says his “heart goes out” to Jose Alba, the   
   bodega employee unjustly charged with murder for defending   
   himself from a violent attack. Yet he won’t condemn Manhattan   
   District Attorney Alvin Bragg for bringing the charges against   
   Alba and having him jailed 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.”   
      
   Yet Bragg — who refuses to do what’s necessary to keep our   
   streets, businesses and subways safe — showed his real agenda   
   with the Alba charge. No bail or jail time for serial criminals,   
   but raise a hand in your own defense and he’ll toss you in the   
   slammer in a heartbeat.   
      
   Adams needs to make more noise about it. Even a bipartisan group   
   of city council members is demanding Bragg drop the case; they   
   have no problem “second-guessing” the DA.   
      
   Indeed, Bragg is actively turning criminal justice on its head,   
   going easy on perps and now cracking down on victims.   
      
   It’s all the more reason for Gov. Kathy Hochul to fire him, and   
   if she won’t, it’s reason enough for voters to fire her this   
   November. (Her rival in the governor’s race, Lee Zeldin, vows to   
   oust Bragg immediately if he won’t do his job.)   
      
   And Adams shouldn’t be afraid to say so.   
      
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   HeStoletheElection   
   2 days ago   
      
   "Progressives" is code for not Democrat. They are Marx/Com & run   
   as D because people wouldn't vote for them otherwise.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2022/07/08/adams-gives-da-bragg-a-pass-for-   
   bodega-worker-jose-alba-murder-charge/   
      
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