Immigrants fleeing America. Congrats, Democrats. That’s new.

The bodega clerk who was infamously charged with murder for defending himself against a  criminal assailant has had it with the crime-ridden New York City and is returning to the Dominican Republic, close pals said. “He said he is afraid for his life.”

This Tucker Carlson segment on the persecution of bodega owner Jose Alba for defending himself is a must watch if you want to understand just how evil the left has become.

"If the criminal who assaults you is a member of a favored group, you don't have the right to fight back." pic.twitter.com/M17PW1R42j

— Scott Morefield (@SKMorefield) July 8, 2022

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New York’s Soros-backed District Attorney the bodega worker at Rikers on a murder charge after he was attacked and fights back.

Why no GoFundMe for Jose Alba? Everyone ask why GoFundMe took down an innocent man's defense GoFundMe Page? pic.twitter.com/aNli1qaZmh

— American Citizen by birth Conservative by Choice (@DakotaPride59) July 8, 2022

Might be late with this video.. New footage shows Jose Alba stabbed by female customer while he is fighting the guy behind the counter.. That is how he got the injury on his arm! #JoseAlba #NYC #Bodega #NYCcrime pic.twitter.com/jWW5uBzFbF

— YouDontHaveToWatch🔃 (@StarsAndBars123) July 11, 2022

Bodega clerk Jose Alba ditching NYC for Dominican Republic after murder charge dropped

NY Post, August 5, 2022:

The bodega clerk who was infamously charged with murder for fatally stabbing an assailant has had it with the crime-ridden Big Apple and is returning to the Dominican Republic, pals told The Post on Friday.

“He doesn’t work here anymore. He’s getting ready to move out of the country,” the manager of the Blue Moon convenience store, where the grisly Manhattan stabbing happened July 1, said of Jose Alba, 61.

The store manager, who declined to identify himself, said Alba is headed to Santiago, a city in the Dominican Republic where the former worker is originally from.

“He doesn’t come [to the store anymore], but we go visit him at home from time to time,” the manager said.

Alba is still trying to process what happened to him, including being charged with murder in the self-defense slaying and then finally having the rap dropped amid widespread outcry, said Francisco Marte, the head of a bodega association that has been helping the worker.

“He is taking a hiatus right now,” Marte said. “He went upstate to get away from everything” before he heads to the DR.
Jose Alba
Alba was arrested after defending himself during an attack in his bodega.
Alec Tabak

“He is not going back to work at the bodega. He is taking a break fighting with his trauma, and he said he is afraid for his life,” Marte said.

“He is trying to get back to normal, but he said it’s very hard when you have flashbacks of what happened. We are getting him professional help, and then [Alba and his family] decide whether he goes back to the DR for good or just spends some time there.”

On July 1, Alba was working behind the counter at the Hamilton Heights bodega when he got into an argument with a woman after she couldn’t pay for a bag of chips.

The woman then sent for her boyfriend, Austin Simon, 35, who came behind the counter and attacked Alba, leading the worker to grab a knife and stab the man to death.

Alba called police, and when they arrived, they arrested him on second-degree murder charges, sparking a wave of protest from supporters, including Mayor Eric Adams and former NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton, who said the stabbing was committed in self-defense.

Alba was locked up on Rikers Island but was soon freed when prosecutors agreed to lower his $250,000 bail.

Still, even while out on bail, Alba couldn’t return to work at the bodega because his managers were concerned his life was in danger and that Simon’s family could try to target him at the store, they said in July.

On July 19, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg finally agreed to drop the charges against Alba, conceding there wasn’t enough evidence to prove the worker “was not justified in his use of deadly physical force,” his office wrote in a motion.
Jose Alba shows his wounds following the attack and his release from Rikers. Jose Alba shows his wounds after the attack and his release from Rikers. Francisco Marte

After the decision, Alba told reporters he felt “so-so” and soon fled upstate to get away from the attention and clear his head, Marte said.

Marte, asked about Alba’s physical recovery from being stabbed during the melee himself, said the man’s wounds “are coming along good.

“They are not fully healed,” Marte said. “The scars will be there for life. It’s going to be a reminder of what happened and the tragedy he went through.”

Alba couldn’t be reached for comment.

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