“A Manhattan parking garage attendant who was shot twice while confronting an alleged thief at his business was charged with murder after wrestling away the weapon and using it to fire at the suspect.

The nightside worker, Moussa Diarra, 57, was slapped with assault and criminal possession of a weapons charges in the Saturday incident, which occurred at around 5.30am.

The attendant saw a man peering into the car windows on the second floor of the West 31st Street garage, reported the New York Post.

Thinking that the man was stealing, the attendant brought the suspect outside and asked what was inside his bag.

Instead of idling or cooperating, however, the man [Alba, I think] then pulled out a weapon.

Diarra lunged for the gun and it went off, leaving him with a stomach wound and an ear graze before he was able to turn the firearms on the alleged thief and shoot him in the chest.
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Last July, it was six days before Alba was let out of jail on Rikers Island and Alvin Bragg dropped the murder charge following a public pressure campaign to do so.

The post reported that one police officer who was told about the attempted murder charge said: 'People like Alvin Bragg have made this city unsafe and this worker is a victim defending himself.'

Another officer joked that the thief would have been better off is he were caught stealing because Bragg would likely not have pressed any sort of lasting charge. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/11930185

'People like Alvin Bragg have made this city unsafe and this worker is a victim defending himself.'

True statement that applies to all "progressive" Soros funded prosecutors.

Could be that police went cowboy and arrested for multiple crimes and the DA hasn't yet reviewed the case. It's only been a day.

Or the facts might turn out that he wrestled the gun away, was holding the perp, there was no longer a threat to good guy and the good guy said, "Fuck it. All the DA is going to do is give the perp a Good Citizen Award and cite me for "Felony Interference with him shooting me." and he took matters into his own hands. I'm interested in the passage of time.

I would look for someone from the Trump camp to hammer this story in the media. Bragg is a total scumbag.

IF you keep removing penalties for crimes, people will do more crime. It's pretty simple. It's like capitalism for criminals. If there is a high cost to committing crimes, less people will do it. If the cost is relatively low, but the reward is high more people will do it.

Then add to that charging people who defend themselves, it's a recipe for some kind of batman movie.

Here's good news:

"The district attorney's office, meanwhile, has decided not to pursue criminal charges. After looking into the case Sunday, a spokesperson said prosecutors would not move forward with any case against Diarra."

Complete article, and I still don't understand why NYPD charged the good guy.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/new...d-car-thief/4204604/

NYC Parking Attendant Arrested After Shootout With Reported Car Thief

By NBC New York Staff • Published April 2, 2023 • Updated 5 hours ago

A New York City parking garage attendant and a burglary suspect were both arrested on attempted murder charges after a shootout in midtown.

The shooting occurred early Saturday morning at a garage along West 31st Street just outside the Moynihan Train Hall at Penn Station, police said.

Investigators said the burglary suspect, Charles Rhodie, was looking into parked cars when the parking attendant, Moussa Diarra, confronted him around 5:30 a.m. That's when police said Rhodie pulled out a gun and shot the attendant, who reportedly suffered a graze wound to the head.

Diarra then grabbed that same gun and returned fire, according to police. The suspect suffered a gunshot wound to his torso. Both men were taken to a nearby hospital where they were expected to survive.

Police officials said each man is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon. Rhodie faces an additional charge of burglary.

The district attorney's office, meanwhile, has decided not to pursue criminal charges. After looking into the case Sunday, a spokesperson said prosecutors would not move forward with any case against Diarra.

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Police officials said each man is facing charges of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon.

How backwards/fucked up is it that the parking attendant (a.k.a. the Victim) was even considered for ANY charges, let alone actually charged here...New Yorkistan!

These kinds of arrests make me think right away of "stats".
Both men charged and the crime stats or numbers reported show multiple felony arrests. Its a way of scamming crime numbers to make the NYPD look better and to show the public how many arrests they made.
It's a BS trick.
My department was trying to get a funding increase and in order to justify more money, they changed how we tallied calls for service. Under the former system, a call for service was an actual report or arrest generating incident. With the new system, if the phone rang, it got a call for service stat number. So did traffic stops. Our "calls for service" increased over a calendar year by about 10K. For doing nothing at all different.
Lies, damn lies and statistics!

“Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has now claimed he wants to track down the migrants who allegedly attacked two NYPD officers before a judge released them with no bail. [You’re a bit late Alvin. They’ve flown the coop.]

Bragg claimed that his office will present evidence on Tuesday to a grand jury on the 12 suspects they believe were involved in the melee against police outside a shelter in Times Square on January 27.

'Our office continues to work with law enforcement to bring everyone responsible for these heinous attacks to justice. It is clear from video and other evidence that some of the most culpable individuals have not yet been identified or arrested, and we are working hand in hand with the NYPD to find and hold them accountable for their despicable acts,' Bragg said in a statement on Saturday. …”

DailyMail article:
https://mol.im/a/13046721

This is why jury duty matters.

The title made me think of Fort Bragg. Confusing

There no longer is a Fort Bragg. The name has been changed.

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There no longer is a Fort Bragg. The name has been changed.

Ft. Bragg name usurped by left wing clowns who never served at that post. Maybe Trump will reinstate the Army bases names that the woke stole.

I'd love to see that happen but don't think it will.