Arrest of Jose Alba Is Textbook Case of What’s Wrong With ‘Woke’ Prosecution

Alvin Bragg speaks during a Get Out the Vote rally at a Philip Randolph Square in Harlem in New York City on Nov. 1, 2021. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

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The case of Jose Alba, the 61-year-old Harlem bodega clerk charged with murder for defending himself against a 35-year-old convicted felon who had him cornered behind his counter, may be the case that finally topples the urban reign of the “woke prosecutor.”