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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
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.”
Charlotte Allen is the executive editor of Catholic Arts Today and a frequent contributor to Quillette. She has a doctorate in medieval studies from the Catholic University of America.
