Calls Grow to Drop Murder Charge for NYC Bodega Worker in Self-Defense Stabbing

Calls Grow to Drop Murder Charge for NYC Bodega Worker in Self-Defense Stabbing
A police car drives through the Manhattan borough of New York on Jan. 14, 2021. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
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Calls are growing across New York City to drop the charge of murder against a Manhattan bodega worker for killing an assailant who was attacking him inside his store on July 1.

Store video shows that Jose Alba was at work in a modest bodega in Upper Manhattan when Austin Smith came behind the counter and physically accosted him. During the alteration, Alba stabbed Smith multiple times with a knife, killing him.

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