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Bad taste: The food of Trump's campaign

"You know where the crime is? It's in the bodegas," Trump said while visiting a Harlem bodega last week

Salon · Apr 22, 2024

Trump Visits Harlem Bodega Amid Hush Money Trial

Former President Trump's visit to a Harlem bodega reignites discussions on criminal justice reform and public safety in New York City.

Top News · Apr 17, 2024

Trump Visits Bodega, Criticizes Prosecutor In NYC Trial

Former President Trump's visit to a Harlem bodega raises debates on crime, prosecution, and public safety in New York City.

Top News · Apr 17, 2024

House Republicans to put Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg’s controversial cases on blast at NYC field hearing

House Republicans taking aim at Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced plans Wednesday to put a pair of cases that weathered a firestorm of bad press for the DA on blast.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Jim Jordan releases initial witness list for GOP hearing; Bragg isn’t on it

A Harlem bodega clerk who fatally stabbed an attacker and was initially charged with murder by Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will be a star witness at a U.S. House hearing in New York highlighting violent crime in the city where Donald Trump is facing charges.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2023

Manhattan D.A. Said This Woman Acted in Self-Defense. He Prosecuted Her For Almost a Year Anyway.

Alvin Bragg has finally moved to stop prosecuting Tracy McCarter for murder.

Reason · Nov 21, 2022

Manhattan D.A. To Prosecute Domestic Violence Victim for Murder After Saying It Wasn't Murder

Alvin Bragg campaigned on Tracy McCarter’s innocence. Once in office, that was apparently less politically expedient.

Reason · Sep 2, 2022

Manhattan DA Drops Murder Charge Against Jose Alba. It Never Should Have Been Filed.

The initial decision to pursue prosecution runs contrary to the campaign promises of Alvin Bragg, who claims to understand that, so often, the process is the punishment.

Reason · Jul 19, 2022

Murder charges dropped against bodega worker who stabbed customer in New York City

Jose Alba had been charged with murder of Austin Simon after fight over a bag of chips

The Independent UK · Jul 19, 2022

New Footage Shows Bodega Clerk Trying To Avoid Deadly Fight. Will Manhattan D.A. Drop the Murder Charges?

Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.

Reason · Jul 11, 2022