“We are going to defend ourselves,” Rodriguez said.Īlba’s daughter, Yulissa, doubled down on the self-defense argument, telling The Post Wednesday: “It was either him or the guy at the moment.” The page had reportedly raised $20,000 for Alba when it was suddenly removed. Rodriguez said he’s also seeking help from the National Rifle Association to help strategize on making it easier for bodega owners to apply legally obtain pistols from the city to defend themselves. It could happen to anyone,” said Rodriguez, who runs a bodega in The Bronx with his wife and son. Rodriguez vowed to launch a new GoFundMe to help cover Alba’s legal fees - and planned to rally outside the DA’s office in Lower Manhattan next week. “We will defend this man,” United Bodegas of America president, Radhames Rodriguez, told The Post on Thursday. Under GoFundMe’s terms of services, the platform can’t be used for the legal defense of “alleged crime associated with hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorism.”Ĭontroversial Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has faced backlash over Alba’s case after his office brought the charges - and then pushed for $500,000 bail for the father-of-three at his arraignment Saturday. Alba is seen bloodied after the confrontation. Alba’s family insist he was acting in self-defense when he grabbed a knife to fight off Simon. The page had already raised $20,000 for Alba when it was suddenly removed, the Daily Mail reported.
At this time, the fundraiser has been removed and all donors have been refunded,” GoFundMe said in a statement Thursday. “Our terms of service prohibit fundraising for the legal defense of a violent crime. Relatives immediately launched a GoFundMe page to help raise funds to cover Alba’s sky-high bail and legal fees after he was hit with a second-degree murder charge - but the page was mysteriously removed Wednesday night. Jose Alba, 51, is currently languishing behind bars at the notorious jail despite surveillance video capturing the alleged victim, Austin Simon, 35, storming behind the counter of the bodega to attack him Friday night.Īlba’s family insist he was acting in self-defense when he grabbed a knife to fight off Simon inside the Hamilton Heights Grocery. GoFundMe has deleted the legal defense fund page for the hard-working Manhattan bodega worker holed up at Rikers Island on a whopping $250,000 bond after he fatally stabbed a violent ex-con he was trying to fend off. Two people stabbed in unprovoked attacks in Hell’s Kitchen Homeless man who allegedly stabbed 2 in NYC is charged: cops North Carolina high school student killed, another wounded in stabbing attack Suspected thief stabs 1, gets shot by police after attempting to flee Georgia mall
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