Bodega owners are calling for better protection after a headline-making case involving a deli worker sent to Rikers Island after he killed an attacker in Hamilton Heights. DaveCarlinTV reports.
"He was just trying to defend himself, was arrested and put in Rikers Island," Fossella said.
Fossella blasted the Manhattan District Attorney's decision to charge Alba with second-degree murder and jail him."When these things happen, nobody is a winner. Everybody is a loser," Malik said."If you're under attack, whether in your home or at school or in your business, you do have the right to defend yourself. There's a justification in New York state law, and we will continue to parse out those cases and prosecute them properly," he said.
"He was doing his job, he was self-defending, and he's put in the Rikers jail, which is unfair for me," said Ali Ansari, who attended Saturday's rally. Ansari, who owns Old Bayview Deli, says his business has cameras and Plexiglass barriers, but nothing seems to be helping. He's been robbed three times -- once with a gun and twice with a knife."I don't know what to do now, so it's better to have a gun or...?" he said."I think we should have a gun nowadays, now, to protect ourselves, yeah."
Fossella called Saturday's gathering a stand against insanity that hard-working owners must be supported when they properly defend themselves.
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