Manhattan garage worker charged with attempted murder after shooting thief

NY Post ^ | Apr 1, 2022 | Larry Celona & Kathianne Boniello

[tlozo]

A Manhattan parking garage attendant who was shot twice while confronting an alleged thief — then wrestled the gun away and opened fire on the suspect — has been charged with attempted murder, police and sources said.

The overnight worker, identified by cops as Moussa Diarra, 57, was also hit with assault and criminal possession of a weapon charge in the Saturday incident, which unfolded around 5:30 a.m. as the attendant saw a man peering into cars on the second floor of the West 31st Street garage, the sources said.

Believing the man was stealing, the attendant brought him outside and asked what was inside his bag.

Instead of cooperating, the man pulled out a gun, the sources said.

Diarra tried to grab for the weapon, and it went off — leaving him shot in the stomach and grazed in the ear by a bullet before he turned the firearm on the would-be thief and shot him in the chest, sources said.

The charges against Diarra sparked outrage — and recalled the case of Manhattan bodega clerk Jose Alba, who was charged with murder after a fatal July 1 confrontation in his store with an angry customer who came behind his counter and accosted him.

[tlozo]

A Manhattan parking garage attendant who was shot twice while confronting an alleged thief has been charged with attempted murder.

[ArtDodger]

Makes perfect sense.. if you are the Mad Hatter.

[Alas Babylon!]

The Manhattan DA is Alvin Bragg.

He’s too busy railroading Trump to care, but he still took time to nail this poor, wounded janitor.

[Gay State Conservative]

Good to see that the DA (can’t remember his name) is still busy putting the *real* criminals in jail.

[Shady]

#NewYorkStateofAnarchy. Oh and Princess Kathy’s budget is “stalled” in Albany over bail reform and how to embezzle er “spend” $227 Billion that we don’t have…

Put a fork in New York, it’s done.

[Robert DeLong]

Moussa Diarra must have been a known Trump supporter.

[Eagles6]

I will never set foot in that filthy s**thole.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

The same DA that indicted Donald Trump. Res ipsa loquitur.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Was Mr. Diarra also charged with wearing a MAGA hat?

Alvin Bragg really hates working people.

[Leaning Right]

> The Manhattan DA is Alvin Bragg. <

I was going to say Manhattan got the DA they voted for, but that actually wouldn’t be fair.

Bragg is backed by Soros money. And with enough money you can simply buy your office. So it’s better to say that Soros got the DA he paid for.

[BitWielder1]

Murder is the killing of an innocent, this was a self defense shooting.
Are we supposed to buy the notion that once you disarm a perp, he counts as "unarmed" even though he brought the gun and is still very much a threat.

[realcleanguy]

Manhattan is wide open for criminals now. Perfect place to commit a crime, because the ones you are robbing you can now turn into criminals and you can become the victim!! Hppy Days, Halleluia!!!

[cgbg]

Compare this NYC story to this report from Moscow:

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/escobar-capital-multipolar-world-moscow-diary

One city is the center of decay—another one the focus of the growth of a new civilization.

Pick one.

[JayGalt]

“Oceanic society rests ultimately on the belief that Big Brother is omnipotent and that the Party is infallible. But since in reality Big Brother is not omnipotent and the party is not infallible, there is need for an unwearying, moment-to-moment flexibility in the treatment of facts. The keyword here is BLACKWHITE. Like so many Newspeak words, this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to BELIEVE that black is white, and more, to KNOW that black is white, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary."

George Orwell

[Leaning Right]

> this was a self defense shooting <

Yes it was. But it’s a common tactic among garbage prosecutors to shamelessly overcharge, then offer a plea deal on a lesser charge.

This works best when the defendant is some poor slob who is scared, and cannot afford a good lawyer. Which is what we’ve got here.

[Jaysin]

every day this madness continues, it is bringing us closer to total anarchy.

how much longer before people start taking revenge on these DA’s and their extended families?

Eventually, someone with nothing to lose, will decide the time is now.

yes, corrupt FBI agents and other corrupt government officials have soft-target families too.....

I remember reading how political related assassinations were happening at alarming frequency in the days before the Russian revolution 100+ years ago.

As Morgan Freeman said in Shawshank — everyone has their breaking point.

[bert]

Diarra made a big error in judgement. He is living in New York City and not America

[gitmo]

Bragg also charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm.

[Fiji Hill]

So he is charged with criminal possession of a weapon that he wrestled away from the real criminal?

[bert]

But today we know with certainty that Black is not white. Black is corrupt and evil