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Scotty Enoe, a CVS employee, and Charles Brito, a homeless serial shoplifter, are the newest victims of New York’s disastrous criminal-justice reforms.
In 2023, Enoe discovered himself combating for his life after Brito attacked him.
The worker fought back by fatally stabbing his attacker with a pocket knife.
Now Enoe’s on trial for manslaughter, going through up to 25 years in jail. And Brito is lifeless.
It’s tragic for each males.
And completely nuts.
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And it’s thanks, largely, to New York’s refusal to slap significant penalties on shoplifters like Brito and get them off the streets — and to pro-criminal district attorneys, like Manhattan’s Alvin Bragg, who goal victims whereas bending over backward to let perps slide.
Brito, after all, had been nabbed more than a dozen instances and was a identified drugstore thief within the space. He’d had a number of different run-ins with Enoe.
Before the struggle, Brito allegedly introduced his intention to steal, bragging, “You can’t f–king stop me.”
Why ought to any employee be put in a scenario like that?
But such tales have turn into commonplace since Albany handed “reforms” like cashless bail, letting perps go free just minutes after their arrests.
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Charging Enoe with manslaughter solely makes all of it the more serious.
And this isn’t the primary time Bragg has dragged victims and do-gooders into court docket:
He went after former Marine Daniel Penny, who by accident killed Jordan Neely whereas making an attempt to subdue him after Neely threatened riders on a subway practice in 2023.
In 2022, Alba’s prosecution sparked assist for “Stand Your Ground” laws, which might amend state law that requires New Yorkers to retreat earlier than resorting to lethal pressure.
At the time, GOP gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin expressed assist for the measure, telling The Post, “[If] someone comes in, forces you to defend yourself, the government shouldn’t be forcing you to run away.” Amen.
Predictably, opposition by progressives lawmakers killed the invoice.
Now New Yorkers are caught with serial perps that repeatedly threaten public, and, as Brito taunted, nothing might be completed about it.
When will such insanity finish?
