Controversial Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg is lavishly spending tax dollars to prosecute former President Donald Trump on what critics call politically motivated charges — while cutting a career criminal loose on $1 bail.
Rodney Johnson, 53, who has nearly 90 busts on his rap sheet and two state prison stints under his belt, had his felony robbery charges knocked down to slap-on-the-wrist misdemeanors by Bragg’s office last week, law enforcement sources told The Post.
Johnson skipped out on a court-ordered intervention program three times on a 2021 felony robbery case.
But the criminal is now free on a $1 bail in the latest charges, records show.“This guy has been breaking the law for 35 years,” one law enforcement law said.“He’s been a one-man robbery spree preying on low-wage workers, then when the cops catch the guy, Bragg’s office downgrades the felon charges,” the sources said. “All the while he chases an indictment […]
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