Former bodega worker Jose Alba -- initially charged with murder and held on Rikers -- is suing Manhattan DA Alvin and the NYPD for racial discrimination.

Former bodega worker Jose Alba is suing New York City District Attorney Alvin Brag after he dropped murder charges against Alba in what video showed was a self-defense killing.

Alvin Bragg and his office had faced widespread backlash after Jose Alba was charged with fatally stabbing violent ex-con, Austin Simon, 35, who had attacked him inside the bodega on July 1.

New York City lawyers are calling on a federal judge to drop a lawsuit filed by ex-bodega clerk Jose Alba after murder charges were filed against him.