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Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin was ‘engaged in horseplay’ with gun before fatal shooting (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/news

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Fewer than three weeks before actor Alec Baldwin is due to go on trial in Santa Fe, New Mexico, prosecutors have said that he “engaged in horseplay with the revolver”, including firing a blank round at a crew member on the set of Rust before the tragic accident occurred.

Baldwin is facing involuntary manslaughter charges in the 2021 shooting death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

In new court documents, prosecutors said they plan to bring new evidence to support their case that the 66-year-old actor and producer was reckless with firearms while filming on the set and displayed “erratic and aggressive behavior during the filming” that created potential safety concerns.

Prosecutors in the case, which is due to go to trial on 10 July, have previously alleged that to watch Baldwin’s conduct on the set of Rust “is to witness a man who has absolutely no control of his own emotions and absolutely no concern for how his conduct affects those around him”.

In the latest filing, special prosecutors Kari Morrissey and Erlinda Johnson allege that Baldwin pointed his gun and fired “a blank round at a crew member while using that crew member as a line of site as his perceived target”.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did anybody ask about most others, or were we having a highly specific conversation about a very real and somewhat recent event?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

First,

Did anybody ask about most others,

... doesn't seem relevant, since saying something doesn't require you personally asking about it at all, second,

what they’re saying is fake guns for movies should use a caliber for which no bullets exist, solving the main part of the issue, i.e. the fact that someone can load a normal bullet in a gun that is to be used as a prop.

... answers your question, and that quote is most of the original comment, I could even have quoted the whole of it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Pot Calls the Kettle irrelevant.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

You've failed to read all of the comment I was answering to, which is not yours so it's not clear what are you doing in this thread at all.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Calling you out on whataboutism and watching you get really defensive for some reason. WBU?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 weeks ago

Either you are high or a bot, stop talking please