Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set
Alec Baldwin indicted for involuntary manslaughter in fatal gunfire on film set
Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10928093
Grand jury in New Mexico charged the actor for a shooting on Rust set that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins
Actor Alec Baldwin is facing a new involuntary manslaughter charge over the 2021 fatal shooting of a cinematographer on the set of the movie Rust.
A Santa Fe, New Mexico, grand jury indicted Baldwin on Friday, months after prosecutors had dismissed the same criminal charge against him.
During an October 2021 rehearsal on the set of Rust, a western drama, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off, fatally striking her and wounding Joel Souza, the film’s director.
Baldwin, a co-producer and star of the film, has said he did not pull the trigger, but pulled back the hammer of the gun before it fired.
Last April, special prosecutors dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin, saying the firearm might have been modified prior to the shooting and malfunctioned and that forensic analysis was warranted. But in August, prosecutors said they were considering re-filing the charges after a new analysis of the weapon was completed.
What does society gain by charging him for this?
More than if we let celebrities get away with stuff us peasants would be charged with.
Just because you like his acting doesn't mean he should be free of accountability.
If I accidentally shoot and kill someone and my defence is I thought it was unloaded, I'm sure as fuck going to jail for involuntary manslaughter.
That's an unfair comparison.
If someone hands you a gun that by all accounts should not be able to fire a bullet that can injure or kill, in a highly controlled setting with a professional armorer, and that gun kills someone when you didn't even pull the trigger you should not go to jail.
The gun was apparently modified and had real bullets, both of which were the fault of the armor (the mod was seemingly done by someone else but the armorer should have caught it). Sure, you can speak about blame over hiring an incompetent armorer on everyone involved on the production and certification side, but that's a different matter and not what's being discussed here.
If you follow every procedure you believe you're supposed to be as part of your job, doing something you've probably done before and is standard in your industry, but someone else has done something that they shouldn't have that made that action deadly, you literally have no accountability.
The armourer illegally left that gun loaded, nobody else is to blame. It's like arresting the waiter at a restaurant for serving food that was improperly missing a nut allergy when the chef made that mistake.
Revenge for mocking The King in Orange, who reigns in Mara-Cosa.
The comment sections of anything to do with this are always a hilarious shitshow.
Shitbirds gonna shitbird.
full of keyboard warriors who have never stepped on a film set
This is the best summary I could come up with:
During an October 2021 rehearsal on the set of Rust, a western drama, Baldwin was pointing a gun at cinematographer Halyna Hutchins when it went off, fatally striking her and wounding Joel Souza, the film’s director.
Last April, special prosecutors dismissed the involuntary manslaughter charge against Baldwin, saying the firearm might have been modified prior to the shooting and malfunctioned and that forensic analysis was warranted.
Baldwin and his co-producers are also facing civil lawsuits seeking financial compensation, including from members of the Rust crew, but judges have put those cases on hold while the criminal matter proceeds.
Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the weapons supervisor for Rust, was previously charged with involuntary manslaughter and evidence tampering and her trial is scheduled for February.
Prosecutors have alleged that she acted in a reckless manner when she handed the loaded gun to Baldwin on set and have accused her of failing to ensure that all the rounds in the firearm were dummies.
Gutierrez-Reed’s lawyers, who previously sought to have the involuntary manslaughter charges against her dismissed, accused prosecutors of mishandling the case and attempting a “character assassination” of their client.
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Maybe this will finally convince Hollywood to stop using real guns
Donald Trump should be hanged for treason.