Charges dropped against Alec Baldwin in fatal 'Rust' shooting

Charges against Alec Baldwin have been dropped in the fatal on-set "Rust" shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

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[haltoupee]

So Alec was more of a victim than the woman he shot and killed? Only in America...

[kywoodsman]

Gee, I guess the pay-off check cleared!

[jimlahey]

Whoever hired a lefty female armourer is the one who should be held accountable.

[carljensen]

So, if a "non-famous" person is handed a gun and told it is empty, they can just point it at someone and pull the trigger?

[newhorizon]

Update now this Anti2A Democrat, who said the gun just went off HAS been charged. There is a

[pag]

Producers (of which he is one on this film) are responsible for the safety of all crew members. he should be held responsible, as all of the producers should be, and charged. period.

[lynettekrick]

This is such BS!!! If he would've checked his rounds, Helna wouldn't be dead!!! You're responsible for what comes out of that barrel!!!

[GreenCheesePizza]

⬆️ Date : He now has new charges filed against him _ 🫵🏽 can’t just kill someone then go wash your hands & take a drink like it was just another day @ the office _ He pulled the trigger that killed a human being & he should be held responsible for that brutal act

[trickedouttech]

Even if he did pull the trigger so what, this is supposed to be a prop and not beable to hurt a soul, the blame would not be on the actor it would be on the armory working the movie.

[kierenalvarez]

shows that two tier justice yet again.

[markkulyas]

One set of laws for the rich and famous, and another set of laws for the peasants. Got it!

[det.caribou]

Dodged a bullet there, pardon the pun.

[Pimp-Master]

Wow, it's who you know. A whitewash of the whole thing.

[kartiersupremewhite]

WOW WOW WOW, HE IS DEFINITELY PRIVILEGED, WOW MAN THATS DEFINITELY PRIVILEGED.

[muchtime]

2 tier justice system at work. His underling takes the fall for manslaughter and Baldwin gets off with a slap on the hand.

[hustlecrowe]

The NM prosecutor never found out who brought live ammo on set, but they started charging people anyways.

[fransschreuders]

Where's the camera footage? I mean there's no clearer evidence of whether he pulled the trigger or not and what kind of bullets were in the gun then him pointing it right at the lens.

[kensweetser]

That what they do to dems
They drop the charges

[YourPalKindred]

What a disgusting perversion of the legal system.

[flitdek]

How likely is it that in today's tech driven world, that the District Attorney's now look at social media responses to help them decide if they can win a case or not and weather they should bring charges or not based on those Media responses, because they might reflect the mind set of the potential jury pool. What do you think?