Alec Baldwin Cleared of Retarded Manslaughter Charges

Everyone who has ever known Alec Baldwin says he really is just the character from Glengarry Glen Ross. I’ve heard he didn’t even know he was filming a movie at first. They just told him to do a motivational speech to realtors.

You’ll all remember that as much as I dislike Alec Baldwin, I said from the beginning that this case was bullshit.

Actors point guns at each other and pull the trigger constantly. It happens hundreds of times in some films. It’s not the actor’s responsibility to make sure the guns are loaded with blanks. That is the job of the staff, and in this case, the producers hired a woman for the job, and unsurprisingly, someone died.

Baldwin was always the victim here. He has to live the rest of his life knowing he killed some woman when it was literally not his fault at all in any way.

He’s getting off on some technicality. But I think everyone knew this case was bullshit, and people just hate Alec Baldwin so they wanted him to be persecuted, generally.

RT:

A New Mexico judge has dismissed involuntary manslaughter charges against Hollywood actor Alec Baldwin, ruling that the prosecution withheld crucial evidence. 

In October 2021, Baldwin fired a revolver while rehearsing a scene on a film set, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Baldwin denied wrongdoing, saying he had been assured the gun did not contain live rounds, and was safe to use.

The prosecutors argued in court that Baldwin “violated the cardinal rules of firearm safety.” The actor’s defense team, meanwhile, described the incident as an “unspeakable tragedy,” but stressed that Baldwin “committed no crime” because live rounds were never supposed to be delivered on set, according to ABC News.

The defense team asked the court to dismiss the case, arguing that the prosecution failed to disclose that it had been given a batch of rounds when Baldwin’s lawyers requested a review of ballistic evidence. Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer agreed that it was a major flaw in the prosecution’s handling of the case.

“The state’s wilful withholding of this information was intentional and deliberate,” Sommer said. “This disclosure over the course of trial is so late that it undermines the defendant’s preparation for trial. There is no way for the court to right this wrong.”

Yeah, see.

People just hate him and were trying to screw him.

I understand that sentiment.

But for me, I believe in justice for all.

Like Metallica says.

Anyway, with Alec – I actually like the idea of a guy who is just a complete asshole and everyone hates him and he doesn’t care. They released a tape of him screaming at his 11-year-old daughter and he’s just like “yeah, well – fuck that bitch.”

But then he had to get all political.

Doesn’t getting all political just totally destroy the “complete asshole” character?

A real asshole would be like “look, I support the candidate who’s gonna be putting the most money in my pocket. Full stop.”

It’s a pretty basic rule of life: don’t ever break character.