Alec Baldwin shooting

[Parkbandit]

Go ahead and hate Alec Baldwin all you want. I don't care.

For someone who claims he doesn't care.. you seem to really care.

Is Alec a cousin of yours or something? You are reminding me of the "Leave Brittney Alone" guy at this point.

[Tgo01]

I would be willing to bet that the vast majority of people who think Alec Baldwin shouldn't be charged with a crime for pointing a gun at another human being and pulling the trigger also think the Michigan school shooter's parents should be charged with manslaughter even though they were miles away from the school when the shooting happened.

Democrats are partly correct about one thing: the justice system in this country is broke, but it isn't due to race, it's because the rich get away with their crimes while the poor have politicized charges brought up against them.

[Tgo01]

Baldwin was holding a revolver on set during an Oct. 21 rehearsal when the gun discharged, killing Hutchins.

I can't tell you how many "news" articles I have read that phrase it like; Baldwin was "holding" the gun when it "discharged."

For fuck's sake. Have we gotten so politically correct that we can no longer say someone shot another human being? Or do just Hollywood jackasses get this kind of kid glove treatment?

And I don't wanna hear any of this shit that they are merely protecting themselves from a libel lawsuit or some shit. He shot her. Case closed. We can argue forever whether or not he should be charged with a crime (spoiler alert: he should be) but if we can't even agree that he shot her then we have gone way past being a sane and rational society. I wonder how many poor black teenagers get this kind of treatment. "He was holding a gun when it discharged 30 times and somehow shot 5 people."

Kim Potter should have tried this at her trial. "I didn't shoot him, I was holding the gun when it discharged."

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Why should he be charged with a crime? And which crime, be specific.

[Tgo01]

Why should he be charged with a crime? And which crime, be specific.

Involuntary manslaughter.

I think if you're going to point a gun at another person and pull the trigger then you should check the gun yourself to make sure it isn't loaded. If you don't then it's negligence which is the threshold for involuntary manslaughter.

Just like if someone hands you a knife and says it's just a rubber knife and you go and plunge a real knife into someone's heart then you should be held liable if you didn't even check to make sure it wasn't a real knife first.

[ClydeR]

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Actor Alec Baldwin and a weapons specialist will be charged with involuntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set, prosecutors announced Thursday, citing a “criminal disregard for safety.”

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The charge is a fourth-degree felony, punishable by up to 18 months in jail and a $5,000 fine under New Mexico law. The charges also include a provision that could result in a mandatory five years in prison because the offense was committed with a gun.

Baldwin’s attorney said the charges represented “a terrible miscarriage of justice.”

The actor “had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun — or anywhere on the movie set. He relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. We will fight these charges, and we will win,” Luke Nikas said in a statement.

Justice or injustice?

[Seran]

Justice or injustice?

Justice. Sufficient cause was found to charge him and now he'll go to court to determine his guilt or innocence.

[ClydeR]

If they ever finish this movie, it should have good box office sales.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

I think it's good it's going to court.

[Tgo01]

He deserved a murder charge 1.5 years ago. But at least it’s something.