........, if Joe Sixpack had done what Baldwin did he would be in jail. I've seen it first hand a couple times. No if's, and's or but's about it. Liberal privilege don'tcha know.
I completely disagree with this assumption.
One: it is just that – an assumption about unknown events. There's no evidence that "Joe Sixpack" would be treated any different than Baldwin despite your assumptions to the contrary
Two: Take the same facts surrounding this event and replace the name Alec Baldwin with the name Tom Selleck and ask yourself if you would still be demanding his crucifixion. I share your intense dislike for Balwin but I would perfer rule of law over a rush to judgement.
Baldwin has received NO special treatment based on WHO he is. He is being afforded the same investigation that any actor in that situation would receive. I see no evidence that he is being treated special.
Actors on sets and stage routinely point guns at other people. They sometimes even fire blanks from those guns while they are pointed at other people. Those actors trust others to keep the set safe. Enormous amounts of safety protocols are in place to avoid the type of tragedy we see in this case but sometimes, there are failures and even deaths. The safety failures in this case resulted in a homicide but
NOT ALL HOMICIDES ARE CRIMES.
There is ZERO evidence of malice here, so murder is off the table.
That leaves manslaughter or an accidental death as the only other possibilities given the facts known at this time.
One person killing another person
can be an accident that doesn’t rise to a manslaughter charge. Just because someone dies at the hands of another doesn’t mean the elements to support a manslaughter charge always exist. There are situations where an accidental death is not a manslaughter.
An actor, on a movie set, that responsibly relies on others, such as an armorer and an assistant director to ensure the weapon is safe; is not behaving recklessly to the point that the resulting death meets the elements of manslaughter.
Is there an enormous amount of civil liability on the set? YEP, Tons of it. And I see no evidence that the people involved will escape that civil liability.
In 2015 Six Baltimore police officers were charged with crimes in relation to the death of Freddy Grey. Those charges were placed by an overzealous, politically motivated prosecutor named Marilyn Mosby. That extreme rush to judgement resulted in a grand total of ZERO criminal convictions. Five of those six officers later sued Mosby for malicious prosecution. That case is a prime example of emotion overriding facts.
