According to a Wikipedia article on the incident it was the armorer that had previous experience with accidental discharges of firearms and I guess it’s the mere point of their presence during filming to make sure all guns are handled safely. Their job was to hand a safe gun to the actor, they didn’t do it and a person died. I don’t fucking see one reason to charge the actor, regardless of whether they happen to be a producer or not, and not charge the person actually responsible for the accident.
I think it would be fair to charge him with reckless endangerment if he was involved with her hiring and there were clear red flags, but producers have extremely varied roles and I don’t know what his personal involvement was.
I agree the set was a mess and whoever was in charge of that side should definitely be charged for endangerment. I don’t know if the most responsible person was Baldwin though, because there were a lot of producers involved and being labeled a producer doesn’t mean you actually do anything. It’s possible that he had more involvement, but I don’t want to make that assumption based on the title of producer alone.
I do think he should have used his influence to do more to make the set safe, no matter what his responsibilities were, and that he was irresponsible in that regard no matter what, but not doing enough isn’t necessarily criminal if he wasn’t the directly responsible individual.
I meant red flags before she was hired, but she should have been fired immediately after these things happened, I agree.
So, there is a part where he’s an executive producer and may have ignored warnings regarding safety.
According to a Wikipedia article on the incident it was the armorer that had previous experience with accidental discharges of firearms and I guess it’s the mere point of their presence during filming to make sure all guns are handled safely. Their job was to hand a safe gun to the actor, they didn’t do it and a person died. I don’t fucking see one reason to charge the actor, regardless of whether they happen to be a producer or not, and not charge the person actually responsible for the accident.
I think it would be fair to charge him with reckless endangerment if he was involved with her hiring and there were clear red flags, but producers have extremely varied roles and I don’t know what his personal involvement was.
Clear red flags, you say? https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-10-22/alec-baldwin-rust-camera-crew-walked-off-set
I agree the set was a mess and whoever was in charge of that side should definitely be charged for endangerment. I don’t know if the most responsible person was Baldwin though, because there were a lot of producers involved and being labeled a producer doesn’t mean you actually do anything. It’s possible that he had more involvement, but I don’t want to make that assumption based on the title of producer alone.
I do think he should have used his influence to do more to make the set safe, no matter what his responsibilities were, and that he was irresponsible in that regard no matter what, but not doing enough isn’t necessarily criminal if he wasn’t the directly responsible individual.
I meant red flags before she was hired, but she should have been fired immediately after these things happened, I agree.