Posted on 10/23/2021 3:58:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Numerous crew members walked off the set of the Alec Baldwin film “Rust” in protest hours before the actor fatally shot cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Thursday, while others had shared concerns about safety, according to reports.
The Los Angeles Times reported it had spoken with three crew members who were on the set of the film at Bonanza Creek Ranch in north central New Mexico leading up to the fatal shot that would ultimately leave Hutchins, 42, dead.
Those members complained that the low-budget film in which Baldwin was both starring in and producing, were not following standard safety protocols. The Times reported it had reviewed a text message sent by one of the crew members to the film’s unit production manager just before a live round was fired by Baldwin during filming.
“We’ve now had 3 accidental discharges. This is super unsafe,” that message reportedly read.
Per the sources, there had been a number of incidents with a prop gun on set, and nothing was done about it. In one incident, Baldwin’s stunt double had reportedly fired two rounds from a gun after being told it was inoperable, or “cold.”
“There should have been an investigation into what happened,” one of those people told the Times, citing issues with gun safety. “There were no safety meetings. There was no assurance that it wouldn’t happen again.”
“All they wanted to do was rush, rush, rush,” the source added.
Not only were issues about three total prop gun safety incidents shared by multiple people working on the film, but six camera crew workers had walked off the job to protest their working conditions on the day of the tragedy. Complaints included long waits for paychecks, long hours on set and long commutes to the remote ranch in Santa Fe County.
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That’s true! I remember that incident.
“Negligent homicide is a crime.”
Please cite the New Mexico statute.
“Rumor has it some idiots on the crew were “target practicing” with the prop guns the day before.”
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I think this may turn out to be the key to the tragedy.
If this is true, and I heard the same report yesterday, I believe someone used an insufficient or defective powder charge creating a “squib round” condition. (This is when the round (projectile/bullet) is only propelled partway through the barrel and lodges there.)
If the same weapon was loaded later and fired using a blank conversion cylinder (and noone had checked to ensure that the barrel was not obstructed) the lodged projectile would then be propelled out w/lethal force.
Note that the above situation still indicates the armorer and possibly others were still negligent.
Baldwin will be responsible as well because he’s the “producer”......
Baldwins doing that at warp speed because as the Producer he holds responsibility.
Baldwins doing that at warp speed because as the Producer he holds responsibility.
Do your own research
All libtards are super unsafe. They haven’t a clue what they do 🤪
“Do your own research”
I guess you can’t cite a NM statute!
Amazing! Super sad.
Soo, now with this spin everyone thinks this was an accident
Yea, right!
You trying to tell anyone that you can shoot someone by accident and not get charged? I’m familiar with your type. Big windbag. Never admits when they’re wrong. Go shoot someone you don’t line and claim it was an accident and see what happens
The armorer and the actor were both negligent. Anyone that handled the firearm is responsible to make sure it’s safe.
Remote? Hardly, it was only a few miles from Santa Fe, immediately adjacent to I-25. Howerver, Baldwin was so cheap that he made crew travel 50+ miles to ABQ for their hotels to avoid paying summer tourist rates in nearby Santa Fe.
Well maybe two Alec Baldwin hired her for the job huh.
Wonder how many times the Governor has visited the set...?
“Prop” is short for “property.” Doesn’t mean it isn’t potentially lethal.
They were target shooting. Maybe more to the point is who failed to remove live rounds afterward
Compare these from five years ago to her upper arms, today.
https://www.modelmayhem.com/portfolio/pic/41037365
Just about any 20 year old that took the job seriously...and that’s a problem, today...could have kept the props secure, and made sure no live ammo was on set. Short of that, they could have emptied all cylinders and started over each morning, and secured the chain of custody. Not rocket science.
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