The title is 6 months old but it's the most apt one. MAGA tried to move heaven and earth to get Baldwin into jail for daring to mock Orange on a liberal network. In fact it was their unkempt seething rage that led to simple and avoidable procedural mistakes such as withholding of evidence, misconduct in discovery - followed by resignations aplomb. Politicised this one was. Alec Baldwin's Rust criminal case is officially over The judge dismissed the case against Baldwin with prejudice. But Morrissey was undeterred and vowed to appeal. In October, the judge upheld her own dismissal, but Morrissey was undeterred and vowed to appeal. It seemed that Morrissey would never rest until she managed to hold Baldwin criminally responsible for the death of Halyna Hutchins.... Cont'd https://www.avclub.com/alec-baldwin-rust-criminal-case-over-appeal-dropped Good riddance!
So, he was targeted for criticizing Trump? It had nothing to do with him literally shooting and killing someone?...lol
Wait...MAGA tried to move heaven and earth to prosecute him? Because he criticized Trump? Got any evidence for that? For example, what was the political affiliations of the board that appointed Morrissey and what was her political affiliation? How about the grand jury? Leftists love to tout them and an indictment from them means that Trump is guilty. Doesn't that mean that Baldwin is guilty to and but for stupidity on Morrissey's part still means he's guilty? Using leftist logic anyways.... Also, your thread title doesn't match your articles title. Though while searching I did see NYTimes article with that title, it was under the "arts" section of the NYTimes and was clearly an opinion piece. BTW, I personally thought it was stupid to charge him with what was clearly an accident and was sad about the death caused. But I did find it funny that him being anti-gun was charged with a gun related charge. Being anti-gun you'd think he would avoid being in movies where he had to use a gun.
I wondered why the alt-right was so emotionally invested in raving against Baldwin, but that's how they roll when it comes to people who criticize their political leader.
Trump said he could shoot somebody in the face and his fans would still support him. Baldwin went one further and actually did it and here you are still supporting him.
The prosecutor has at least three hallmarks of Maga: procedural impropriety, incompetence and emotional dysregulation. Actually I can think of two more. But I don't want to hammer the nail in too hard.
I suspected something was going on, but I admit to underestimating MAGA. This MAGA has been VERY successful at eroding the trust in institutions, just as expected. Thank god not all judges are Kool-Aid drinkers.