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Alec Baldwin was seen smacking a phone out of a woman's hand in response to being questioned over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.
The anti-Israel activist, known by the stage name Crackhead Barney, approached the actor in New York and filmed Alec as she repeatedly tried to get him to say: "Free Palestine, f**k Israel".
She went on to question Alec about the tragic shooting of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Western movie Rust in 2021, before Alec punched the phone.
Pictures of the altercation show Alec wearing a grey button up shirt over a light blue shirt, grey pants and Sketchers on his feet. He was also holding his keys in one of his hands. The woman was wearing a white bra, red Champion boxers and a pink sports jacket.
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Alec Baldwin was seen punching a phone out of a woman's hand (Said Elatab / SplashNews.com)
He was getting questioned over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins (Said Elatab / SplashNews.com)Barney approached Alec in a New York City coffee shop and questioned him about the tragic shooting on the set of the Western movie Rust in 2021. "Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time," the protester is heard saying in a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
She begged Alec to say: "F**k Israel, f**k Zionism," and added: "Free Palestine, Alec, just one time and I'll leave you alone. I'll leave you alone, I swear, just say free Palestine one time."
Alec was outside of a coffee shop in New York City (Said Elatab / SplashNews.com)
Crackhead Barney was also tryin to make him say 'Free Palestine' (Said Elatab / SplashNews.com)Alec was filmed asking an employee to call the police before telling the activist: "Can you do me one quick favour?" and punching the phone she was filming with.
She said: "You know he's a criminal. You know he's a f****g criminal," in reference to the Rust shooting. "White devil Alec Baldwin attacked me. While I was trying to get coffeee [sic]," the Crackhead Barney & Friends X account wrote alongside the video, which has now amassed nearly 10million views.
Following the incident, Crackhead Barney told Entertainment Weekly : " "My performance art and confrontational media is a statement about the double standards of society in the US. As the US supports Israel in the genocide of Palestinians, here at home powerful people maintain a facade of politeness and dignity while we export death and terror around the world.
"Amid mass protests and public calls for an end to US support of Israel, the entertainment industry has been largely silent, and in some cases, even supportive of Israel’s genocide. This cannot stand, and people deserve to be confronted with the horrors our nation funds and supports. I stand with the movement for Palestinian liberation and the end of the apartheid state of Israel as we know it. Free Palestine, end the occupation, end the settlements, and end US Imperialism."
The Mirror has contacted Alec Baldwin's rep for comment.
Baldwin will stand trial in July after a grand jury indicted him for involuntary manslaughter back in January, following Halyna Hutchins' death. Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on set who handed the gun to Baldwin, that tragically killed Hutchins, was recently sentenced to 18 months after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter.