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Alec Baldwin Defamed by "Rust" Arrest? | Crime Alert 6AM 08.12.25 · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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  Speaker 1: Crime, alert, imancy, grace breaking crime is now charges filed
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  Speaker 1: and then dismissed against actor Alec Baldwin in the death
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  Speaker 1: of cinematographer Helena Hutchins. Baldwin then sues the prosecutors, court officials,
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  Speaker 1: and others for defamation and abusive process man he sure
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  Speaker 1: kicked a gift horse in the mouth.
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  Speaker 2: A judge has now ruled in the case what About
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  Speaker 2: It John linley Well Nancy. Alec Baldwin's counter suit tied
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  Speaker 2: to that fatal shooting on the film Rust, has been dismissed.
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  Speaker 2: The New Mexico judge's ruling leaves Baldwin thirty days to refile.
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  Speaker 2: It was in twenty twenty one that cinematographer Helena Hutchins
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  Speaker 2: was killed when a gun Baldwin was rehearsing with fired
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  Speaker 2: a live round. Criminal charges against the actor were dropped
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  Speaker 2: last year, but the film's armorer, Hanna Gutierra's reed was
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  Speaker 2: convicted of involuntary manslaughter and release this May after serving
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  Speaker 2: thirteen months. Hutchins's husband and family are still suing Baldwin
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  Speaker 2: and other producers, alleging safety failures on the set. Court
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  Speaker 2: records show Baldwin's deposition in that case has yet to
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  Speaker 2: be rescheduled. President Trump has announced that more than five
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  Speaker 2: hundred federal officers from the FBI, deaatf ICE, and the
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  Speaker 2: US Marshall Service are being sent to Washington, d C.
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  Speaker 2: For at least a week. Their mission bolster local law
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  Speaker 2: enforcement and, in the words of the President, restore safety
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  Speaker 2: to the streets. The plan also includes removing unhoused people
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  Speaker 2: from public spaces and sending them to facilities outside the city.
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  Speaker 2: The President said the measure was necessary to address what
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  Speaker 2: he called lawlessness in the Capitol, but DC leaders point
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  Speaker 2: out that violent crime has already fallen by more than
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  Speaker 2: a quarter compared to last year, with homicides and carjackings
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  Speaker 2: both trending downward. Mayor Muriel Bowser says the city is
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  Speaker 2: open to federal help, but objects to the prospect of
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  Speaker 2: National Guard troops or direct federal control of local policing.
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  Speaker 2: She's urging the administration to instead fill vacant prosecutor positions
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  Speaker 2: and judicial seats, posts she says are critical to sustain safety.
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  Speaker 2: The coming week, we'll test whether this surge in manpower
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  Speaker 2: strengthens the city's security or sparks new political conflict over
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  Speaker 2: control of the nation's capital.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. Go
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  Speaker 1: our daily podcast Crime Stories. More crime and justice news
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  Speaker 1: after this Now with the latest crime and justice breaking
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  Speaker 1: news Crime Online John Limley.
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  Speaker 3: The FBI's latest uniform crime report shows a major nationwide shift.
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  Speaker 3: Violent crime fell by four point five percent in twenty
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  Speaker 3: twenty four and property crime by eight percent. Murders and
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  Speaker 3: non negligent manslaughters dropped fifteen percent, the steepest decline in decades,
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  Speaker 3: bringing levels closer to where they stood before the pandemic.
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  Speaker 3: The statistics also showed decreases in robbery, aggravated assault, and burglary.
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  Speaker 3: But the data is not all positive. Hate crime remains
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  Speaker 3: alarmingly high, only a slight one point five percent drop
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  Speaker 3: from the year before, and the total still ranks as
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  Speaker 3: the second highest in more than thirty years. Anless say
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  Speaker 3: these numbers reflect complex dynamics, with improved community policing and
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  Speaker 3: targeted intervention programs helping in some cities, while deep rooted
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  Speaker 3: bias driven violence continues to resist national downward trends. In Atlanta,
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  Speaker 3: a routine arrest turned violent at the city's five points mortestation.
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  Speaker 3: Two transit police officers were attempting to detain twenty five
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  Speaker 3: six year old Christopher Daniels for public urination when he
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  Speaker 3: allegedly pulled a gun and opened fire. One officer was
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  Speaker 3: shot in the arm and underwent surgery. The second officer
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  Speaker 3: was grazed in the knee and temporarily lost hearing from
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  Speaker 3: the gunfire, Daniels fled aboard a train, tossing his weapon
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  Speaker 3: onto a station rooftop before slipping away. The firearm was
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  Speaker 3: later recovered and Daniels was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama, after
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  Speaker 3: a multi state manhunt. He faces charges of aggravated assault,
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  Speaker 3: public indecency, and weapons violations. MARTA official stress that serious
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  Speaker 3: crime on the system is down overall, noting this year
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  Speaker 3: has seen no homicides, a stark contrast to years past,
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  Speaker 3: but they say the shooting underscores the unpredictable risks transit
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  Speaker 3: police face daily. In New York, the life of forty
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  Speaker 3: six year old security guard Alan Etienne was honored in
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  Speaker 3: Brooklyn by hundreds of mourners. Etien, originally from Haiti, was
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  Speaker 3: killed while shielding others during a July twenty eighth shooting
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  Speaker 3: at a Manhattan Office Tower. The attack left four people dead,
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  Speaker 3: including Etienne, a veteran NYPD officer, an investment executive, and
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  Speaker 3: a real estate employee. A fifth person was wounded before
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  Speaker 3: the gunman took his own life. Friends, family, and co
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  Speaker 3: workers say Etienne was a devoted father and grandfather who
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  Speaker 3: always put others first. His union is calling for greater
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  Speaker 3: recognition of private security personnel, noting that many like Etienne
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  Speaker 3: are immigrants working long hours in dangerous conditions. He is
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  Speaker 3: remembered as a man who not only guarded a building,
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  Speaker 3: but who in his final moments, protected the lives of others.
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  Speaker 1: Thanks John for the latest crime and justice news. Go
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  Speaker 1: to crime online dot com and please join us for
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  Speaker 1: our daily podcast, Crime Stories, where we do our best
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  Speaker 1: to find missing people, especially children, and solve unsolved thomicides.
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  Speaker 1: With this crime alert, I'm Nancy Grace.