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Alec Baldwin accused of punching protester’s phone during coffee shop ambush
Alec Baldwin allegedly knocked an anti-Israel protester’s phone out of her hand during a recent confrontation.
April 23, 2024, published at 7:55 AM ET
Controversial actor Alec Baldwin allegedly knocked an anti-Israel protester’s phone out of her hand during a recent confrontation at a New York City coffee shop, RadarOnline.com can report.
Although it is unclear exactly when the tense confrontation took place, a video of the altercation was uploaded to X on Monday evening.
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This is evident from the video posted on the social media account Crackhead Barney & Friends this week, Baldwin snapped after the woman confronted the controversial people Rust actor at a coffee shop called Maman on University Place in Manhattan.
“The white devil Alec Baldwin attacked me,” wrote the person who runs the Crackhead Barney & Friends X account next to the video of the incident. “While I was trying to get coffee.”
Meanwhile, the video itself showed the woman confronting Baldwin several times as he tried to order coffee.
The woman demanded that Baldwin say, “Free Palestine.”
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Baldwin snapped after a protester accosted the controversial “Rust” actor at a coffee shop called Maman on University Place in Manhattan.
“Liberate Palestine, Alec, just once, and I’ll leave you alone,” accused the person who confronted Baldwin. “I’ll leave you alone, I swear. Just say ‘Liberate Palestine’ once, once.’
“F— Israel, f— Zionism,” the woman continued.
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The woman also brought the shoot dead from cameraman Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust in New Mexico in October 2021.
Baldwin recently pleaded not guilty on one count of involuntary manslaughter in connection with Hutchins’ death in October 2021. Currently a trial is underway planned for July.
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The woman also brought up the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of “Rust” in New Mexico in October 2021.
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“Why did you kill that lady?” the woman who confronted the first 30 Rock actor continued in the video. “You killed that lady and you didn’t get any jail time.”
“You know he’s a criminal,” the woman continued after Baldwin asked a nearby employee to call the police. “You know he’s a damn criminal.”
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Flash forward to the end of the nearly minute-long video, and Baldwin appeared to slap the woman’s phone out of her hand after shoving the phone closer to the embattled actor’s face.
“Can you please me quickly?” Baldwin asked the nearby coffee shop employee before appearing to smack the woman’s phone away. “Can you do me one quick favor?”
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This wouldn’t be the first time Baldwin has clashed with an anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian protester in recent months.
According to reports, the protester was the same person who runs the “anti-fascist” Crackhead Barney & Friends social media account. She is reportedly known for her ambush interviews and goes by the name Crackhead Barney.
Several X users defended Baldwin after the video was uploaded to the platform Monday evening. They alleged that Baldwin was “repeatedly and viciously harassed” and that there was “no evidence” that the anti-Israel protester was “attacked” by the actor.
“The person who filmed this video ‘wasn’t trying to get coffee,’” the X Community wrote under Crackhead Barney’s video. “They repeatedly and viciously harassed Alec Baldwin and refused to leave the establishment when asked to do so by staff.”
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“There is also no evidence that they were attacked.”
If RadarOnline.com previously reported, this would not be the first time that Baldwin collided with an anti-Israel/pro-Palestinian protester in recent months.
a similar incident unfolded in December 2023, when Baldwin was confronted as he walked through another pro-Palestinian demonstration in Manhattan.
