Alec Baldwin was captured on video at a pro-Palestinian rally in New York Metropolis on Monday throughout a heated argument with a protester.
The confrontation reached a fever pitch when Baldwin started pushing his physique into the protester earlier than officers with the New York Police Division (NYPD) stepped in and ushered the actor away.
The video begins with the 30 Rock actor chatting with a small group of protesters with an NYPD officer beside him. The noise of the chanting crowd drowns out Baldwin’s phrases, so it’s unclear what was mentioned at first of the encounter.
It’s also unclear what transpired earlier than the video started.
One protester, sporting a brown coat and a keffiyeh scarf, begins talking one-on-one with Baldwin.
“You work for Hollywood, do you condemn Israel?” the protester asks.
“You’ve already made up your mind to every question you’ve got, right?” Baldwin responds.
“I asked you a question, is that your answer?” the protester replies.
“I’m in Hollywood’s pockets, you said? You ask stupid questions,” Baldwin hits again.
Baldwin then steps towards the protester and shoves his physique into him as he repeats, “Ask me a smart question! Ask a smart question!”
The NYPD officer who was standing subsequent to Baldwin steps in to separate the 2 as a number of different NYPD officers seem and encircle the actor. The group of law enforcement officials then escort Baldwin away from the gang.
“Go f–k yourself,” the protester yells. “Why did you even come here?”
Baldwin seems to yell “Shut the f–k up” as he’s ushered away.
In line with NBC New York, the encounter between Baldwin and the protester got here minutes after a number of small scuffles between demonstrators and police.
Baldwin has but to remark publicly on the heated confrontation.
A source who claims to have knowledge of the situation advised The Messenger that Baldwin was “on his way to volunteer to teach an acting class” when he stumbled into the protest.
“He had no intention of going to the protest and was not involved in any way. He was approached aggressively and repeatedly. The police stepped in to avoid further confrontation so he could make his way to the class safely,” the supply mentioned.
A video taken by independent journalist Katie Smith seems to indicate Baldwin persevering with to stroll down the road together with his police escort moments after the confrontation with the protester.
The video reveals Baldwin strolling as much as a door as protesters yell and swear at him.
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