Is it not true, that here in Hawaii, regardless of the circumstance, that someone who kills somebody
gets arrested? So a Judge gets to sort the law out and not a cop?
One of the few Hawaii practices I agree with. I'm not really big on letting cops interpret the law
as they see fit. Alec should have been arrested and hauled before a judge.
I'm not sure "arrested" is accurate. I think (from reading about many of those cases) the Cops will detain you for questioning. If the facts appear to support a valid justification such as self defense, and the prosecutor at that time doesn't intend to file charges, you will most likely be released without charges.
But, if the Cops on the scene have a reasonable suspicion that what you did was not justified -- that you did break the law -- then they will arrest you. When you're arraigned, they may or may not drop the charges, continue incarceration or release you on bail.
Baldwin would be able to post any amount of bail the judge might require, so I doubt the investigators will want to file charges until 100% of available facts are gathered. In the meantime, he's walking around just as freely as he would be on bail.
If, and when, they finally arrest him, it'll be interesting to see how severe the charges are. It'll probably be a manslaughter charge due to negligence or something similar.
I just hope the investigators learned what not to do from the Simpson case. OJ should have never been found Not Guilty, but the police created enough reasonable doubt for the jury to acquit. The civil trial was not so forgiving. Ask yourself, how can one trial reach one verdict, and the other one that followed find him "responsible for the deaths?" Obviously, the same evidence was viewed differently by the people making the judgement.
Anyway, Baldwin pretty much gave the prosecutors the statement they needed to convict. In his TV performance -- um, interview -- he said that nobody but the armorer for firearm props was allowed to give firearms to the actors on set before a rehearsal or take, so they can personally check the weapons to be sure they are safe. If he knows that, then why did he accept the gun from someone other than the armorer? Why didn't he say to the director, "Get the armorer over here to check this gun so I know it's safe?
BALDWIN broke protocol when he accepted the firearm from the wrong person. That's negligence at the very least. Some might say gross negligence, since we are talking about lethal weapons which he's handled on numerous other projects.
Blame everyone but yourself? Not when you were the person who fired the thing.