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Alec Baldwin Is Arrested After Dispute Over Parking Space in Manhattan Alec Baldwin Is Arrested After Dispute Over Parking Space in Manhattan
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Alec Baldwin, the actor who has played President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” was arrested outside his Manhattan apartment building on Friday after a dispute about a parking place, the police said. The actor Alec Baldwin, who won an Emmy for mocking President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,” was taken into custody outside his Manhattan apartment building on Friday after getting into a dispute about a parking place, the police said.
No charges had been filed by midafternoon. Mr. Baldwin was taken to a precinct house and was later issued a desk appearance ticket for misdemeanor assault and harassment.
The police said that someone was apparently holding a parking space for Mr. Baldwin, but that another car pulled into the space, on East 10th Street between University Place and Broadway. The police said the other driver, who is 49, and Mr. Baldwin, who is 60, got into an altercation.The police said that someone was apparently holding a parking space for Mr. Baldwin, but that another car pulled into the space, on East 10th Street between University Place and Broadway. The police said the other driver, who is 49, and Mr. Baldwin, who is 60, got into an altercation.
Officers sent there in response to a 911 call found that the younger man, who was not identified, had an injury to his jaw. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and was listed in stable condition.Officers sent there in response to a 911 call found that the younger man, who was not identified, had an injury to his jaw. He was taken to Lenox Hill Hospital and was listed in stable condition.
The dispute happened outside a building where Mr. Baldwin has an apartment, according to public records. Mr. Baldwin has portrayed President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,’’ and the two have often sparred on social media.
Mr. Baldwin has portrayed President Trump on “Saturday Night Live,’’ and the two men have often sparred on social media. In Washington, Mr. Trump was asked about Mr. Baldwin’s arrest. The president — himself a former guest host on “Saturday Night Live” — paused, then said, “I wish him luck.”
In Washington, Mr. Trump was asked about Mr. Baldwin’s arrest. “I wish him luck,” Mr. Trump said. Mr. Baldwin has had run-ins with the police in the past.
Mr. Baldwin has been a presence on television lately, with a low-rated talk show on ABC. In 2014, he was arrested after he rode his bicycle the wrong way on Fifth Avenue near 16th Street. He was not carrying identification and the officers who took him to a precinct house charged him with disorderly conduct after they said he became belligerent. Mr. Baldwin later went on Twitter to complain about the arrest, saying, “If you don’t have ID in NY when they write you a summons, they can take you in.”
Mr. Baldwin has been a presence on television lately, with a low-rated talk show on ABC. He is also the host of a syndicated radio program for the New York Philharmonic and in past years recorded announcements telling concertgoers to turn off their cellphones as the lights went down before the orchestra’s concerts at Lincoln Center.
But he had received the most attention from his appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” the venerable late-night comedy show on NBC. Mr. Baldwin took on the role in 2016 when Mr. Trump was a candidate.But he had received the most attention from his appearances on “Saturday Night Live,” the venerable late-night comedy show on NBC. Mr. Baldwin took on the role in 2016 when Mr. Trump was a candidate.
Mr. Trump, who had been a guest host on the show in past seasons and had also figured in sketches in which he was played by cast members like Darrell Hammond, wrote on Twitter that the show was doing a “hit job” on him with Mr. Baldwin.Mr. Trump, who had been a guest host on the show in past seasons and had also figured in sketches in which he was played by cast members like Darrell Hammond, wrote on Twitter that the show was doing a “hit job” on him with Mr. Baldwin.
In March, the president wrote on Twitter that it was “agony for those who have been forced to watch.”In March, the president wrote on Twitter that it was “agony for those who have been forced to watch.”
The president’s tweet came after Mr. Baldwin, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, answered a question about how long he could carry on the Trump role by saying, “Every time I do it now, it’s like agony. Agony. I can’t.”The president’s tweet came after Mr. Baldwin, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, answered a question about how long he could carry on the Trump role by saying, “Every time I do it now, it’s like agony. Agony. I can’t.”
Mr. Baldwin had a talk show on MSNBC in 2013, but it was suspended after he got into a confrontation with a photographer in which Mr. Baldwin used a gay slur. The photographer was trying to take photos of Mr. Baldwin and his wife and baby outside their building.