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Alec Baldwin’s scuffle with anti-Israel agitator ‘Crackhead Barney’ spilled onto sidewalk outside NYC coffee shop, photos show
Alec Baldwin’s scuffle with a loudmouthed anti-Israel agitator at a New York City coffee shop spilled out onto the sidewalk, new photos obtained by The Post show. An irate Baldwin, 66, was se…
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Alec Baldwin’s scuffle with anti-Israel agitator ‘Crackhead Barney’ spilled onto sidewalk outside NYC coffee shop, photos show
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Published April 23, 2024
Updated April 23, 2024, 5:14 p.m. ET
Alec Baldwin’s scuffle with a loudmouthed anti-Israel agitator at a New York City coffee shop spilled out onto the sidewalk, new photos obtained by The Post show.
An irate Baldwin, 66, was seen struggling with the woman out the front door and down the stoop of Maman, an upscale cafe on University Place in Greenwich Village, after she had accosted him inside on Monday and demanded he declare “Free Palestine” as she filmed him.
Footage of the encounter, first posted online by the woman herself, cut off after Baldwin took a swipe at her phone — and new photos appear to show him snatching the phone from her hand and using it to drive her out of the coffee shop.
8 Crackhead Barney and Alec Baldwin scuffle over her phone outside the NYC coffee shop Monday.
The scene from outside Maman appeared to show the Emmy winner holding the woman’s phone out of her reach as she scrabbled up his arms after it.
They struggled down the stairs before the woman eventually got her hands on the device.
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8 Baldwin appeared to have snatched Crackhead Barney’s phone out of her hands before the irate Emmy winner left.
An infuriated Baldwin then stormed off down the sidewalk, coffee and car keys in hand.
The agitator is identified only as “Crackhead Barney,” a far-left activist who is known for ambush-style interviews and outrageous public performances.
In her original video, Crackhead Barney approached Baldwin and asked him to say “Free Palestine” as he talked on the phone and waited for his order.
8 Baldwin appeared to keep Crackhead Barney’s phone away as he tried to make her leave.
“Alec, can you please say ‘Free Palestine’ one time?” she asked him several times, before promising to leave him alone if he’ll just say it once.
As he headed for the door shaking his head, she added ““F–k Israel, f–k Zionism.”
“Why did you kill that lady? You killed that lady and got no jail time,” she said at one point, referring to the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who was killed on the set of Baldwin’s movie “Rust” when a prop gun he was shooting wound up loaded with a live bullet.
8 Crackhead Barney approached Baldwin and asked him to say, “Free Palestine” inside the coffee shop.
8 Her recent videos largely consist of her swearing at cops and telling pro-Israel demonstrators such things as “You know they’re not coming home, right?” referring to hostages kidnapped by Hamas. William Farrington
8 As he headed for the door shaking his head, she added ““F–k Israel, f–k Zionism.” Twitter/CrackheadBarney&Friends
After Baldwin got Crackhead Barney out of the restaurant he deadbolted the door to keep her out, footage she posted showed.
She then stalked about outside talking to herself about how Baldwin had “assaulted me, I should press charges,” while calling random passersby racists and “Zionist bitches.”
“My performance art and confrontational media is a statement about the double standards of society in the US,” Crackhead Barney said in a statement after the incident.
“As the US supports Israel in the genocide of Palestinians, here at home, powerful people maintain a facade of politeness and dignity while we export death and terror around the world,” she continued.
“Amidst mass protests and public calls for an end to US support of Israel, the entertainment industry has been largely silent, and even worse, supportive of Israel’s genocide.
“This cannot stand, and people deserve to be confronted with the horrors our nation funds and supports.”
Crackhead Barney commands an audience of nearly 100,000 followers on Instagram.
8 Baldwin’s run-in with Crackhead Barney was not the first time he’s been targeted by anti-Israel demonstrators. Twitter/CrackheadBarney&Friends
Her recent videos largely consist of her swearing at cops and telling pro-Israel demonstrators such things as “You know they’re not coming home, right?” referring to hostages kidnapped by Hamas.
Baldwin’s run-in with Crackhead Barney was not the first time he’s been targeted by anti-Israel demonstrators.
In December, he was surrounded by protesters on the sidewalk who demanded to know whether he condemned Israel for their response to the Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack.
8 In December, he was surrounded by protesters on the sidewalk who demanded to know whether he condemned Israel for their response to the Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack. Twitter/CrackheadBarney&Friends
He refused to address Israel, and instead said “I support peace for Gaza.”
“Go f–k yourself,” a demonstrator yelled in response.