# Alc Baldwin arrested for assault in a dispute over a parking space

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**Created:** [November 3, 2018, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alc-baldwin-arrested-for-assault-in-a-dispute-over-a-parking-space/823929 "2018-11-03T13:48:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 4, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alc-baldwin-arrested-for-assault-in-a-dispute-over-a-parking-space/823929/21 "2018-11-04T16:00:06Z")

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Burn! 😃

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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alc-baldwin-arrested-for-assault-in-a-dispute-over-a-parking-space/823929/22 "2018-11-05T14:51:55Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> Alec’s side of the story.
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> I’d certainly be irritated, but a parking space isn’t worth punching over.  
> [Alec Baldwin says he didn’t punch man in New York City parking dispute - CBS News](https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/alec-baldwin-says-he-did-not-punch-man-new-york-city-parking-dispute/)

What’s the protocol for “holding” a parking space in NYC (or other big cities)?

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alc-baldwin-arrested-for-assault-in-a-dispute-over-a-parking-space/823929/23 "2018-11-05T15:06:16Z")

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> [@What\_the](#):
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> What’s the protocol for “holding” a parking space in NYC (or other big cities)?

The protocol is fuck you get out of the way.

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**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alc-baldwin-arrested-for-assault-in-a-dispute-over-a-parking-space/823929/24 "2018-11-05T15:08:44Z")

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> [@Loach](#):
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> The protocol is fuck you get out of the way.

Unless it’s in front of the Hells Angels clubhouse. Then it’s probably just better to find another spot.

> **[Man shot in parking spot brawl with Hells Angels bikers](https://nypost.com/2016/12/11/man-shot-over-parking-spot/)**
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> A biker shot a man in the gut after he moved an orange traffic cone that was holding a parking spot outside the Hells Angels East Village clubhouse early Sunday, cops said. David Martinez, 25, was …

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