Alec Baldwin thanks supporters after case dismissed: I appreciate your kindness

Actor Alec Baldwin thanked supporters after he was cleared of involuntary manslaughter (Ramsay de Give/Pool Photo via AP)

Alec Baldwin has thanked the people who supported him after the involuntary manslaughter case against the US actor was dismissed by a New Mexico judge.

Judge Mary Marlowe Sommer ruled on Friday that the involuntary manslaughter charges against Baldwin in relation to the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film Rust should be dropped.