The photographer who got into it with Alec Baldwin in the Hamptons on Sunday tells TMZ police were prepared to arrest Alec ... but he told them not to.
As TMZ first reported, Alec went ballistic on a photog who was shooting him with his wife and kid in a park.
But the camera guy in question (his name is Matt) tells TMZ he was shooting the Baldwins from far away when Hilaria, Alec's wife, started screaming at him. He claims he said nothing in response and before long, Alec started pushing and shoving him.
Mayy claims the first officer on the scene saw Alec grab him and put him in a headlock (a friend of Alec's claims there was no headlock). Matt claims the officer was ready to arrest Alec on the spot, but Matt says he told the cop he did not want to press charges.
In the end, Matt says he did not want Alec to be arrested because he wanted to take the high road.
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