Pentagon's Plan to Livestream Fort Hood Shooter's Execution Sparks Intense Backlash
Lawmakers condemned the plan as a public execution, while the United Nations said livestreaming it would breach international law.
- On Thursday, United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announced the execution of Army Major Nidal Hasan scheduled for December 3 at Fort Hood, Texas, will be livestreamed publicly to demonstrate "serious consequences."
- President Donald Trump authorized the firing squad execution on Monday for Hasan, who killed 13 people during a 2009 rampage at Fort Hood, marking the military's first use of this method since 1945.
- Lawmakers and religious leaders condemned the plan, with Republican Senator Thom Tillis calling it "beyond disgusting." The National Association of Evangelicals warned the livestream "risks turning one of the state's most solemn responsibilities into a public spectacle."
- The United Nations human rights office denounced the plan, stating that broadcasting the execution is "tantamount to a public execution and would breach the absolute prohibition of torture." Army regulations typically limit witnesses to specific individuals.
- FCC Chairman Brendan Carr stated he would defer to the Pentagon regarding broadcast airings, while Representative John Curtis warned that cultivating an appetite for such spectacles erodes civilization, invoking comparisons to Ancient Rome.
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Democrats and some Republicans pan Hegseth’s plan to air execution
A handful of Republicans in Congress joined Democrats on Friday in criticizing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s plan to livestream the execution of the man responsible for the 2009 mass shooting at Fort Hood, comparing it with the tactics of terrorist organizations, authoritarian governments and fallen empires.
US President Donald Trump's plan to broadcast the live execution of the Fort Hood mass shooter has drawn widespread criticism.
Crow Claims Public Execution of Fort Hood Terrorist Would Make US 'Like ISIS, Al-Qaeda or Russia'
Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO) accused Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth of a 'race to the bottom' over plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan, the soldier convicted of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in 2009.
Celebrities, lawmakers decry Pentagon plan to livestream execution
Hegseth’s plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood gunman Nidal Hasan has drawn condemnation from actors, authors, journalists and lawmakers in both parties. Many of them said they support the death penalty but oppose turning it into a public broadcast. Source: The Washington Times
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