Fort Hood Shooting Survivors Say They Oppose the Shooter's Execution Being Made Public, Livestreamed
Families of Fort Hood victims say a public livestream would reopen trauma as the Pentagon prepares to carry out Hasan’s death sentence.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week the Pentagon will livestream the December 3 firing-squad execution of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting.
- Hasan opened fire at the Texas base on November 5, 2009, killing 13 people and wounding 32 others. A military court sentenced the former psychiatrist to death in 2013.
- Keely Cahill Vanacker, daughter of a victim, called the livestream 'the worst thing you can do,' arguing it turns tragedy into entertainment. Survivor Alonzo Lunsford questioned why those with no connection to the shooting should watch.
- President Donald Trump initially endorsed the plan, telling reporters 'by showing it, maybe other people won't do what he did,' but has since expressed doubts. Republican Rep. Michael Baumgartner opposed it.
- America has not held a public execution in nearly 100 years, with the last high-profile instance in 1936. This would mark the first U.S. military firing squad execution since World War II.
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The Independent (US)Woman whose brother died in Fort Hood attack condemns Hegseth’s execution livestream
The brother of Leila Hunt Willingham, Army Spc. Jason Dean ‘J.D.’ Hunt, was one of the 13 people killed by former Army psychiatrist Nidal Hasan in 2009
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The daughter of one of the victims of the Fort Hood terror attacks has slammed plans by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth to livestream the perpetrator's public execution.
Fort Hood shooting victim wants nothing to do with Trump's execution spectacle
The spectacle in the works for the Fort Hood shooter is drawing criticism from an unlikely source: his victims. Jim Acosta obtained an advance copy of a video from Army Staff Sgt. Paul Martin (ret.), who is advocating against the spectacle. “They open a wound back up and I don’t understand how that’s going to help my healing," he said. The video was released by VoteVets, the progressive group promoting veterans and military members. Martin said,…
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