Trump now says ‘people would rather not watch’ Nidal Hasan die.
Trump now says ‘people would rather not watch’ Nidal Hasan die.
The execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan will not be livestreamed as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had previously announced.
Donald Trump announced the plan was off in a post on Truth Social:
I think streaming the execution for all to see might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan but, many very good and well meaning people would rather not watch him die, through streaming, or through any other visual device. He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed. That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose.
Hasan, a former US Army major, was convicted of killing 13 people at a Texas military base in 2009. If Hasan’s execution had been livestreamed, it would have reportedly been the first public execution in the US since the 1930s.