Pentagon Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that the upcoming execution of Nidal Hasan, the former army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people during the 2009 Fort Hood massacre, will be conducted as a public event. A defense department official subsequently verified that the proceedings will be broadcast live.
In an interview with Real America’s Voice, Hegseth stated that a firing squad would carry out the sentence at Fort Hood in Texas at 1 p.m. on Thursday, December 3. This marks the first execution by the US military in over six decades.
Hasan killed thirteen people. Whatever his punishment, this spectacle seems like it goes too far.
As a veteran, I find this display of execution tactics deeply troubling. It undermines military dignity.
Wait, is this satire? Please tell me I’m looking at fake news and this isn’t real.
I’m genuinely shocked. Livestreaming an execution in the US? That’s unprecedented and deeply unsettling.
This feels incredibly performative. Does really streaming a state killing serve justice, or just ratings?