Newz“That said, the execution may be viewed in person by the immediate families of the victims, if they so choose. They deserve to witness JUSTICE!” The U.S. The United States will not be livestreaming the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Hasan by military firing squad, President Donald Trump announced Thursday.
The Pentagon has said Hasan’s execution is scheduled for Dec. Trump said the execution can be viewed in person by immediate families of the victims, “if they so choose.” US President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was cancelling plans to livestream the firing squad execution of a convicted military base shooter – a project that had sparked outrage in the United States.
Nidal Hasan is scheduled to be executed on December 3 at Fort Hood in Texas, where he killed 13 people in 2009. Nidal Malik Hasan will still be put to death, but “this event will not be streamed,” Trump said in a social media post US President Donald Trump on Thursday cancelled plans to livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, reversing a Pentagon initiative that drew political and religious criticism.
Trump said Hasan’s execution by firing squad would proceed as scheduled, but would not be broadcast. The Pentagon has set the execution for December 3. “He will die, as scheduled, by firing squad, but this event will not be streamed,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.
Trump made the announcement on Truth Social saying Hasan will be executed as scheduled, but the public will not be able to watch through livestream or any other visual device. Trump said on Thursday the execution of the Fort Hood gunman would not be livestreamed but that immediate families of the victims would be able to view it in person. The announcement earlier this month from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that Hasan's execution would be public prompted significant blowback from both Republicans and Democrats, with many pointing out that the images could be used to fuel radicalization.
The president said on social media that publicly airing the execution “might have been a strong deterrent for the World to witness how America deals with Terrorists and SCUM like Hasan.” Trump said some would "rather not watch" the execution of Nidal Hasan, the first military execution in over 60 years. US president reverses Pentagon's plan to publicly stream execution of Nidal Malik Hasan after outcry.
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