Trump Scraps Hasan Execution Livestream Before Dec. 3 Firing Squad as Fort Hood Survivors Applaud
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Updated · Fox News · Oct 15
Trump Scraps Hasan Execution Livestream Before Dec. 3 Firing Squad as Fort Hood Survivors Applaud
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Oct 15
Summary
Fort Hood survivors called Trump's reversal a "positive move," saying Nidal Hasan's Dec. 3 execution should not become a public spectacle even as victims' immediate families may attend in person.
Alonzo Lunsford, shot seven times in the 2009 attack, said a livestream could glorify Hasan and give ISIS or al-Qaeda propaganda material; survivor Julia Wilson said it could retraumatize viewers and linger online indefinitely.
Trump had argued a public broadcast might deter terrorists, but said he sided with opponents of streaming while keeping the firing-squad execution on schedule.
Hasan, a former Army psychiatrist, killed 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting, and survivors said witnessing the execution privately could help families finally close a chapter that has shaped daily life for nearly 17 years.