Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed

Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed(bbc.com)

28 points by mo7061 2 hours ago | 13 comments

dzonga 1 hour ago |

if you've read enough history you know the authoritarian path the u.s is headed down towards.

this public execution buys implied consent to execute 'enemies' of the state. it also forces state governors aligned with the president to livestream executions of those on death row as 'deterrent'. then later go execute enemies of the state.

however as most people know through projects like the innocence project - some people on deathrow are innocent but are victims of racism etc.

quantified 43 minutes ago | |

This will fire up the jihadis and encourage the cycle. Very different than the obscurity into which the mastermind of the World Trade Center truck bombing was thrown.

techteach00 1 hour ago |

We're going down a dark path. An uncivilized one. It will eventually touch people far more innocent than the criminal in this case.

krapp 1 hour ago | |

>We're going down a dark path. An uncivilized one. It will eventually touch people far more innocent than the criminal in this case.

You need to update your priors a fair bit. The government has already sent innocent people to prison camps and gunned them down in the street.

King-Aaron 45 minutes ago | | |

Trump today is spouting some big surprise coming to do with Project 2025. These people explicitly spelled out the direction they would take the country with this document, and so many people chose not to believe them.

The plan was always to create a fascist authoritarian state and yet people are still only just waking up to it.

buildsjets 1 hour ago |

And so the Trump Administration joins ISIS and Al-Quaeda in the “Livestreams Executions” club.

expedition32 2 hours ago |

The last public execution in my country ended up such bloody debacle that the crowd ended up attacking the officials. The death penalty was quickly abolished after that.

totallygeeky 2 hours ago |

I sincerely hope this is foiled by technical problems and treated as snuff content. A sickening thing to try and encourage people to watch.

SpicyLemonZest 1 hour ago |

It’s incredible how dedicated Hegseth is to being evil. So many regime officials are merely greedy or suck-ups, and he’s out here manufacturing completely pointless evil that Trump did not ask for and will not benefit from.

throwaway81523 1 hour ago | |

There are conflicting reports about Hegseth possibly running for president. So this may be a campaign stunt.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2028-election/pete-hegseth-...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/08/29/hegseth-de...

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/hes-doing-a-fantastic-j...

SpicyLemonZest 55 minutes ago | | |

Hegseth has maintained a consistent, principled position for his entire tenure that the military needs to be visibly murdering people. He routinely posts snuff footage where they murder purported “narcoterrorists”. I really think it’s wrong to postulate any deeper explanation; he’s just an evil man who prefers to do bad things rather than good ones.

bjourne 1 hour ago |

Absolutely despicable and very ominous sign about the return of barbarism. I hope the new American pope protests. Turning an execution into entertainment is not a Christian value.