10/10/2026
URGENT: ACT TO STOP THE PLANNED LIVESTREAM OF AN EX*****ON.
President Trump has approved the December 3 ex*****on of the Fort Hood mass shooter. Now, Trump’s Defense Secretary, Pete Hegseth, has announced plans to livestream that ex*****on for the public to watch. The United States has not held a public ex*****on in nearly 100 years, let alone livestreamed one.
At the Michigan Parent Alliance for Safe Schools (MiPASS), we find this deeply disturbing, particularly given our work to prevent gun violence, protect children online, and support survivors.
One of the most troubling aspects of this decision is the audience it creates for a mass murderer. Researchers have documented that some mass shooters are motivated by notoriety and attention. For years, violence prevention advocates have warned against sensationalizing perpetrators and rewarding them with publicity. So why would the Trump administration create an event that could give a mass shooter an enormous audience in death? And what message might that send to the next person seeking infamy through violence?
We spend so much time trying to protect our children from violence online, and now the Trump administration is preparing to create footage that could follow them around the internet for years. Once livestreamed, it can be screen-recorded, downloaded, reshared, and circulated indefinitely. Even if parents prevent their children from watching the original broadcast, how are we supposed to protect them from encountering it in their social media feeds months or years later?
This is exactly why the design of social media platforms matters. MiPASS is fighting for Michigan’s Kids Over Clicks legislation, which addresses addictive platform features and the ways algorithms can push content in front of children who never sought it out through autopay and endless scrolling. KOSA is the federal legislation proposal currently in the Senate.
While we’re fighting to make the digital world safer for children, the Trump administration is preparing to livestream an ex*****on that could circulate online indefinitely. How is that acceptable?
Here in Michigan, this hits particularly close to home. November 30 marks five years since four students were shot at Oxford High School and ultimately lost their lives: Madisyn Baldwin, Tate Myre, Hana St. Juliana, and Justin Shilling. Six other students and a teacher were wounded.
Just three days after this solemn anniversary, the Trump administration plans to livestream the ex*****on of another mass shooter. Families affected by gun violence know all too well what happens when the worst day of their lives becomes content for the world to consume.
Justice does not require an audience. Accountability does not require a livestream. Executions should NEVER become entertainment.
📣 MICHIGAN — TAKE ACTION!
MiPASS is calling on all Michiganders to contact their U.S. representatives and senators. We are asking Congress to publicly oppose the planned livestream and demand that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Trump administration cancel the broadcast.
✍️ WE’VE MADE IT EASY! We’ve launched an Action Network campaign with a letter already prepared for you. Simply enter your information, personalize the letter if you’d like, and send it directly to your members of Congress.
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Please SHARE this action alert with your friends, families, and communities throughout Michigan. Our children deserve protection, survivors deserve dignity, and our government should know better than to turn an ex*****on into a public spectacle.
💚 Michigan Parent Alliance for Safe Schools (MiPASS)
EX*****ONS SHOULD NEVER BECOME ENTERTAINMENT. The Trump administration plans to livestream the December 3 ex*****on of the Fort Hood mass shooter by firing squad. Why are we giving a mass murderer an enormous audience in death? And what happens when footage of this brutal ex*****on is recorded, resh...
