Hasan being called "alleged" shooter at Ft Hood...?
I hear the media referring to the mass murderer Maj Nidal Malik Hasan as the "alleged" shooter at Fort Hood. Alleged nothing! He IS the murderer!!! The politcally-correct term "alleged" is flat out NAUSEATING! Anyone else fed up with politcally correct B.S.????
2009-11-09T06:20:43Z
I am absolutely disgusted how some of you can even THINK this guy deserves "due process"...but then, maybe you won't wake up until you have been personally affected. People like you are a disgrace, and why this nation is in the condition in it's in. Hasan is a murderer, and it's too bad he wasn't killed like we first thought he had been. Ok, go tattle on me now, it's what you do best.
USAFisnumber12009-11-09T10:06:15Z
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It is the press trying to appear unbiased.
They do not fool themselves and they do not fool us.
I only wished the female cop had been a better shot. She hit him four times and did not kill him.
The reason that the news and other sources say that Maj Nidal Malik Hasan is the alleged shooter is because, whenever television programs are discussing a crime, they have to use the idea of "innocent until proven guilty".
Even though Hasan may have committed the crime, and there may be a lot of evidence for that, until a court says that he did, the news likes to play it safe. If they don't, and it turns out that he didn't do it, then they could potentially be sued for an enormous amount of money.
So, saying that someone is an alleged killer isn't politically correct. It's a way to avoid getting sued if things turn out differently than you expect.
They are saying alleged because he is still alive and will stand trial.
The media cannot refer to someone as being guilty of something before a trial ... it doesn't matter how solid the case is.
Its not about political correctness it is about preserving our justice system. If this person was named guilty in the media they could turn around and claim that they couldn't get a fair trial. I would think that the last thing anyone would want is for him to get off on a technicality.
Actually, this term is not a "politically correct" term, but rather a legal term. In this nation, a person is innocent until found guilty in a Court of Law. Therefore, the individual is "alleged" to be guilty. When I type it, I am rather proud to be able to do so...rather than as they do in Iran...say...who toss people [Power, Short & Powell] who are called spies and just tossed into prison. There, the trial is an after-thought and a done deal.
I am not "fed up", but cognizant of the fact that the law is merely what our Nation is built upon. Words are important.
Well, in the United States we have a concept called "innocent until proven guilty". Until he has been tried and convicted by a court, he will be "alleged". This one you can't blame the PC police for. It's been that way for over 200 years.
And if you remember, originally there were 2 other "alleged" shooters in custody. The police decided they weren't involved and released. They were found to be innocent.