On November 5, 2009, the public gained knowledge about an incident that took place at an U.S. Army installation. Maj. Nidal Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, fatally shot 13 people and injured more than 30 others. He was facing a deployment to one of the many war zones overseas (McFadden, 2009). There are many reports about this incident and what actually took place. From what I’ve gathered, Hasan went into a processing center where soldiers go before and after they come back from deployment. After Hasan’s shooting rampage, he was finally stopped when Army Military Police (MP) officers shot him a total of four times. He is now paralyzed from the waist down due to the shooting. The Fort Hood shooting marked the worst shooting ever to take place on a military installation state side, to record. There was almost no structural damage because he used hand guns instead of bombs, or what we call weapons of mass destruction.
This attack is classified as a terrorist attack simply because of what the intention was at the beginning. In my own words, terrorist(s) is someone or groups that have different beliefs and want to force their belief onto you by any means necessary, which may include killing if one doesn’t comply. The local, state, and federal, as well as military, officers communicated well with each other and responded to the shooting in record breaking time. All of the injured personnel were transported to four different hospitals, to include the base hospital as well.
Hasan was assigned to Fort Hood and was responsible for providing care to soldiers in the readiness center which gave him access where various soldiers being processed to deploy or return from Iraq or Afghanistan. Hasan himself was scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan. Some reports suggest that Hasan’s reaction was impacted by stories he heard from soldiers returning from combat tours, in accordance with his profession (http://articles.latimes.com/2009/nov/07/nation/na-fort-hood-shootings7).
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Brief Description of Attack
On November 5, 2009 at approximately 1:30 p.m., a gunman opens fire inside the base's Soldier Readiness Center at U.S. Army Base, Fort Hood, Texas. Soldier Readiness Center, is where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening (http://search.proquest.com). During the shooting the gunman killed 13 and wounded 31 others. The gunman was shot
2014 between 5:30p.m and 8p.m. On the Fox News website the top story was about the Fort Hood shooting. The headline was “BREAKING NEWS: At least 4 dead, 14 injured in shooting at Fort Hood” The ‘breaking news’ text was in all capitals and it was bright red. The lead was “A shooting at Ft. Hood that reportedly left at least four dead -- including the shooter -- and 14 injured Wednesday was a "soldier on soldier" incident without any preliminary terrorism link, a senior Department of Homeland Security
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Define crisis in general terms and briefly describe the type of crisis that is presented in this scenario.
A crisis has many definitions. According to Webster's Dictionary (2012) a crisis can be: "an emotionally significant event or radical change of status in a person's life" or "an unstable or crucial time or state of affairs in which a decisive change occurs." In this scenario, the term crisis means a crucial moment in time where the lives of those who the event concerned were changed
extreme social, environmental, religious, economic, or political agendas.(author of book) On November 5, 2009 one of the biggest military bases in the world was tested. Fort Hood Texas would have to answer a terrorist call that would change every bases emergency plan forever. This shooting is said to be the deadliest mass shooting on an American military base. Major Nidal Malik Hasan who was an Army psychiatrist, open fired killing 12 soldiers, one civilian, and wounded 43 others.
First responders
The Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the American citizens the due process of law, which guarantees the defendants the right to fundamental fairness and the expectation of fair trails, fair hearings, and similar procedural safeguards, and the Fourteenth Amendment affirms that no state shall deprive any person of life, liberty, and property without the due process of law (Siegel 160). In the article, “Can the CIA Put a U.S. Born al Qaeda Figure on its Kill List?” the American
Gun violence is a major problem. Various proposals have been offered by the lobbyists, politicians and citizens to reduce including ban on assault rifles, military style riffles, some even went on to the extent of shedding some worrisome over the second amendment because of the series of gun violence in the country. No doubt that this is a challenging subject and it requires bold actions in order to reduce the violence perpetrated by the wrongful use of gun that is now a days use to take the life
Chapter III
Results
This chapter provides a critical, analysis and evaluation of Martens, A., Sainudiin, R., Sibley, C. G., Schimel, J., & Webber, D. (2014) research on how Terrorist Attacks Escalate in Frequency and Fatalities Preceding Highly Lethal Attacks. The combined information extracted from Martens, A. et al. (2014) article and Muhlhausen, et al. (2011), generated by the Heritage Foundations website will provide support and establish the foundation for this research on the violent criminal
statics shows that is not the problem; dangerous individuals obtain their weapons either through a family member or friends. Year after year, it is proven by the series of gun related incidents throughout the United States. Stricter gun laws will stop the violent killing
This chapter provides a critical, analysis and evaluation of Martens, A., Sainudiin, R., Sibley, C. G., Schimel, J., & Webber, D. (2014) research on how Terrorist Attacks Escalate in Frequency and Fatalities Preceding Highly Lethal Attacks. The combined information extracted from Martens, A. et al. (2014) article and Muhlhausen, et al. (2011), generated by the Heritage Foundations will provide support and establish the foundation for this research on the violent criminal behavior, its co-relation