
{"id":826,"date":"2011-11-12T22:08:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-13T04:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/?p=826"},"modified":"2011-11-12T22:08:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T04:08:49","slug":"victims-survivors-of-fort-hood-massacre-seek-750-million-compensation-from-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cerebral-palsy-medicalmalpractice.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/victims-survivors-of-fort-hood-massacre-seek-750-million-compensation-from-army.html","title":{"rendered":"Victims, Survivors Of Fort Hood Massacre Seek $750 Million Compensation From Army"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Did the U.S. Army ignore the increasingly obvious radicalization of a Muslim psychiatrist at Fort Hood, Texas.,\u00a0out of political correctness?\u00a0And did that alleged negligence lead to the worst-ever mass shooting at an American military installation?\u00a0\u00a0And if there was negligence, does it add up to $750 million in compensation?<\/p>\r\n<p>Those are the issues that have to be\u00a0decided in response to administrative claims filed\u00a0by 83 victims and family members involved in the Nov. 5, 2009, massacre engineered by\u00a0Major Nidal Hasan, according to the Associated Press. He is awaiting trial\u00a0on charges of the premeditated murder of 13 soldiers and civilians, as well as 32 counts of attempted premeditated murder for those he wounded.<\/p>\r\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/apnewsbreak-83-victims-family-members-seek-750m-for-preventable-fort-hood-tragedy\/2011\/11\/10\/gIQALoqL9M_story.html\">http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/apnewsbreak-83-victims-family-members-seek-750m-for-preventable-fort-hood-tragedy\/2011\/11\/10\/gIQALoqL9M_story.html<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>The attorney representing the claimants, Neal Sher, told AP Hasan has been the only one able to commit a terrorist attack in the United States\u00a0since 9\/11.<\/p>\r\n<p>Claims have been filed by: 54 relations of eight of the soldiers that were slain; one civilian police officer and nine wounded\u00a0soldiers; and 19 people related to the police officer and wounded soldiers.<\/p>\r\n<p>One of the police officers who shot Hasan and ended his murderous rampage, Sgt. Kimberley Munley, is among those who have filed claims, AP reported. She was wounded during her exchange with Hasan, and has had to leave law enforcement. She is currently on unpaid leave.<\/p>\r\n<p>In a statement, Munley said that she believes the tragedy at Fort Hood could have been prevented if the Army hadn&#8217;t &#8220;swept under the rug&#8221; all the warnng signals it had about Hasan. And she&#8217;s got a good point.<\/p>\r\n<p>Hasan had become increasingly vocal and radical, outspoken in his growing support of Islamist extremism and the violence that comes with it.\u00a0At one point, according to AP, this American-born Muslim\u00a0defended of suicide bombings.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Authorities believe that Hasan&#8217;s deadly\u00a0actions were prompted by his association with\u00a0American-born Anwar al-Awlaki, AP reported, and both men had exchanged emails. A U.S. drone killed al-Awlaki in September.<\/p>\r\n<p>With his actions before the slaughter, Hasan was essentially walking around with a sign that said &#8220;I&#8217;m dangerous, stop me.&#8221; But no one in the Army did.<\/p>\r\n<p>Someone in an airport saying the things that Hasan was saying on a military base would be locked up. Yet he got away with it. Perhaps the military didn&#8217;t want to appear as if it was profiling or harassing Muslims in the service.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>As a result, 13 people are dead.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did the U.S. Army ignore the increasingly obvious radicalization of a Muslim psychiatrist at Fort Hood, Texas.,\u00a0out of political correctness?\u00a0And did that alleged negligence lead to the worst-ever mass shooting at an American military installation?\u00a0\u00a0And if there was negligence, does it add up to $750 million in compensation? 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