
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A Nebraska lawmaker who supports capital punishment has stirred controversy by posting a photo of a beheaded woman on his Facebook page to show his opposition to the state’s recent abolishment of the death penalty.
Sen. Bill Kintner says he posted the photo to make a point, but took it down Wednesday, saying policing the comments was unmanageable.
The photo came from the Twitter account of Pegida Ireland, a group that protests what it calls the “Islamisation” of the West. It didn’t explain who the woman was or the circumstances of her death.
Kintner, who says he’s not affiliated with the group and took the photo from his Facebook feed, argued that people like those who killed the woman would be housed and “well fed” because Nebraska abolished capital punishment.