- Wisconsin lawmaker Steve Nass condemned University of Wisconsin-Madison students after a video went viral of them mimicking a police beheading
- Nass called the video ‘vile’ in a statement Wednesday, saying police and the university should hold the students accountable
- The university said in a statement that it condemns and rejects the video’s ‘glorification of violence’
A Wisconsin state lawmaker has condemned a college student’s video depicting the beheading of a police officer as an attempt to incite violence.
The video shows University of Wisconsin-Madison students dressed as officers wearing pig masks, including one leading a black student to a noose made of the U.S. flag. Later, a machete-wielding black student chases the officers before the video cuts to a frame of the student holding a bloody, decapitated pig mask.
Republican Sen. Steve Nass calls the video ‘vile’ in a statement Wednesday, saying police and the university should hold the students accountable.
Wisconsin state Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, is seen during a hearing at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis. Nass said Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2017
Sen. Steve Nass, R-Whitewater, receives a police escort after he abruptly ended a hearing on a right-to-work bill at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015
Nass condemned University of Wisconsin-Madison students after one student shared a video depicting the beheading of a police officer
The university said in a statement that it condemns and rejects the video’s ‘glorification of violence,’ but that ‘all citizens have the rights to express political beliefs that others may find objectionable.’