SF Man Fakes Beheading Video
It’s bad enough that the mujahideen really are hacking the heads off their hostages.
But then we have loathsome little American freaks like Benjamin Vanderford who fake beheading videos as a publicity stunt—and this guy was running for office in San Francisco: American Not Sorry for Beheading Hoax.
SAN FRANCISCO —A video aired Saturday that purportedly showed an American being decapitated in Iraq was a hoax.
The man shown in the video, reached by The Associated Press in San Francisco, said he videotaped the staged beheading at his friend’s house using fake blood.
Benjamin Vanderford, 22, said he began distributing the video on the Internet months ago in hopes of drawing attention to his one-time campaign for city supervisor. When his political aspirations waned, he thought the video would serve as social commentary.
“It was part of a stunt, but no one noticed it up until now,” Vanderford said. “I did this for a couple of reasons. One is to attract attention. But two is to just make a statement on these type of videos and how easily they can be faked.”
What an incredibly foul thing to do.