wanton

Ecocide is defined by experts as a "wanton" act of destruction, carried out with "reckless disregard for damage which would be clearly excessive in relation to the social and economic benefits anticipated."

He was previously tried by a Kentucky state jury in March 2022, and acquitted on three counts of felony wanton endangerment.

But because the delays and discharges occurred in an area of the hospital classified as an emergency room, lawyers said that Texas law set a much higher burden of proof: “willful and wanton negligence.”

This was a deliberate and wanton slaughter of civilians.

Predictably, the mainstream news media, pundits and responsible political watchers stood aghast at Trump’s celebration of wanton violence.