News of Hagrid's impending public execution had long since spread throughout the British wizarding world through newspapers and broadcasts. Nearly every wizard was quietly following the matter.
This was the first public execution in centuries, and it was a barbaric, brutal beheading at that. It was simply unbearable to watch.
Everyone who knew about it understood that this public execution was retaliation against the Order of the Phoenix and a warning to wizards across the entire British wizarding world.
The reason was that the Order of the Phoenix had previously launched a surprise attack, wiped out the Death Eaters' base, and rescued all the imprisoned wizards.
The Death Eaters clearly could not tolerate such a loss, much less allow their ability to intimidate other wizards to diminish. Thus, this execution came to be.
However, ordinary wizards always made up the majority of this world.
Other than the small number who believed the newspapers and broadcasts because their reports were too detailed and realistic, and thus deeply loathed Hagrid for supposedly colluding with giants, most people remained skeptical.
That was largely thanks to Lee Jordan of the Wizard Watchtower, who persisted in explaining the truth behind the newspapers every day, preventing the Ministry of Magic from completely controlling every channel of public speech.
As for the full story behind the matter, the Wizard Watchtower had also provided a reasonable explanation:
Several years ago, Dumbledore had sent Hagrid to persuade the giants to remain neutral in the Wizarding War. The headless giant had been a neutral giant unwilling to follow The Dark Lord. The Death Eaters had ordered the giants under their command to kill the traitor among the giants, using it to frame Hagrid for colluding with them.
It had to be said that Lee Jordan's explanation was impressive. Not only