A man who introduced himself as an active duty member of the U.S Air Force self immolated today, stating “I will no longer be complicit in genocide” and repeatedly yelling “free Palestine” after he ignited himself. This happened outside of the Israeli Embassy in DC.

Of course one of the first things a cop did was draw his gun on him after he had collapsed and was on fire.

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UPDATE: I got footage of the self-immolation at the Israeli embassy in DC. The individual, wearing fatigues, introduces himself as “an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.” After ignition, he repeatedly yells “Free Palestine.”

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Aaron Bushnell was 25 years old. It is now confirmed that he has succumbed to his injuries.

Self immolation has to be the most desperate form of protest there is. Lighting yourself on fire so your cries for change can finally be heard. This is so heartbreaking. Friends of Aaron Bushnell shared how he used to feed houseless people in San Antonio, and the now-deleted twitch channel where he live-streamed his actions today seem to point to him being an anarchist. I don’t know for certain, but his profile photo was of a circle A/anarchy A, and his user name had “AnarKitty” in it.

Rest in Power 🖤

Ooof.
I guess I’d also be impotently protesting like everyone else. Great…