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Active-duty Air Force member sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in DC as 'extreme' protest against war in Gaza
An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy in Washington, DC, on Sunday. The man said he was engaging in an "extreme" act of protest against Israel invading Gaza after the Hamas terrorist attack of Oct. 7, 2023.
At approximately 1:00 p.m., the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the 3500 block of International Drive, NW, to "assist the United States Secret Service after an individual set themselves on fire in front of an embassy in the block."
A jarring photo of the man setting himself on fire was posted on the X social media platform. The man is seen wearing fatigues and covered in flames.
Talia Jane, an independent reporter, alleged to have posted the extremely graphic video of the man setting himself on fire – which she claimed to have shared with major media outlets.
The video begins with Bushnell identifying himself as an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force and saying, "I will no longer be complicit in genocide."
Bushnell says that he is "about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, this is not extreme at all."
Bushnell is seen pouring liquid on his body before lighting himself on fire.
As he's being burned alive, he repeatedly screams: "Free Palestine!"
Police officers rush to put out the flames engulfing Bushnell.
The man was taken to a local hospital and was said to be in critical condition.
Rose Riley, a spokesperson for the U.S. Air Force, told CNN, "I can confirm an active duty Airman was involved in today’s incident."
The Metropolitan Police Department, Secret Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are investigating the self-immolation incident.
In December, a protester set herself on fire outside the Israeli Consulate in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Climate activist burns himself to death at Supreme Court, friend claims it was a 'deeply fearless act of compassion'
A Colorado man died on Earth Day after setting himself on fire on the steps of the Supreme Court building to protest climate change.
What are the details?
Around 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Wynn Bruce — a 50-year-old man from Boulder, Colorado — walked onto the steps of the Supreme Court building and lit himself on fire.
After the flames were extinguished, Bruce was airlifted to a nearby hospital for lifesaving care, but he died of his injuries on Saturday.
Dr. Kritee Kanko, a climate scientist and a Zen Buddhist priest, revealed on Sunday that Bruce had been planning his protest for some time. She described the incident as a "deeply fearless act of compassion."
"This guy was my friend. He meditated with our sangha. This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis," Kanko wrote on Twitter. "We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for atleast one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved."
This guy was my friend. He meditated with our sangha. This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis. We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for atleast one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved.https://twitter.com/stevesilberman/status/1517936564117987329\u00a0\u2026— Dr. K. Kritee (@Dr. K. Kritee) 1650778726
Bruce identified as a Buddhist, the New York Times reported.
Lighting yourself on fire is known as "self-immolation" and is used as a means of protest, typically for religious or political reasons. For example, dozens of Vietnamese monks burned themselves to death in the 1960s and 1970s to protest the Vietnam war. Tibetan monks, meanwhile, practice self-immolation to protest China.
According to the New York Times, Bruce is the fourth person to engage in self-immolation in the nation's capital.
There have been previous instances of public self-immolation in Washington. Arnav Gupta burned himself in front of the White House in 2019 and later died of his injuries. A motive in that case was never determined. Mohamed Alanssi, a Yemeni-born F.B.I. informant, set himself on fire outside the White House in 2004 in protest of his treatment by the government, but he survived. Norman R. Morrison, a Quaker man, burned himself to death outside the Pentagon in 1965 in protest of the Vietnam War.
Anything else?
Journalist Josh Barro pointed out the hypocrisy of the media's reporting on Bruce's death.
Referring to the politically correct way to report that someone killed himself (i.e., "died by suicide"), Barro observed how such acts suddenly become palatable when they advance the progressive agenda.
"Newspapers bend over backwards on other suicide-related verbiage (you can’t say 'committed suicide' anymore) but when there’s a climate angle suddenly it becomes a 'fearless' protest," Barro said.
Again, a wildly inappropriate subhead choice that glorifies suicide. Newspapers bend over backwards on other suicide-related verbiage (you can\u2019t say \u201ccommitted suicide\u201d anymore) but when there\u2019s a climate angle suddenly it becomes a \u201cfearless\u201d protest. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/politics/climate-activist-self-immolation-supreme-court.html\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/pAkc9fvkOc— Josh Barro (@Josh Barro) 1650839487
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