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US Soldier Sets Himself on Fire outside Israeli Embassy in Washington to Protest Gaza War (www.news18.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[–] [email protected] 169 points 9 months ago (4 children)

as he was engulfed in flames they started yelling at him to get down on the ground. They even drew their guns on the burning man before someone pushed them to get fire extinguishers to extinguish the fire.

Stop killing yourself or I'll shoot you! lmao

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

They would shoot at the fire, not the person, duh.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Yeah, suicide is illegal here... But getting killed by cops while you break the law isn't.

I'm not joking. Both of those things are true.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago

It highlights the absolute brutality of the regime, that their first instinct was to try and kill a dying man.