Man lights himself on fire at the Supreme Court in protest

[OfTheCross]

Man dies after setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court, police say


A man has died after setting himself on fire in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Friday night, Metropolitan Police said Saturday. The court said to CBS News in a statement Friday there were no other injuries, and there did not appear to be a public safety concern.

Police identified the man as 50-year-old Wynn Bruce, of Boulder, Colorado, and said he died of his injuries after being airlifted to a hospital following the incident. At approximately 6:30 p.m., he went on to the plaza in front of the court building and set himself on fire, the court said. The court did not offer any specifics on the person or what their motivation may have been

Supreme Court Police, U.S. Capitol Police and the Metropolitan Police Department responded to the incident, the court said, and a medical helicopter airlifted the person to a local hospital.

 

[88m3]

how awful

 

[Darth Nubian]

You gotta get to double digits with your death game to get airplay in America

 

[Professor Emeritus]

The non-story of this is wild.

 

[DEAD7]

 

[mastermind]

The non-story of this is wild.

The media and most of the public doesn’t care about global warming. The business leaders and politicians blatantly don’t care.

 

[88m3]

The media and most of the public doesn’t care about global warming. The business leaders and politicians blatantly don’t care.

they have oil and blood on their hands

 

[Worthless Loser]

Some attention seeking guy that killed himself to protest climate change is a moron and doesn't deserve media attention.

 

[jj23]

Some attention seeking guy that killed himself to protest climate change is a moron and doesn't deserve media attention.

Self-immolation has always been used as a form of protest in political and religious circles.

Nothing you have said in your post is correct, but ignorance will abound. In the future, when only the rich can afford drinking water and you are stuck in a living ecological hell, this post is going to cross your mind...

 

[barese]

There seems to have been another one in 2018:

Former Lambda Legal Lawyer David Buckel Dies After Self-Immolation

So sad I knew nothing about him...

 

[Paradoxx]

I have come to terms that we’re all probably doomed to the very near and very close climate changed future. Just happy that I decided to not have kids.

 

[Worthless Loser]

Self-immolation has always been used as a form of protest in political and religious circles.

Nothing you have said in your post is correct, but ignorance will abound. In the future, when only the rich can afford drinking water and you are stuck in a living ecological hell, this post is going to cross your mind...

What did I say that was wrong? Besides not including the word inaction?

I'm sorry for failing a progressive purity test.

 

[Arianne Martell]

Self-immolation has always been used as a form of protest in political and religious circles.

Nothing you have said in your post is correct, but ignorance will abound. In the future, when only the rich can afford drinking water and you are stuck in a living ecological hell, this post is going to cross your mind...

I get it, but what did that guy actually accomplished by committing suicide? There is still a planet to be saved…

he could have supported his cause better alive, mentor others to continue the fight etc. I just don’t get it.

 

[mastermind]

I get it, but what did that guy actually accomplished by committing suicide? There is still a planet to be saved…

he could have supported his cause better alive, mentor others to continue the fight etc. I just don’t get it.

He was a Buddhist.

It doesn't get the attention it used too

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I just saw national news covering the NBA court protests and was thinking he would have gotten way more attention if he did it on the court during an NBA game.