A disturbing video has surfaced on X showing a man setting himself on fire outside the courthouse in Midtown Manhattan where former President Trump’s trial is taking place.
CNN is reporting:
The man walked into the park across the street from the courthouse, throwing flyers into the air, a senior law enforcement official told CNN. He then pulled something out of a backpack — it was not immediately clear what the item was — and lit himself on fire, the official said.
The media outlet continued:
Investigators are now fanning out to collect the flyers the unknown man threw into the air, another senior law enforcement official.
The video is shocking.
BREAKING: A man just set himself on fire outside the Trump trial in New York City.https://t.co/3Lg3amY08z
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) April 19, 2024
What’s left of the man who set himself on fire in front of the NYC courthouse. pic.twitter.com/LDlCfnMNum
— Catch Up (@CatchUpFeed) April 19, 2024
On X, Elon Musk asked: “Was he protesting against the trial or for it?”
“It seems like Trump Derangement Syndrome is getting out of control,” X account Planet Of Memes said.
There is the possibility the man could be protesting the Israel-Hamas war as protests have flared up nationwide—still no official report on why the man decided to light himself on fire.
*Developing…
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This story reminded me of the Gus Wheeler scene from The Dead Pool.
Update (1440ET):
“Latest: A man lit himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump trial underway, NYPD officials brief within hour. CNN team on the ground observed one of the flyers – it said “NYU is a mob front” and had various allegations of wrongdoings against the school,” reports CNN’s Jim Sciutto.
We used to have mental institutions now the whole country is a mental institution.
All for a phoney puppet and phoney show trial! What a maroon.
The thing about phony show trials is that more often than not they are staged to establish real legal precedent.
They call them twofers.
mr. manchuria, i presume?
He’s part of the, “I did this on 4/19” crowd. Is that a thing anymore?