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"A 25-year-old member of the United States Air Force self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, yelling "Free Palestine!" according to reports.
The airman, identified as Aaron Bushnell, broadcasted his entire self-immolation on the streaming site Twitch.
In the minutes before his self-immolation, he says in the video, "My name is Aaron Bushnell, I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide," according to Newsweek.
"I am 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, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal," he adds.
A blurred video, posted on X, shows Bushnell dousing himself with liquid and then igniting himself into flames, screaming, "Free Palestine!" before simply screaming and falling to the ground.
Voices of police and other first responders could be heard yelling for Bushnell to get "on the ground," and calling for fire extinguishers.
Bushnell lies on the ground burning as the officers finally get a hold of extinguishers and use them on his smoldering body...
...Another friend named "Xylem" who worked with Bushnell to support the homeless in San Antonio, where he was allegedly stationed, told the reporter, "He is one of the most principled comrades [interesting word choice] I've ever known."
The reporter later posted, "I've just received word that Aaron Bushnell succumbed to his injuries."
According to a news blog, another alleged friend from San Antonio who worked with Bushnell on helping the "unhoused," Bushnell "did incredible work here in San Antonio for various mutual aid and unhoused coalitions. He spent every penny and second he had on serving his community…And living his anarchist principles in action."...
...He had served in the Air Force for three years and 10 months, according to his profile."
Do you neocons know what time it is yet?
"A 25-year-old member of the United States Air Force self-immolated in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, yelling "Free Palestine!" according to reports.
The airman, identified as Aaron Bushnell, broadcasted his entire self-immolation on the streaming site Twitch.
In the minutes before his self-immolation, he says in the video, "My name is Aaron Bushnell, I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide," according to Newsweek.
"I am 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, it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal," he adds.
A blurred video, posted on X, shows Bushnell dousing himself with liquid and then igniting himself into flames, screaming, "Free Palestine!" before simply screaming and falling to the ground.
Voices of police and other first responders could be heard yelling for Bushnell to get "on the ground," and calling for fire extinguishers.
Bushnell lies on the ground burning as the officers finally get a hold of extinguishers and use them on his smoldering body...
...Another friend named "Xylem" who worked with Bushnell to support the homeless in San Antonio, where he was allegedly stationed, told the reporter, "He is one of the most principled comrades [interesting word choice] I've ever known."
The reporter later posted, "I've just received word that Aaron Bushnell succumbed to his injuries."
According to a news blog, another alleged friend from San Antonio who worked with Bushnell on helping the "unhoused," Bushnell "did incredible work here in San Antonio for various mutual aid and unhoused coalitions. He spent every penny and second he had on serving his community…And living his anarchist principles in action."...
...He had served in the Air Force for three years and 10 months, according to his profile."
Do you neocons know what time it is yet?
