Perhaps before the wikipedia version gets distorted too much, here it is:
He said: "I am an active duty member, of the United States Airforce. And I will no longer be complicit to genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at their hands of their colonizers - it's not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal,”
Outside the gates of the embassy, Bushnell placed his camera down and positioned himself in front of the gates. He poured a flammable liquid over himself, exclaimed "free Palestine" and threw the canister holding the flammable liquid on the side. A security officer approached Bushnell, asking if he needed help, but was ignored.[citation needed]
After igniting himself, Bushnell repeatedly shouted "Free Palestine!" as he was burning, until he collapsed to the ground.[2][3][8][9] The security officer radioed in for assistance. Another police officer approached the scene, aiming a gun at Bushnell off-camera and ordered him to "get on the ground" multiple times.[citation needed]
Multiple officers responded to the scene and used fire extinguishers on Bushnell. He was transported by the DC Fire and EMS to a local hospital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation_of_Aaron_Bushnell
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