“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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  • amzd@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    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

    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
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      8 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.

    • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml
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      8 months ago

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

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      8 months ago

      They didn’t know what was going on, could have been a suicide bomber

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          8 months ago

          I’m just saying there is no way for them to know what his intentions are, of course they drew weapons

          The situation probably unfolded in a matter of seconds