Man Dies After Setting Himself On Fire Outside Trump Trial
Source: Newswe
Published Apr 20, 2024 at 4:52 AM EDT
Updated Apr 20, 2024 at 5:05 AM EDT
Aman who set himself on fire on Friday outside the courthouse where Donald Trump's hush money trial is taking place has died, police said.
The New York City Police Department said the man, who was identified as Maxwell Azzarello from Florida, was declared dead by staff at a hospital in the area, accordiekng to NBC News.
Azzarello was seen entering Collect Pond Park in Manhattan around 1.30 p.m. on Friday, before taking out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories and tossing them around. He subsequently doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire.
Azzarello was transported to a nearby hospital in critical condition, the NYPD said.
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Bucky
(54,053 posts)Fuck Trump for exploiting these people.
Of course untreated mental illness in New York penthouses and Florida mcmansions is also sad. But less tragic
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)* and collection of reporters to witness his self immolation... and to draw attention to whatever his flyers were about.
keopeli
(3,524 posts)3Hotdogs
(12,405 posts)Last edited Sat Apr 20, 2024, 06:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Video on CNN last night, interviewed his Florida neighbors.
onenote
(42,753 posts)keopeli
(3,524 posts)panfluteman
(2,065 posts)Then you would really see absolutely no hope for the future. Thank God that we all here at DU see that there is only one fascist coup plotter - Donald Trump - and his allies and enablers.
By the way, regarding the talk about RFK Jr. being in the presidential race to hand the election to Trump, is there any solid evidence to support this? What would be his motives for wanting to do so? Or is it a guilt by association thing with you all, as in two crazy anti-vaxxer birds of a feather flock together? Or is it simply a case of some shadowy right wing billionaire paying RFK Jr. enough money to make it worth his while to run, as in everyone has their price?
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)Shermann
(7,428 posts)onenote
(42,753 posts)But that's what he thought.
keopeli
(3,524 posts)I also heard his dislike of cryptocurrency?
keopeli
(3,524 posts)is what I heard.
keopeli
(3,524 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,626 posts)True Dough
(17,314 posts)driving an SUV, not a coupe!
onenote
(42,753 posts)"Trump is with Hillary and they are about to fascist coup us"
You might want to correct your post.
IronLionZion
(45,523 posts)nothing to do with the trial or Trump
Oopsie Daisy
(2,674 posts)They'll never get over it and long after we've forgotten his name or his "cause"... his cousins and other relatives will still be talking about it.
DinahMoeHum
(21,806 posts)What a fucking waste.
bluescribbler
(2,121 posts)The collective IQ just rose a thousandth of a point.
machoneman
(4,010 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)hadEnuf
(2,212 posts)But instead he got Fox news, Hannity, Alex Jones, Trump and the rest of the right-wing terrorist propaganda mongers.
But I'm sure they are that disappointed that he didn't go into the courthouse shooting and instead took it out on himself.
onenote
(42,753 posts)Does that sound like someone who is spouting Fox News propaganda?
From his manifesto: "In the decades since [the election of George H.W. Bush], the angry partisanship between democrats and republicans was all a fascist charade to divide the public against itself while they all ramped up militarism, privatized industry, and gutted social safety nets. Bush, Clinton, Obama, Trump, Biden: These are characters playing pretend, just like professional wrestlers."
hadEnuf
(2,212 posts)to the point of absolute reality for those who are susceptible to it?
The whole system of disinformation is designed get these types of violent results, no matter who's side you are on. I'm pointing out the originators and the ones who continue to perpetuate the propaganda and disinformation. I don't think they really care whether a liberal or right-winger sets themself on fire as long as the goal of creating havoc is reached.
oldsoftie
(12,591 posts)Apparently he disliked trump & Biden both along with a whole lot of other stuff
Elessar Zappa
(14,039 posts)We need a much better system for the identification and treatment of mental illness.
twodogsbarking
(9,805 posts)appleannie1
(5,068 posts)usaf-vet
(6,207 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,270 posts)To some degree it probably is, society is built on multiple hierarchies, there's always a top dog if only temporarily. He thought money created crypto and crypto bitcoin, and they were Ponzi schemes. To some degree probably true, it's the basis for double entry bookkeeping and fractional reserve banking. But without all these things, you don't have much. It is sad that he went bonkers over it.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)bucolic_frolic
(43,270 posts)prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)COL Mustard
(5,921 posts)Not funny. Please keep in mind that a human being died.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)Gal·lows hu·mor
/ˈɡalōz ˈ h)yo͞omər/
noun
1.
grim and ironic humor in a desperate or hopeless situation.
COL Mustard
(5,921 posts)As long as it's abstract. I use it a lot but not for other actual people, just for myself.
prodigitalson
(2,428 posts)edited to say: we are all standing on the gallows that is this upcoming election, praying for a last minute reprieve from the fascistic drop. this man's fiery death occurred fully within that context..
LetMyPeopleVote
(145,529 posts)Warpy
(111,336 posts)since he was fully engulfed and they had so much trouble extinguishing the fire.
This is just sad, probably another person who fell down the rabbit hole during Covid and never managed to find his way out.
His manifesto was just generally anti government, not pro TFG, by the way. He mentioned Ponzi schemes, so maybe he got conned into investing his retirement in something like crypto and lost it all and was angry about a government that failed to protect the vulnerable from the vultures. If that was the case, I wholeheartedly agree.
Evolve Dammit
(16,760 posts)4lbs
(6,861 posts)Good job.
The real burning question is....
malthaussen
(17,216 posts)Skittles
(153,185 posts)my sympathy to his loved ones