Onlookers screamed as fire engulfed the young man, who had thrown pamphlets in the air before he set himself aflame. A police officer tried to extinguish the flames before the man was taken away in an ambulance.

Not much info at time of posting what prompted the man to do so

    • thesporkeffect
      35•5 months ago

      CNN reporters on the scene observed one of the flyers, which said “NYU is a mob front” and “had various allegations of wrongdoings against the school.”

      • DarkNightoftheSoulEnglish
        14•5 months ago5 months ago

        Despite the balance of probability being a disgruntled mentally ill former student, an outsider pro’ly 'otta look into that.

        • jonne
          11•5 months ago

          There’s a huge amount of press there, so that’s the place to go if you want to get the attention.

        • Jiggle_Physics
          6•5 months ago

          Sorta, he lists Trump and Kushner as major players in the crypto scheme he is saying is about to destroy the economy

        • BradleyUffnerEnglish
          3•5 months ago

          Other than the fact that he attracts crazies like months to a flame, it doesn’t sound like it.

        • assassin_aragornOP
          10•5 months ago5 months ago

          The NYT article was updated to say his politics lean in no discernable direction, and that honestly does seem to be the case. He said Biden and Trump were working together on a fascist takeover of the US and the only solution was to tear down the government immediately.

          I don’t remember the exact name of the psychiatric condition this reminds me of, maybe schizophrenia? But I think our politics has reached a point where fringe beliefs are now so close to the mainstream that we can’t identify them as signs of mental illness, opposed to just stupidity.

          And for that, I blame Q Anon. It sounds like this man needed therapy and a psychiatrist.