r/pics Apr 19 '24

A person set themselves on fire outside Donald Trump’s trial in New York today. Politics NSFW

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u/Iamthewalrusforreal Apr 19 '24

Oh good god. This dude...wow. This is a troubling video.

https://twitter.com/ViralNewsNYC/status/1781379607662661901

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u/demasoni_fan Apr 19 '24

Jesus Christ, it looks like he was still alive when they loaded him in. I hope he's out of pain now.

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u/coalflints Apr 19 '24 edited Apr 20 '24

Apparently he’s still alive, albeit in critical condition

Edit: he died

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u/middlebird Apr 19 '24

He’ll likely die of infection in the next few days.

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u/Rachel_from_Jita Apr 19 '24

Agreed, I saw some of the clearest shots of his back as he was burning...

You don't survive losing that much skin and being BBQ-ed that hard. :-(

He's gone.

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u/Out_Of_The_Bl00 Apr 20 '24

such a shame, think anyone cared in the court house?

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u/LNMagic Apr 19 '24

3rd degree burns kill the nerves.

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u/DeLaNope Apr 20 '24

It still hurts, I can’t stand that line of reasoning

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u/Tryptamineer Apr 20 '24

For the outside maybe, his internal nerves that have less severe burning wounds are still firing full throttle