An active-duty member of the U.S. Air Force carried out a shocking act of self-immolation outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., on Sunday, according to officials from the Air Force and local law enforcement.
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) arrived at the scene on the 3500 block of International Drive, NW, after being called to assist the United States Secret Service at around 1:00 p.m. local time.
A statement from the MPD stated, “An individual set themselves on fire in front of an embassy in the block.”
The man, who was later identified as Aaron Bushnell, was transported to a local hospital by DC Fire and Emergency Medical Services and was in critical condition, according to DC authorities.
The pro-Palestinian community celebrated the death of the U.S. Air Force member who has been claimed as a member of the far-left Antifa:
Who call themselves comrades?
Antifa violent extremist propaganda site Crimethinc, which was banned on Twitter/X for content instructing people to carry out violent criminal acts, says it received an email from the U.S. Air Force member shortly before he set himself on fire outside the Israeli embassy.
The group urges comrades to not kill themselves in despair and instead to join a cell to carry out “collective” plans. They mention the deceased comrade’s pronouns.
The act of self-immolation was livestreamed on Twitch, according to citizen reporter Talia Jane.
2 hours after the stream, video had 40 views (no other videos) and the account had no followers, then an hour later this is what it looked like before Twitch took it down: pic.twitter.com/zM9crZs0rV
— Talia Jane ❤️🔥 (@taliaotg) February 26, 2024
Talia was able to obtain a copy of the video, and it was posted on X with the permission of Aaron Bushnell’s family.
In the video, Bushnell, dressed in military uniform, said, “I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force, and I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But, compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”
He then set himself on fire, shouting “Free Palestine.”
Comrades in our Air Force means some of the the officers a are communists too we have to vet our military personnel much better!
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