Another Self Immolation: Trump Trial Controversies! [NSFW]

This guy committed an act of self immolation.

Be warned the videos and postings are extremely graphic. The images are extremely graphic. Take discretion. Note: I do not endorse the individual's actions or the politics of the matter. I am just using sources from Reuters, CNN and ABC News to post.

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A man set himself on fire outside the Manhattan Supreme Court as former president Donald J. Trump begins his criminal hush money trial. This happened during jury selection and it stalled proceedings.

Max Azzarello was an extremely Troubled individual. He is currently alive in the hospital where all of his troubles are melting away pic.twitter.com/23zUuBvj4T

— Alec Lace (@AlecLace) April 19, 2024

VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. Absolutely disturbing footage of Max Azzarello who set himself on fire in New York today outside of Trumps trial. pic.twitter.com/ROA65RoN49

— jaimeo (@prodbyjaimeo) April 20, 2024

A man set himself on fire 🔥 outside of the New York Courthouse where the #TrumpTrial is taking place. What the actual fuck??
https://t.co/WABGQwPl16

— X  🇺🇸 (@realXanderXjork) April 19, 2024

Graphic video of the man who lit himself on fire near Manhattan Criminal Courthouse in New York.

https://t.co/t9fD4RZwgU

— AZ Intel (@AZ_Intel_) April 19, 2024

Max Azzarello pitching conspiracy booklet to help others “bend history” before his self-immolation. pic.twitter.com/0m4DQN1PEM

— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) April 19, 2024

It appears that the man who self-immolated (set himself on fire) in front of the Trump Trial at the Manhattan courthouse was a man named Max Azzarello.

Max doesn't appear to have done this because of the Trump trial, but rather because he is a conspiracy theorist who thinks that… pic.twitter.com/4WOxPMxPbG

— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) April 19, 2024

The New York Police Department, the FBI, U.S. Secret Service as well as Trump, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, Gov. Kathy Hochul, New York mayor Eric Adams, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) and several members of the New York congressional delegation were notified of it.

Laura Coates in a state of disbelief.

CNN host Laura Coates is the first to get the incident. It probably scarred her because what she witnessed was something that makes the network successful. Uncensored reality on cable news. Something that makes you want to consider why the free press is not only a protected treasure but a beacon of information.

Then anchor, Carol Lin was the first to call the Sept. 11, 2001 tragedy.

The person was from St. Augustine, Florida. He was a conspiracy theorist and dabbled in a random mix of extreme politics. As expected, the far right, the far left and the rest of us are wondering why would he do it to himself?

Of course, the blame game is going to..... Trump or Biden. New York City or the state of Florida. The left or the right. Hillary Clinton or Majorie Taylor Greene. 

This is how America's most insufferable noisemakers work.

Instead of having an ounce of sympathy and offering their usual phony "thoughts and prayers," we immediately head right to the politics.

The man burned for several minutes in full view of television cameras that were set up outside the courthouse, where the first-ever criminal trial of a former U.S. president is being held.

"He was on fire for quite a while," one witness, who declined to give his name, told reporters. "It was pretty horrifying."

Officials said the man, who is in his late 30s, survived and was in critical condition at a hospital.

Witnesses said the man pulled pamphlets out of a backpack and threw them in the air before he doused himself with a liquid and set himself on fire. One of those pamphlets included references to "evil billionaires" but portions that were visible to a Reuters witness did not mention Trump.

The New York Police Department said the man, who they identified as Max Azzarello of St. Augustine, Florida, did not appear to be targeting Trump or others involved in the trial.

"Right now we are labeling him as sort of a conspiracy theorist, and we are going from there," Tarik Sheppard, a deputy commissioner with the Police Department, said at a news conference.

In an online manifesto, a man using that name said he set himself on fire and apologized to friends, witnesses and first responders. The post warns of "an apocalyptic fascist coup" and criticizes cryptocurrency and U.S. politicians, but does not single out Trump in particular.

A smell of smoke lingered in the plaza shortly after the incident, according to a Reuters witness, and a police officer sprayed a fire extinguisher on the ground. A smoldering backpack and a gas can were visible.

The downtown Manhattan courthouse, heavily guarded by police, drew a throng of protesters and onlookers on Monday, the trial's first day, though crowds have dwindled since then.