Chaos Erupts as Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside White House

[canetoad]

Source: Daily Beast

A man who identified himself as a “journalist” and “visual storyteller” attempted to set fire to himself during a Saturday pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House.

Images and videos on X captured a chaotic scene as the man, thought to be Samuel Mena Jr., lit his arm in Lafayette Park, where a large number of protesters were gathered. Bystanders and police officers rushed in to put out the flames as Mena screamed in pain.

“I’m a journalist, and I said it was OK,” Mena can be heard screaming in one of the videos. In the immediate aftermath of the fire being extinguished, Mena’s arm appeared badly burned.

On his X profile, Mena appeared to tease his participation in the protest, writing on Saturday, “I will be streaming live from the White House exterior on instagram live in 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes will be spent doing tech trouble shooting, and I will give a speech in an hour from now. @SamuelMenaJr.”

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/chaos-erupts-as-man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house

[canetoad]

2. He's going to be

Very sorry when the painkillers wear off. I wouldn't be surprised if he lost his left hand.

[wolfie001]

5. Someone told me he cheered like that when trump moved the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem

Clown. Like Israel isn't an independent nation with nukes. Our diplomacy is to guide and advise. Israel elects their own leadership. Netanyahu is responsible for this mess. Over and over again.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

9. Nuttyyahoo is not fully responsilble for this mess,

HAMAs, just in case you forgot, viciously attacked Israel on 10/07/24, setting off the retaliation, then Hizbollah decided to get in on the action, then Iran, who finances these terror org., decided to attack Israel.

So, you still think that Nuttyyahoo is whollly responsible for the turmoil in the ME?

[wolfie001]

10. No doubt!!!

I didn't even want to wade into this but the image got me a little enraged. There's a lot of nuance and history that certainly cannot be expressed in any single DU post. When the Oct. 7th terrorism occurred, I was so frickin mad! Then all of the cheering in Gaza for these mf'ers. I've posted that I want Mossad to hunt and ID everyone who participated. Ugly, nasty. So many Muslim led countries have zero females participating in their governments. I could go on for hours, days, months. I am hoping reason takes hold and a solution for both sides can be worked out. Cheers

[MarineCombatEngineer]

11. Cheers to you also

and have a great Sunday and upcoming week.

[KPN]

14. We do provide them a large share of their fire power capability There is a nexus. And we could be doing more as far as

withholding or drawing down defense support, applying sanctions. Protestors know and believe that. I do as well. As the richest and post powerful nation on earth, we have substantially more potential influence if we chose to exert it.

[wolfie001]

18. Yes. Noted

The whole thing ugh. I wish there was a quick resolution towards a 2-state but it appears to be a ways off.

[LymphocyteLover]

3. so fucking dumb and pointless

[wolfie001]

6. twitter shitter made sure to cover this crap

E-Loon will do anything to undermine Joe Biden and Kamala. He's a repulsive pig.

[LymphocyteLover]

20. Hmm, I only saw it here, personally. But Elon is fucking disgusting.

[wolfie001]

21. I saw a screen somewhere

I stopped doing Shitter when I kept getting attempts to change my account notifications in my G Mail. It took about 2 weeks to flush it out. Never again.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

4. What a freaking, fucking idiot. nt

[Oopsie Daisy]

8. In the 2 minutes it took me to read the story and scan the replies... I HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN HIS NAME.

In my estimation, he didn't even get the full 15 minutes he was hoping for. After today, there will be no other national stories about him.

[MarineCombatEngineer]

12. I suspect you are 100% correct.

His name will be forgotten by this afternoon, if not sooner.

[Igel]

16. Wait! What?

The OP included his name?

I must not have considered it worthwhile actually noticing ... that it existed.

[yardwork]

22. He will be in pain for the rest of his life.

Burns are lifelong injuries.

Please people, don't ever do this.

[canetoad]

24. My brother had an accident

Back in the 90s and was badly burned. He survived - luckily the doctor who first cultured skin to cover grafts was in town (Melb, Au.) and worked on him.

Many stories about his time in recovery - I won't bore you with them but it was an interesting time as he was coming off the morphine. Swore blind he was time travelling on bolts of lightning.

During his recovery he started playing blues harp and become one of the best players in the country. Scars are still visible over 30 yrs later and he jokes about a mole that was on his leg has somehow ended up on his arm.

[ninjanurse]

7. What a mess

Hours, weeks and maybe years of medical labor will be used on this fool who did it to himself for attention.

[SoFlaBro]

17. The stupid motherfucker is about as dumb and that fucking Orange Bastard. Two fucking ZEROS.

[LeftInTX]

13. I think he's gonna lose some fingers

They looked bad.

[Warpy]

15. At least he didn't set fire to anybody else, he gets props for that

and I hope his burns are superficial enough to heal quickly, although it doesn't sound like it.

[twodogsbarking]

19. War just sucks. If you are near the bottom rung of the ladder then even more.

Either you die or live to never forget it; never.

[4lbs]

23. Dude's a "lightweight". Only set his arm on fire? Why not go 'all the way'?

Oh, wait, that would actually require conviction and fortitude. He has none of that.

Sorry, whenever I hear or read about someone setting themselves on fire, I think "is it full Krispy Kreme, or is he just winging it?"

Looks like the dude was just winging it.