ET: A man who tried to set himself on fire outside the White House on April 12 has been arrested.
The Secret Service said the suspect, who has not been identified, was operating an electronic wheelchair-type scooter when he lit his outer jacket on fire while sitting along Pennsylvania Ave, outside the North Fence Line. Uniformed Division Officers then responded immediately, extinguishing the fire and providing first aid.
In a follow-up tweet, the agencies said, “the male subject has been transported to a local hospital with what appears to be non-life threatening injuries.”
Earlier they tweeted that they were responding to a police or medical incident on Pennsylvania Ave. more
To protest fossil fuels idiot tries to self-imolate with out gasoline.
This could be a popular trend!
(Please form a line to the left)
TDS taken to its logical conclusion. Look for more of this after November 2020. Invest in marshmallow futures.
Should have put the fire out with a pitch fork.
Have pity on the mentally ill.
They (truly) know not what they do.
izlamo delenda est …
Well, shoot. I was hoping the guy in the wheelchair was Harry Reid.
I read it: Secret Service Man…
And had to do a double take. Just waking up.
“Oh you can set yourself into a bonfire, we’ll break out the marshmallows and the weenies, but you ain’t gonna be on “News at Eleven”- Harry Callahan
@Rick you said “should have put the fire out with a pitchfork.”
Don’t be ridiculous. You can’t put a fire out with a pitchfork. Everyone knows that you use a flat-shovel when someone’s head is on fire. You use the pitchfork to clean up afterwards. Duh…
Too bad the Secret Service felt like they had to interfere. After all, isn’t free speech and suicide every person’s right? Well?
It would have had a side second benefit, ridding the world of a TDS loon. Hopefully this TDS Burning Man hasn’t had any children to further pollute the gene pool.
Do or do not, there is no try-
Yoda
Oh. So now it’s ILLEGAL under the FASCIST TRUMP administration to set yourself on fire!?!?!?!?
We’ll show these pigs! Everyone needs to set themselves on fire NOW to protest this EVIL and CORRUPT administration. They can’t extinguish us all!!!!1
It’s a damned shame more hard leftists don’t use self-immolation as an attention-getting device…