As RedState’s Brittany Sheehan reported, a male lit himself on fire Friday outside the courthouse where Donald Trump’s criminal trial entered its fourth day. The man scattered leaflets before self-immolating.
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BREAKING: Man Self-Immolates Outside Trump Trial in Manhattan
On Friday afternoon, the NYPD gave updates on the horrific story. NYPD Chief Jeffrey Maddrey explained how it went down:
We observed a male walk into the park. He walks to the center of the the park. When he’s in the park, he starts shuffling around his clothes. He opens up a book bag. From the book bag, he takes numerous pieces of papers, pamphlets, out. He throws the pamphlets throughout the park. And then he pulls out a canister and pours some kind of liquid on himself, a liquid, we believe is an accelerant. And he lights himself on fire.
The male, he takes a couple of steps while he’s on fire and then…
