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Man sets himself on fire on UC Berkeley campus in alarming video
nypost.com/ ^ | 3/3/23 | Snejana Farberov

Posted on 03/03/2023 8:04:41 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda

Man sets himself on fire on UC Berkeley campus in alarming video

A man allegedly experiencing a severe mental health episode set himself on fire at the University of California at Berkeley on Wednesday — and a video capturing the distressing incident has been viewed online more than 350,000 times.

The public self-immolation was reported to authorities at 4:17 p.m. after a young man completely engulfed in flames was seen walking at Sproul Plaza on campus.

Bystander videos that are circulating on social media show onlookers trying to come to the man’s aid by pouring water on him and swatting at the flames with their jackets.

One person is heard repeatedly shouting “Get on the ground” at the burning man, but he does not heed the command and continues wandering around in full view of horrified passersby.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: fire; mentalillness; selfimmolation
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Surprising that the bike thrown at him didn't put out the flames.
1 posted on 03/03/2023 8:04:41 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda
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How many likes did the video get ?


2 posted on 03/03/2023 8:07:51 PM PST by libh8er
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My buddy went to UCB. Whenever a student died they looked up his address and went looking for the landlord hoping to find housing which was in short supply.


3 posted on 03/03/2023 8:11:24 PM PST by DIRTYSECRET
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Well done!


4 posted on 03/03/2023 8:11:30 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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Outstanding, if just for the performance alone.

I giving it five flames. It doesn't get much "hotter" than that!

🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥

5 posted on 03/03/2023 8:12:48 PM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Damn, now that is desperation. And I thought New York city was bad. “Hey let’s check the obits for an apartment”


6 posted on 03/03/2023 8:13:27 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

He had just seen The Fantastic Four movie. So hey everybody watch this and hold my beer. Flame On!


7 posted on 03/03/2023 8:16:38 PM PST by George J. Jetso
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To: libh8er

It ain’t easy breaking into the “influencer” racket.


8 posted on 03/03/2023 8:17:28 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

And now taxpayers will be burned with a six or seven figure hospital bill.


9 posted on 03/03/2023 8:26:41 PM PST by AlaskaErik (There are three kinds of rats: Rats, Damned Rats, and DemocRats.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Correction.

Hilarious video.


10 posted on 03/03/2023 8:33:25 PM PST by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Fake, Fake, Fakeity Fake!


11 posted on 03/03/2023 8:43:45 PM PST by gr8eman (Abortion! It's just a murderous ghoul thing!)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Anyone bring marshmallows?


12 posted on 03/03/2023 9:12:28 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Very Sixties. I love protests where the guy makes a full commitment to his ideals.


13 posted on 03/03/2023 9:29:00 PM PST by OrangeHoof (No food in the stores; fuel prices too high? Thank a liberal.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Very sad. He kept yelling about the “Mormon Mafia”. Scientology Mafia, I could almost believe. I used to know a group of them. But Mormons? On the other hand, there was a lot of talk after Harry Reid had that unfortunate incident with his Exercise Machine.


14 posted on 03/03/2023 9:35:19 PM PST by lee martell
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Mountain Meadows Massacre
15 posted on 03/03/2023 10:09:21 PM PST by Bikkuri (I am proud to be a PureBlood.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Sadly, the left will likely sue those who tried to help put out the flames, thus denying this person their 1st amendment right to self-expression.


16 posted on 03/03/2023 10:13:54 PM PST by Zack Attack
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Wanna stop crime? Make this guy the poster boy for rapists, murderers, looters, and ... spammers. Decrease the debt with Pay-per-View.


17 posted on 03/04/2023 12:50:20 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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Dontcha love the dumb-ass people fanning the flames?


18 posted on 03/04/2023 12:53:38 AM PST by Cobra64 (Common sense isn’t common anymore.)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Wow, a mental health incident in Berkeley. Don’t see much of that there.


19 posted on 03/04/2023 2:27:05 AM PST by mikey_hates_everything
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>>On April 22, 2022, climate activist Wynn Alan Bruce set himself on fire in the plaza of the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, D.C. The fatal self-immolation, which took place on Earth Day, was characterized by Bruce’s friends and his father as a protest against the climate crisis.—Wiki

Bruce, a Buddhist, had a cat according to
Wiki who presumably starved to death afterwards, but at least Bruce called attention to the 0.85 degree rise in temperature caused by we evil people


20 posted on 03/04/2023 4:27:20 AM PST by raccoonradio
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