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submitted 8 months ago by Alsephina@lemmy.ml to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide [in Gaza]. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” the man apparently said before setting himself alight and repeatedly shouting “Free Palestine!”

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[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 11 points 8 months ago

The embassy security secures the embassy. Whodathunk

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

Real footage of security cops hard at work:

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I see one seeming to be getting medical equipment while one secures the scene. seems very professional.

Did you want to find another screenshot?

I'm not being pro cop here, I'm being anti assuming cops will be helpful buddies when you do things near an embassy. in an era of mass shooters and all sorts of public violence it's no surprise that agents of the state be state agents

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

Someone had to yell "fire extinguisher not guns!" for them to even consider doing anything other than raise guns at a burning man.

I'm being anti assuming cops will be helpful buddies when you do things near an embassy.

That is the point I make. Never trust cops. They will rarely ever be helpful.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 0 points 8 months ago

And as I've argued/miscommunicated with folks a few times here: they aren't expected to be so. They aren't there to help. They are there to secure the embassy

[-] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 1 points 8 months ago

Secures the embassy from a man caught on fire (very capable!) and is outside its fence. Could you imagine what would've happened if they weren't there? Yeah, still no threat to the embassy :)

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 5 points 8 months ago

You know that now due to hindsight

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