In
February,
Aaron
Bushnell
set
himself
on
fire
in
protest
of
the
rapidly
worsening
Palestinian
genocide.
Since
then,
public
discussions
about
the
efficacy
and
meaning
of
self-immolation
as
a
form
of
protest
have
begun
to
circulate.
Part
of
that
discussion
was
the
worry
that
protest
would
result
in
copy-cat
immolations
over
time.
While
the
story
is
developing
and
the
reasons
are
not
clearly
understood,
a
second,
potentially
related
self-immolation
has
taken
place
today
in
New
York.
From
ABC:
A
man
apparently
set
himself
on
fire
in
a
park
across
the
street
from
the
New
York
City
courthouse
where
former
President
Donald
Trump
is
on
trial…The
man
was
badly
burned
and
taken
away
from
the
scene
on
a
stretcher.It
was
not
immediately
clear
if
the
incident
was
related
to
Trump’s
trial.
The
apparent
protestor
threw
flyers
in
to
the
sky
suggesting
that
the
self-immolation
may
have
been
in
part
a
response
to
NYU:
This
sign
was
found
near
the
scene,
but
it
is
unclear
who
the
sign
belonged
to:
Man
Apparently
Sets
Himself
On
Fire
Outside
Courthouse
Where
Trump
Is
On
Trial
[ABC]
Chris
Williams
became
a
social
media
manager
and
assistant
editor
for
Above
the
Law
in
June
2021.
Prior
to
joining
the
staff,
he
moonlighted
as
a
minor
Memelord™
in
the
Facebook
group Law
School
Memes
for
Edgy
T14s.
He
endured
Missouri
long
enough
to
graduate
from
Washington
University
in
St.
Louis
School
of
Law.
He
is
a
former
boatbuilder
who
cannot
swim, a
published
author
on
critical
race
theory,
philosophy,
and
humor,
and
has
a
love
for
cycling
that
occasionally
annoys
his
peers.
You
can
reach
him
by
email
at cwilliams@abovethelaw.com and
by
tweet
at @WritesForRent.