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Man sets himself on fire after yelling about election results at Akron coffee shop
WOIO ^ | 11/22/2016 | Staff

Posted on 11/22/2016 8:22:28 AM PST by Gamecock

AKRON, OH (WOIO) - The Akron Fire Department says that a 69-year-old man set himself on fire Saturday after yelling about the election results in a local coffee shop.

The department says the man, who was dressed in a U.S. Marine Corps uniform, walked into Angel Falls Coffee on South Highland Ave. yelling about the recent protests over the election results.

He then left the coffee shop and approached a passerby and handed the passerby his cellphone and asked him to video record him, according to the police report.

Police said the man grabbed a can of gasoline from his car and set himself on fire. A witness in a nearby business ran out and extinguished the flames.

The man was taken to an area hospital where he is being treated in the burn unit. He is in stable condition at Akron Children's Hospital Burn Center. Police said he has a long road to recovery.


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: suicide
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1 posted on 11/22/2016 8:22:28 AM PST by Gamecock
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To: Gamecock
That is what serious protest looks like. Take heed, libs.

Show the world you mean it.

2 posted on 11/22/2016 8:23:59 AM PST by Baynative ( Someone's going to have to pay for these carbon emissions, so it might as well be you.)
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To: Gamecock

He may be many things, but “stable” isn’t really one of them.


3 posted on 11/22/2016 8:24:13 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Gamecock

another feel good story.....


4 posted on 11/22/2016 8:24:42 AM PST by Hogblog
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To: Gamecock

In the abstract, I hope he starts a trend.

On the ground, of course, I feel bad for the guy, who must be in a mentally unhappy state.


5 posted on 11/22/2016 8:24:45 AM PST by Pearls Before Swine
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To: Gamecock

for later


6 posted on 11/22/2016 8:24:56 AM PST by Don Hernando de Las Casas
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To: Gamecock

Trump Derangement Syndrome at its worst.


7 posted on 11/22/2016 8:25:38 AM PST by I want the USA back (Lying Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
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To: Gamecock

Still cannot make heads or tails of this. From what I can surmise, he was upset about the protests, not the election results.

Not quite at the level of the Buddhist in South Vietnam, but close...


8 posted on 11/22/2016 8:25:43 AM PST by rjsimmon (The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
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To: Baynative

Yup. Gotta admire his commitment to liberal insanity and taking one for The Team.


9 posted on 11/22/2016 8:26:00 AM PST by HangUpNow
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To: Baynative

It’s not a real protest until you put yourself on a month long starvation diet.


10 posted on 11/22/2016 8:26:24 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Gamecock

Borrowing an oft used phrase:

“Liberalism is a mental illness.”


11 posted on 11/22/2016 8:27:19 AM PST by truth_seeker
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To: Gamecock

Well played, sir. If you don’t like Trump, this is really the best way to protest.


12 posted on 11/22/2016 8:27:53 AM PST by thorvaldr
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To: Gamecock
No pic, so I'll just use this:


13 posted on 11/22/2016 8:28:55 AM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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Hopefully, the special snowflakes and SJW’s will follow his lead.


14 posted on 11/22/2016 8:29:11 AM PST by euram
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My 13.


15 posted on 11/22/2016 8:30:06 AM PST by Gamecock (Gun owner. Christian. Pro-American. Pro Law and Order. I am in the basket of deplorables.)
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16 posted on 11/22/2016 8:33:01 AM PST by dead
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To: Gamecock

Hillary supporter..


17 posted on 11/22/2016 8:33:45 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Gamecock

Video?


18 posted on 11/22/2016 8:36:10 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: Gamecock

Here’s hoping this method of protest will catch on with the lefties...


19 posted on 11/22/2016 8:37:56 AM PST by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: HangUpNow

“Gotta admire his commitment to liberal insanity and taking one for The Team”

It’s right up there with Otto biting his own tongue off in Sons of Anarchy.............of course that was just a tv show.


20 posted on 11/22/2016 8:41:13 AM PST by V_TWIN
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