He's not a martyr, he's a self-murderer. Murder is not martyrdom.
I wonder which would have collected more taxes for the city; his property zoned as residential or his property zoned as commercial? On its face, at least, his application for re-zoning did not seem to be unreasonable. Assuming that it would have cost them nothing to allow his rezoning request then they were just callous and indifferent to the man's plight. Not to be unexpected from government, I guess. That's what government does best.
He was obviously in some sort of extremely distraught mental state, he desperately needed help and I can't necessarily blame him for that. But still, suicide like this is one of the most selfish, self-centered acts a person can perpetrate. He inflicted the sight of his own bloodshed on other witnesses besides the City Council. It is not maryrdom.
Cordially,
Says who? Maybe he was under stress and not right but maybe he did it for a cause? Fighting government infringment on our rights.
I'm not a Christian so I see things differently - dying or sacrificing one's life for a belief or just cause is admirable.