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NJ Man Identified as Mall Fire Victim
Washington Post ^
| 10/08/2013
| Martin Weil
Posted on 10/08/2013 10:49:04 AM PDT by Gefn
The man who died last weekafter being found severely burned on the Mall, was identified Monday night as a 64 year old resident of New Jersey, and D.C. Police said it was "now apparent he had set himself on fire."
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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: constantino; dcmall; death; johnconstantino; nj
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Story goes on to say the man was mentally ill, it wasn't political.
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:49:05 AM PDT
by
Gefn
To: Gefn
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:51:32 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
Comment #3 Removed by Moderator
To: Gefn
What nut cases aren’t already in DC are flocking there in droves.
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:56:17 AM PDT
by
bgill
(This reply was mined before it was posted.)
To: Gefn
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:56:26 AM PDT
by
Liberty Valance
(Keep a simple manner for a happy life :o)
To: Gefn
Prayers for the man and his family.
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:57:47 AM PDT
by
ZULU
(Impeach that Bastard Barrack Hussein Obama)
To: Gefn
Maybe he’s found peace that he so desperately needed....................
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posted on
10/08/2013 10:59:20 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(TANSTAAFL always wins. Always...........................)
To: Gefn
"An attorney who represents the mans family released a statement Monday night asserting that Constantino acted not out of political motives but as the result of a long battle with mental illness.
Why would they hire an attorney to make a public statement, specifically to say it wasn't political?
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:01:18 AM PDT
by
PowderMonkey
(WILL WORK FOR AMMO)
To: Red Badger
I hope so. What a painful way to go.
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:01:34 AM PDT
by
Gefn
(More Cowbell)
To: Gefn
Very sad. It says that witnesses saw the man give a “crisp military salute” towards the Capitol before doing this horrible act,
I think that Obama has created such tension and anxiety in the US that it’s no surprise that the mentally ill are acting out like this.
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:06:30 AM PDT
by
livius
To: Gefn
How far did this guy walk though the National Mall with a five gallon gas can?
Maybe the park rangers would have noticed if they weren't barricading the memorials.
To: kabar; cripplecreek
Judging from the pic, and factoring in the last selection returns, there’s a 94% chance he was Leftist.
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:19:15 AM PDT
by
Old Sarge
(And Good Evening, Agent Smith, wherever you are...)
To: Gefn
Everyone has a “mental illness”! LOL
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:19:37 AM PDT
by
Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America
(If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
To: Gefn
How long before MSM employees start screaming:
Headline:
He was concerned about gun violence, "teabaggers"
Mall Fire Victim Died To Protest Right Wing
"He just worried so much about the mess Bush left President Obama," said a friend.
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:22:40 AM PDT
by
WilliamofCarmichael
(If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
To: PowderMonkey
Why would they hire an attorney to make a public statement, specifically to say it wasn't political? A witness statement from a Fox News story: "But she said she did notice that another man with a tripod was standing nearby and had disappeared by the time the police had arrived. "
If this cameraman had some idea that this was going to go down, then IMO, it was a political statement (like most immolation events).
To: Gefn
Story goes on to say the man was mentally ill, it wasn't political. In other words, he left a detailed suicide note blaming Obama's policies. :)
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:25:06 AM PDT
by
Mr. Jeeves
(CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
To: Never on my watch
The military salute certainly sounds as though he had at least some political tinge to his act.
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posted on
10/08/2013 11:27:10 AM PDT
by
livius
To: Gefn
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posted on
10/08/2013 12:29:46 PM PDT
by
proudpapa
(A school is supposed to be a safe place!' Yeah well so is a womb!)
To: livius; Mr. Jeeves
Of course he was mentally ill, but this was done in our Capital on the mall. To say this wasn’t political is insane.
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posted on
10/08/2013 12:32:19 PM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
To: Gefn
Sad story. It says that the dying man thanked passersby and paramedics that tried to save him.
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posted on
10/08/2013 12:35:25 PM PDT
by
3Fingas
(Sons and Daughters for Freedom and Rededicaton to the Principles of the U.S. Constitution)
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