Prominent local civil rights activist set himself on fire near Santa Cruz City Hall; the motive is unclear

Lookout Santa Cruz ^ | January 28, 2025 | Staff

[artichokegrower]

A prominent community and civil rights activist set himself on fire last week near Santa Cruz City Hall, just hours after President Donald Trump took his oath of office and a heavily attended Martin Luther King Jr. Day march had cleared in downtown Santa Cruz on Jan. 20.

Firefighters extinguished the flames while the activist was standing atop the Black Lives Matter street mural in front of city hall. The person was badly burned and airlifted to a nearby trauma unit, according to police and fire scanners.

[artichokegrower]

Total news blackout here on the California Central Coast. Nothing on the local TV news or in the papers. Two young kids did a burnout on the BLM mural a few years ago and were convicted of felonies. This story is totally shut down

[WeaslesRippedMyFlesh]

A believe thanks is in order.

[Chuckster]

Was he on anti-depressant or seizure medication?

[rktman]

Terminal dumbassery.

[SPDSHDW]

Wasn’t the burn out in Spokane, WA? Not Santa Cruz?

[Qwapisking]

can we get more of them to do this?

[Red Badger]

Build a man a fire and you warm him for a day.
Set a man on fire and you warm him for the rest of his life...........

[gundog]

Did he damage the mural?

[PeterPrinciple]

was standing atop the Black Lives Matter street mural

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was the mural damaged, that is the important thing.

[Responsibility2nd]

I blame Climate Change.

Climate Change is a bitch, yo?

[Secret Agent Man]

I am going to go with TDS.

[nickcarraway]

Free Tibet?

[Responsibility2nd]

... the activist was standing atop the Black Lives Matter street mural in front of city hall. 

 

Is he going to be charged with defacing that street mural? It's illegal to do what he did.

[Smellin Salt]

I’m disappointed that there aren’t any pictures

[Tijeras_Slim]

Madame Diem was unavailable for comment.

[Responsibility2nd]

can we get more of them to do this?

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If you bring the matches, I’ll bring the gasoline.

Who’ll bring the hot dogs for the weenie roast?

[PeterPrinciple]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=activist+set+himself+on+fire&ia=web

been a couple.

[PeterPrinciple]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/25/politics/supreme-court-climate-activist-dies-fire/index.html

“This act is not suicide. This is a deeply fearless act of compassion to bring attention to climate crisis,” she posted on Twitter. “We are piecing together info but he had been planning it for at least one year. #wynnbruce I am so moved.”

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these are not suicide but fearless acts of compassion.

carry on.

[Da Coyote]

One ‘activist” down. A start. When one has on ability, no ideas, and no morals, activism is the thing.....and we keep seeing the results. Look at Dorkbama et al.

[Clay Moore]

“the motive is unclear”
To get warm?