Man identified by police as Max Azzarello, from Florida, declared dead after incident outside lower Manhattan courthouse

Man identified by police as Max Azzarello, from Florida, declared dead after incident outside lower Manhattan courthouse

A man has died after setting himself on fire outside the New York courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush-money trial is taking place.

The New York City police department said on Saturday the man had been declared dead by staff at an area hospital.

Officials had said earlier the man, who was in his late 30s, was in critical condition.

The New York police department said the man, who they identified as Max Azzarello of St Augustine, Florida, did not appear to be targeting Trump or others involved in the trial.

Witnesses said the man pulled pamphlets out of a backpack and threw them in the air before he doused himself with a liquid and set himself on fire on Friday. One of those pamphlets included references to “evil billionaires” but portions that were visible to a Reuters witness did not mention Trump.

    • JasonDJ@lemmy.zip
      42·
      6 months ago

      Telling someone their problems aren’t real and it’s just mental health is a textbook example of patronizing them.

      Tell me you know nothing about mental health without telling me you know nothing about mental health.

      Mental health problems are absolutely 100% real. It’s not “in your head”. Depression isn’t something you can just walk off. Panic attacks aren’t something you can fix by taking a sick day.

      To imply that “mental health = not real” is not only destructive, but also incredibly insulting.

    • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      21·
      6 months ago

      Telling someone their problems aren’t real and it’s just mental health is a textbook example of patronizing them

      Sure, but no one said that the problems weren’t real, and no one’s being as reductionist as you seem to think.

      My criticism was there to highlight how patronizing you are being while simultaneously illustrating that no one else here was. To be more specific, you’re assuming a lot about everyone else’s positions and giving the most surface-level explanations you possibly could.

        • Leate_Wonceslace@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          21·
          6 months ago

          My read on this is that you think access to mental Healthcare doesn’t solve any problems. Am I mistaken, and if not why do you think that?

          Also, what problem(s) did the self-immolator have that you think needs to be addressed so badly that it needs to be talked about to the exclusion of all else? After all, if you’re so irritated about what people not talking about them, why not bring them up explicitly?