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Gay rights lawyer burns himself to death in protest against fossil fuels

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USA TODAY

Gay rights lawyer burns himself to death in protest against fossil fuels

Associated PressPublished 12:38 p.m. ET April 15, 2018 | Updated 12:39 p.m. ET April 15, 2018s
 

A well known gay rights attorney and environmental activist set himself on fire and burned to death in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Veuer's Maria Mercedes Galuppo has more. Buzz60

AP LAWYER SELF IMMOLATION A FILE USA NJ

(Photo: Jose F. Moreno, AP)

NEW YORK – A well-known gay rights lawyer and environmental advocate has burned himself to death in a grisly protest against ecological destruction.

Police say the charred remains of 60-year-old David Buckel were found early Saturday in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

The Daily News reports that Buckel left a suicide note saying he had used fossil fuel to burn himself as a metaphor for the destruction of the planet. He added that he hoped his death was “honorable” and “might serve others.”

Buckel was the lead attorney in a lawsuit involving Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was murdered in Nebraska. Hilary Swank won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Teena in the 1999 movie “Boys Don’t Cry.”

Buckel also the strategist behind same-sex marriage cases in New Jersey and Iowa.

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2018/04/15/gay-rights-lawyer-burns-himself-death-protest-against-fossil-fuels-immolates-self-nyc-ecology-protes/51867[8002/

It’s better to burn out...

than fade away!

Very enlightened...

You guys are assholes.

Buckel was more than a lawyer.  He was a real Renaissance man.

He even played drums on Spinal Tap's most recent tour.

 

That's is sad, he could have chosen a less carbon emitting way to protest, that also didn't lead to his death... When permanent solution to a temporary problem goes wrong...

It’s pretty cold in NYC.  I wonder if any bums used him as a fire pit.

Did they use the gay bit as click bait? They could have just said environmentalist.

Ginger? I guess the carpet matched the.. everything else?

Did they use the gay bit as click bait? They could have just said environmentalist.


Did you want them to say flaming homo?

He missed the most important part of a self-immolation protest, which is that people actually see it happening.  A jogger coming across a charcoal body doesn't have quite the same impact as a guy burning alive in real time without making a sound or moving a muscle.  This guy endured a lot of pain for literally nothing. 

4 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

He missed the most important part of a self-immolation protest, which is that people actually see it happening.  A jogger coming across a charcoal body doesn't have quite the same impact as a guy burning alive in real time without making a sound or moving a muscle.  This guy endured a lot of pain for literally nothing. 

Didn’t you read the note? It might serve others.

 

7 minutes ago, Mojo Hand said:

He missed the most important part of a self-immolation protest, which is that people actually see it happening.  A jogger coming across a charcoal body doesn't have quite the same impact as a guy burning alive in real time without making a sound or moving a muscle.  This guy endured a lot of pain for literally nothing. 

Blimey, this self-immolation protest is trickier than I had thought.

"The Daily News reports that Buckel left a suicide note saying he had used fossil fuel to burn himself as a metaphor for the destruction of the planet. He added that he hoped his death was “honorable” and “might serve others.”"

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Someone should post this on the PETA Facebook page and suggest that it would be a good form of protest for their members

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3 hours ago, phdhorn said:

He added that he hoped his death was “honorable” and “might serve others.”

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Don’t know why he had to make such a heated argument about the whole thing. Controversial protests like this could get a man fired. Just doesn’t seem like something to get all hot and bothered about. Eventually I bet his ire just flames out.

What do you call a thousand New York lawyers burned to death in a park?

So he really did EABOD & DIAF?

What do you call a thousand New York lawyers burned to death in a park?


A good start?
3 hours ago, wood said:

So he really did EABOD & DIAF?

We can rename it Buckel’d in his honor and fulfill one of his wishes

23 minutes ago, Moby Ric said:

Well he really showed us.  

He was just getting warmed up for the encore

This picture was taken just seconds after he struck the match.

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A good spark?
"What sparks here
Changes nothing".

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Damn fake news USA Today. Can't get anything right. They didn't even mention the mixtape I sent him.

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4 hours ago, Assman said:

This picture was taken just seconds after he struck the match.

 

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... And this one about 10 minutes after that...

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I wonder if the cops can solve this or if it will become a cold case.

 

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The lawyer, the lawyer, the lawyer is on fire. We don't need no water let the motherfucker burn.

34 minutes ago, Texas_Rocks said:

IMO he overreacted a bit.

Like how Fertilizer and nitroglycerin overreact?

On 4/15/2018 at 8:45 PM, Beau Vine said:

You guys are assholes.

Buckel was more than a lawyer.  He was a real Renaissance man.

He even played drums on Spinal Tap's most recent tour.

 

And as you should know, Spinal Tap drummers tend to die in weird or strange ways.

John "Stumpy" Pepys - died in a bizarre gardening accident .

Eric "Stumpy Joe" Childs - choking to death on vomit.... not his own vomit, but someone else's...

Peter "James" Bond - spontaneously combusting onstage...

 

and now Buckel... burned himself to death... typical Spinal Tap...

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On 4/16/2018 at 12:15 AM, Chuychanga said:

What do you call a thousand New York lawyers burned to death in a park?

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