{"id":111077,"date":"2024-10-06T14:20:45","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T07:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111077"},"modified":"2024-10-06T14:20:45","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T07:20:45","slug":"chaos-erupts-as-man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=111077","title":{"rendered":"Chaos Erupts as Man Sets Himself on Fire Outside White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"Mobiledoc\">\n<p>A man who identified himself as a \u201cjournalist\u201d and \u201cvisual storyteller\u201d attempted to set fire to himself during a Saturday pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Images and videos <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=samuel%20mena&amp;src=typed_query&amp;f=top\">on X<\/a> captured a chaotic scene as the man, thought to be Samuel Mena Jr., lit his arm in Lafayette Park, where a large number of protesters were gathered. Bystanders and police officers rushed in to put out the flames as Mena screamed in pain. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a journalist, and I said it was OK,\u201d Mena can be heard screaming in one of the videos. In the immediate aftermath of the fire being extinguished, Mena\u2019s arm appeared badly burned.<\/p>\n<p>On his <a class=\"LinkWrapper LinkWrapper--external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamuelMenaJr\">X profile<\/a>, Mena appeared to tease his participation in the protest, writing on Saturday, \u201cI will be streaming live from the White House exterior on instagram live in 30 minutes. The first 30 minutes will be spent doing tech trouble shooting, and I will give a speech in an hour from now. @SamuelMenaJr.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hours before that, he tweeted, \u201cEnd settler colonialism,\u201d including a picture of him smiling in front of the Palestinian flag.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mena\u2019s profile, he is a graduate of The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University, and currently \u201cemployed as a Photojournalist for AZFamily Channels 3 and 5\u201d as a production assistant.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/chaos-erupts-as-man-sets-himself-on-fire-outside-white-house\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who identified himself as a \u201cjournalist\u201d and \u201cvisual storyteller\u201d attempted to set fire to himself during a Saturday pro-Palestinian protest outside the White House. 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