“I’m about to engage in an extreme act of protest,” he says calmly, walking down a street. “But compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.”

The individual, wearing fatigues, introduces himself as “an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force and I will no longer be complicit in genocide.”

He walks to the driveway of the Israeli embassy, places his phone down to film, goes up the driveway, dumps liquid from a metal water bottle over his head, tosses the bottle, places his uniform hat on his head. He pulls out a lighter from his pocket and struggles to light it.

After ignition, he repeatedly yells “Free Palestine.”

For a full minute, police (unknown sector, maybe fed or DC) see him, say “May I help you sir?” and as he’s on fire scream at him to get on the ground but do not otherwise engage. One cop appears with a gun drawn on the man after he collapses, still consumed by flames.

One cop (white shirt, maybe security, it’s not clear) begins spraying him with a fire extinguisher, the cop with gun drawn remains stationary. White shirt yells “I don’t need guns, I need fire extinguishers!” More cops arrive, as do EMTs. 3 fire extinguishes are used.

The person who self-immolated apparently emailed reporters this morning stating "Today, I am planning to engage in an extreme act of protest against the genocide of the Palestinian people,” and stated that it would be live-streamed on Twitch.

A LinkedIn belonging to a person with the same name shows 3 years in USAF and attending university for an undergrad in software engineering.