[Blindside]

This happened April 14, 2018

A prominent gay rights attorney who led lawsuits legalizing same-sex marriage set himself on fire in Brooklyn on Saturday morning in a fatal plea for action on issues related to the environment.

The body of David S. Buckel, 60, was found near Prospect Park's baseball fields about 6:30 a.m. on Saturday after a passerby reported a severely burned individual, the New York Police Department said.
"I am David Buckel and I just killed myself by fire as a protest suicide," read a handwritten suicide note, according to the New York Daily News. "I apologize to you for the mess."
Another note found near his body, which was also emailed to local news outlets, said his self-immolation was a call to action, according to The New York Times.
"Pollution ravages our planet, oozing inhabitability via air, soil, water and weather," he wrote in an email, according to the Times. "Most humans on the planet now breathe air made unhealthy by fossil fuels, and many die early deaths as a result — my early death by fossil fuel reflects what we are doing to ourselves."
Buckel, who had recently turned his energies to environmental causes, is known for directing major same-sex marriage cases in Iowa and New Jersey in his role as marriage project director for Lambda Legal, a nonprofit organization that promotes civil rights for the LGBT community.
He also worked on a lawsuit on behalf of Brandon Teena, a transgender man who was raped and murdered in Falls City, Nebraska, in 1993. Teena's story was portrayed in the movie "Boys Don't Cry." For her portrayal of Teena, Hilary Swank won the Academy Award for best actress.
Camilla Taylor, Lambda Legal's acting legal director, said in a statement that Buckel was a "brilliant legal visionary" who was universally kind to all he worked with.
"This is a tremendous loss for our Lambda Legal family, but also for the entire movement for social justice," Taylor said. "David was an indefatigable attorney and advocate, and also a dedicated and loving friend to so many. He will be remembered for his kindness, devotion and vision for justice."

[ViraA]

Wow, I was hoping an image or video of this would emerge...

[Xploit Machine]

roasted

[imbok]

Self immolation is incredibly stupid and a stunningly ineffective way of getting your point across. I know this man did great work in his time and I'm grateful for that, but shit dude, catching yourself on fire is incredibly stupid.

[dan_into]

What a flamer. ������

[Necrotic Bowel]

One less lawyer. What’s not to like?

[Stevieaitch]

Soon as i read lgbt and activist. I assumed correctly that this dead bastard was an hysterical mental case. So he sparked himself up in a shithole pretend park. Big deal. Who gives a fuck about humans???? Not fucking me mate! So dont out yourself out ( ) on my part
Simpering twat.

[Stevieaitch]

Put

[Bad_Ash]

Originally Posted by ViraA ↗

Wow, I was hoping an image or video of this would emerge...

Dude me too!!! Ha ha I logged on as soon as I heard about it.

[OhJstFkOffAlrdy]

Way to make it all about *you,* dude.