[kellyhound]

A homeless man who had been set on fire while he slept inside a Manhattan stairwell has died of his injuries, police said.

Video shows the blaze slowly engulf the unidentified victim’s body, after his attacker took a handheld lighter to the man’s right leg at Samuel Gompers Houses on Pitt Street in New York. The homeless man died from his injuries later that day.

N. T, 27, who lives in the building, was arrested the day of the attack and charged with attempted murder.

The incident has now been ruled a homicide, police said.

Cops have since pronounced the victim dead. His identity remains unknown.

[kellyhound]

victim and killer

Charges:
arson:
assault;
attempted murder

[ride]

Mr Mushroom Head got hisself a level upgrade to Murder.

[pokerplay]

They say not to look in the mirror if you’re ever on fire. It could set you in a panic.

[SimoneFlen']

How utterly fucking sick, what the fuck?! How can can someone do that to another person, just for the 'fun' of it?

Why didn't the victim react? Was he out of it on booze or drugs?

[Friendo39422]

Originally Posted by Simone ↗

How utterly fucking sick, what the fuck?! How can can someone do that to another person, just for the 'fun' of it?

Why didn't the victim react? Was he out of it on booze or drugs?

it would have been some really good heroin

[Eldeanio100]

He was probably grateful to sleep in a nice warm bed

[SimoneFlen']

Originally Posted by Friendo39422 ↗

it would have been some really good heroin

Seems that it was cocaine (I'm assuming, since the following quote from an article states 'crack pipe'):

A homeless man who had been set on fire while he slept inside a Manhattan stairwell has died of his injuries, police said.

Video obtained by The Post of the harrowing Nov. 5 attack shows the blaze slowly engulf the unidentified victim’s body, after his attacker took a handheld lighter to the man’s left leg at Samuel Gompers Houses on Pitt Street.

It was reported to police that on Friday November 5, 2021, at approximately 1655, at 60 Pitt Street, an unidentified male was found unconscious and is the victim of an arson.

The attacker flees, and a second man walks over and by the victim as the flames build and fumes engulf the stairway, according to the footage. The victim’s body is entirely inflamed within moments.

Nathaniel Terry, 27, who lives in the building, was arrested the day of the attack and charged with attempted murder, assault and arson, NYPD said. The incident has now been ruled a homicide, police said.

Cops pronounced the victim dead Thursday. His identity remains unknown.

It was reported to police that on Friday November 5, 2021, at approximately 1655, at 60 Pitt Street, an unidentified male was found unconscious and is the victim of an arson.

The 911 caller had originally said the victim had a crack pipe on his lap and the pipe had ignited the clothes, police sources said.

The caller also said he or she had put water on the man as he burned.

No one answered the door at Terry’s apartment Saturday. A neighbor said Terry lived there with at least three other people including one older woman who is believed to be his mother.

Neighbor John, 36, said he found it hard to believe Terry would do something like the crime he is accused of.

“I can’t imagine him doing that,” he said. “Not with that guy. I’ve seen a lot of people coming and going from the apartment. Mom is disabled. They’re really on top of that.

“He has a girlfriend. They have dogs. He plays with my dogs at the dog park. I would never suspect he would do this. I don’t think he’s that kind of person.”

Terry always seemed like “an upstanding guy,” John said.

The building can be rough, with homeless people sleeping in hallways and drug use out in the open, he said.

A law enforcement source blamed Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration for creating an unsafe environment at the building.

“A total unmitigated failure to protect the homeless, mentally ill, anyone suffering with addiction,” the source said. “Instead of providing safe, decent affordable low-income housing — you have the homeless, the drug addled camping out in stairwells turning the [Gompers] houses into an open air drug market and makeshift shelter.”

https://nypost.com/2021/11/20/video-...nyc-stairwell/

It's scary to think that someone can be so off their face on drugs, that they barely even flinch when they're engulfed in flames.

[Alchemistry]

Oddly enough this isn't all over the news. What a fucked country.
FJB

[HotPlate101]

It couldn't have been cocaine/crack since they are stimulants and would have the exact opposite effect. My guess would be the guy is a hard sleeper from being homeless.

Originally Posted by Alchemistry ↗

Oddly enough this isn't all over the news. What a fucked country.
FJB

If the victim were black and the perpetrator white, this would be all over CNN for the next month and a half. The following is a real, actual rule from reddit.. one of the largest social media platforms:

Any content showing a person of color as the aggressor will be considered "hate speech and/or harassment toward a minority group,"

I would imagine the news networks have adopted the same policy since every major corporation is in lock step with their stupid agenda.