i can’t watch more than a few moments, and no one should have to, but it should be published. it’s his last message to us. big tech is censoring it, but we can make sure it stays alive.
torrent link: https://archive.org/download/aaron-bushnell/aaron-bushnell_archive.torrent
I’m glad it’s archived. It’s horrifying to watch, but still a fraction of the kind of horror happening to Palestinians. Respect and RIP.
What in the rabbid fuck must his thought process have been?
Just watched a man inmolate himself with his own two eyes. I can’t imagine there was much of a thought process at all. Real life is not the same as a video. It’s relatively easy to watch something through a lens after the fact and talk about what makes sense and what doesn’t. In the moment, guy was having some intense trauma happening right in front of his eyes and trying to do his best in the moment.
Probably just wanted to end his suffering…who am I kidding.
I.Q. of a cucumber. What a dumbass.
A freeze response is a perfectly common reaction to something like this. Happens regularly in car accidents. People panic, freeze, drive straight into a tree. It’s not unlikely that you would react in the same way.
If anything you’re the one with the IQ of a cucumber to think otherwise.
The freeze response probably should’ve come before the gun came out.
As well, it’s not some regular Joe-schmoe. It’s (supposed to be) a trained professional who is (supposed to be) entrusted with a gun whose purpose is (supposed to be) to serve and protect the people. A trained professional is supposed to know what to do in a shocking situation beyond instinct. That’s (supposed to be) the whole point of training them.
So sure, random Lemmy user might react the same way (though probably without drawing a gun). A police officer shouldn’t.
That’s why the gun came out. His brain locked up and his training kicked in. Unfortunately he has no training about what to do in this type of scenario because it’s completely unexpected.
Maybe the training shouldn’t be, “draw your gun and then figure out what’s going on”
Good point, how about you go guard the Israeli embassy right now.
I think he’s panicking. The shuffling is like a scared kid who doesn’t know what to do. He’s traumatized after unexpectedly watch a man burn himself alive. And the gun makes him feel safe, even though it’s illogical. Just my guess. Maybe he’s just an asshole. It’s pretty awful regardless.
He’s also guarding the Israeli embassy at a time when many people hate them. I’d be on edge if that was my 40 hours.