Woman sets herself on fire in Chicago congressman's office

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Woman sets herself on fire in Chicago congressman's office
First posted: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 10:50 PM EDT | Updated: Tuesday, August 30, 2016 10:54 PM EDT
CHICAGO -- Police say a woman walked into U.S. Rep. Danny Davis' office on Chicago's West Side, drank out of a bottle of hand sanitizer, poured the sanitizer over herself and set herself on fire with a lighter.
Authorities haven't identified the woman who was taken to a hospital in serious condition with burns. Police say her condition has stabilized.
Davis wasn't in the office at the time.
A news release from Davis' office says the woman came in around 3 p.m. Tuesday.
Davis says he doesn't know why. He says the woman only spoke with office staff briefly before picking up the hand sanitizer. Staff responded with a fire extinguisher, but the woman ran out while still on fire.
Davis is a Democrat who was first elected in 1996.
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[Highball]

This is horrible. Her massage to Davis should stay imprinted on the minds of those who witnessed this tragic event.

 

[Remington1]

Burns are way to painful to be used for any protest in my opinion. People are loosing their mind.

 

[TenPenny]

I figure that anyone who does that is way beyond the help of anyone except a mental health professional.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Another Darwin Award contestant fails.

 

[Walter]

Burns are way to painful to be used for any protest in my opinion. People are loosing their mind.

I think you wanted to say losing but loosing does work grammatically.

I figure that anyone who does that is way beyond the help of anyone except a mental health professional.

It is a very potent form of protest in Buddhism.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-immolation

 

[PoliticalNick]

This is horrible. Her massage to Davis should stay imprinted on the minds of those who witnessed this tragic event.

Her message being don't play with hand sanitizer and lighters?

 

[IdRatherBeSkiing]

At least she was cleansed/sanitized before the burn.

 

[Johnnny]

Sounds like a pretty interesting day if you were working that day. Lol

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

At least she was cleansed/sanitized before the burn.

Yeah, but this means they'll put hand sanitizer on the banned list.