UPDATE: Disgruntled veteran sets himself on fire outside Georgia Capitol, GSP says
By Steve Burns John Spink Stephen Deere | The Atlanta Journal-Constitution | 26 June 2018 Disgruntled with the U.S. Veterans Administration, a veteran set himself on fire in protest Tuesday outside the state Capitol in downtown Atlanta, according to the Georgia State Patrol.
About 10:45 a.m., the 58-year-old Air Force veteran from Mableton parked a Nissan Sentra on Washington Street, stepped out of the car and walked toward the Capitol, GSP Capt. Mark Perry told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
“He was strapped with some homemade incendiary devices (and) firecrackers, and doused himself with some kind of flammable liquid†before lighting the fireworks, he said.
Several loud explosions were heard, and a trooper quickly put out the fire with an extinguisher, according to authorities.
https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/breaking-emergency-scene-outside-state-capitol/t1EJeInRLqB2fegT9JtLtI/
The Vet was rushed to Grady Hospital with 3rd-degree burns over 85% of his body. Grady has one of the best burn centers around. Assuming this was a suicide attempt, he should have done it in the lobby of the VA hospital which is one of the worst. The VA here is horrible. It always has been.