Man Burns Himself To Death Inside Busy Public Park – Calls It A ‘Suicide Protest’
By Theodore Parisienne Posted – 11:20PM
Inside this brown envelope marked “For The Police”, David Buckel left his Suicide Letter and a Statement of his Protest, which he typed on green paper, on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
60yr old David Buckel, a Senior Organics Recovery Coordinator with the New York City Compost Project, was pronounced dead on scene after he set himself on fire inside of Prospect Park near Prospect Park South West at 10th Avenue in Brooklyn.
David Buckel left this handwritten and signed Suicide Letter, with his business card stapled to it, on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
According to a hand written and signed suicide letter and a statement typed on green paper, which he left inside of a brown envelope marked with the words “For The Police”, David Buckel indicated that he killed himself as a ‘Suicide Protest’ on the use of fossil fuels and how we, as human beings, treat the Earth. Ironically, David admits in his Statement to using fossil fuel to set himself on fire.
A portion of the Statement, typed on green paper and left for Police by David Buckel, is seen here on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)A Detective reads through the Statement left behind by David Buckel on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)A Detective reads the Statement left by David Buckel on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)A Detective takes photos of the Statement and Suicide Letter left for them by the deceased, David Buckel, on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)NYPD ESU Officers search through a black garbage bag that was left inside a laundry cart on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)The burned body of David Buckel is covered under a blue tarp inside Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)People can be seen going about their day as they pass by the body of David Buckel cordoned off with Police tape inside Prospect Park in Brooklyn on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)The body of David Buckel, is removed from the Park in Brooklyn on Saturday April 14, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
