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)
A Memorial is seen here for the deceased children on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Mayor Bill de Blasio, accompanied by his wife Chirlane McCray, were spotted in Park Slope just one block away from where 1yr old Joshua Lew and 4yr old Abigail Blumenstein were struck and killed by a 44yr old woman driving a white Volvo on 9th Street at 5th Avenue in Brooklyn.
Mayor de Blasio is seen here getting Breakfast inside of the Colson Patisserie on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
Mayor de Blasio first had breakfast with his wife inside of the Colson Patisserie before heading to the gym across the street, where he spoke with a group of protesters before proceeding to his workout.
Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray leave the Colson Patisserie to head to the gym where protesters are waiting on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray head to the gym where protesters are waiting on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Mayor de Blasio and his wife Chirlane McCray head to the gym where protesters are waiting on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Protesters greeted Mayor de Blasio as he arrived outside the gym where he works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Protesters greeted Mayor de Blasio as he arrived outside the gym where he works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
The Protesters, including Paul Steely White from the group Transportation Alternatives, voiced their concerns for the safety of pedestrians and cyclists and pressed the Mayor for meaningful solutions.
Mayor de Blasio speaks to protesters outside the gym where he works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Mayor de Blasio speaks to protesters outside the gym where he works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Mayor de Blasio speaks to protesters outside the gym where he works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Protesters outside the gym where Mayor de Blasio works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)Protesters outside the gym where Mayor de Blasio works out on 9th Street in Brooklyn on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)This driver was pulled over for a Traffic Infraction that occurred on 9th Street at 5th Avenue as Police cracked down on drivers on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)People stop by a Memorial for the deceased children on Tuesday March 6, 2018. (Credit: Theodore Parisienne)
