Who Was Aaron Bushnell? Texas Air Force Member Kills Himself In Support Of Palestine

Shock waves are blowing from Washington DC where a Texas Air Force member set himself on fire in a protest against the genocide in Gaza. The US Air Force member reportedly shouted “Free Palestine” before self-immolation. In a harrowing turn of events, the Texas Air Force officer also posted a final post on Facebook before self-immolation. His demonstration against Israel was also captured by the CCTV cameras. The extremely disturbing video has now taken the internet by storm. Since this news broke out, everyone has been left grappling with the self-immolation of the Texas US Air Force member. Who he was? In the following sections, we have explained what the US Air Force official shared on Facebook before killing himself and what message he wanted to deliver through his self-immolation. If you are also scrambling to the web regarding the same, go through the article till the end. Drag down the page.

Who Was Aaron Bushnell?

The Texas Air Force member was identified as Aaron Bushnell, a 25-year-old software engineer at the San Antonio, Texas, US Air Force. The airman sent himself on fire after recording a video on Facebook on Sunday, February 25, 2024. He was outside the Israeli embassy in Washington DC where he set himself on fire in a protest against the Israeli Army’s operation in Gaza. However, the security personnel outside the Israeli embassy used the fire extinguishers to blow out the fire. As a result, a 25-year-old Texas Air Force airman sustained fatal injuries.

He was immediately taken to a hospital but he could not be revived. Aaron Bushnell succumbed to his wounds at the hospital and was pronounced dead. His shocking and extremely disturbing video has taken the internet by storm. In case, you are going to watch the video, here is the forewarning that the video can leave you mentally disturbed and harrowed. Hence, the censored version of Aaron Bushnell’s self-immolation video has been shared.

The New York Post stated that Aaron Bushnell posted the Twitch-recorded video on Facebook and left the message which has been described as haunting. Aaron Bushnell’s final message reads “My name is Aaron Bushnell. I am an active-duty member of the United States Air Force & I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest, but compared to what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal. Free Palestine!”

“I will no longer be complicit in genocide.”
— Aaron Bushnell, US Air Force

Aaron passed away after setting himself on fire outside of the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC protesting against the Gaza genocide committed by Israel and aided by the US Govt.pic.twitter.com/Gdn0eWpH3T

— Kim Dotcom (@KimDotcom) February 26, 2024

It has been many hours since Aaron Bushnell set himself on fire and shared his final message but his post is still up on Facebook while Twitch has taken down the post with immediate actions. Aaron Bushnell wrote on Facebook, “Many of us like to ask ourselves, ‘What would I do if I was alive during slavery? Or the Jim Crow South? Or apartheid? What would I do if my country was committing genocide?’ The answer is, you’re doing it. Right now,”

The video is more than 3 minutes in duration. It shows Aaron Bushnell dressed in full military uniform. While walking down Embassy Row he says “I am an active duty member of the United States Air Force. And I will no longer be complicit in genocide. I am about to engage in an extreme act of protest. But at the hands of what people have been experiencing in Palestine at the hands of their colonizers, it’s not extreme at all. This is what our ruling class has decided will be normal.” Aaron Bushnell was an active-duty member of the US Air Force.