A man who was allegedly trying to set a building on fire during a riot in Fayetteville, North Carolina, over the weekend accidentally lit himself on fire.
Videos of the incident circulated online as far-left riots broke out across the nation over the weekend that resulted in police officers being attacked, widespread looting, businesses destroyed, and property burned to the ground.
ABC11 Eyewitness News reporter Akilah Davis tweeted out a video of the incident where the man can be seen running down the stairs after he caught on fire.
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VIDEO: Flames coming from the Market House in downtown @CityOfFayNC. #ABC11 pic.twitter.com/Ua6fNiUQzL
— Akilah Davis (@DavisABC11) May 31, 2020
Another angle from closer to the incident shows the moment that the man allegedly picked up the burning object and tried to throw it inside the building and then caught on fire.
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Fayetteville, NC wild as hell 🤣 pic.twitter.com/fSQ2qG44Z3
— tyler (@ihateyoutyIer) May 31, 2020
Attorney General William Barr addressed the violent riots over the weekend, saying in a statement, “The greatness of our nation comes from our commitment to the rule of law. The outrage of our national community about what happened to George Floyd in Minneapolis is real and legitimate. Accountability for his death must be addressed, and is being addressed, through the regular process of our criminal justice system, both at the state and at the federal level. That system is working and moving at exceptional speed. Already initial charges have been filed. That process continues to move forward. Justice will be served.”
“Unfortunately, with the rioting that is occurring in many of our cities around the country, the voices of peaceful protest are being hijacked by violent radical elements,” Barr continued. “Groups of outside radicals and agitators are exploiting the situation to pursue their own separate and violent agenda.”
“In many places, it appears the violence is planned, organized, and driven by anarchistic and far left extremists, using Antifa-like tactics, many of whom travel from out of state to promote the violence,” Barr continued. “We must have law and order on our streets and in our communities, and it is the responsibility of the local and state leadership, in the first instance, to halt this violence. The Department of Justice (including the FBI, Marshals, ATF, and DEA), and all of our 93 U.S. Attorneys across the country, will support these local efforts and take all action necessary to enforce federal law.”
Barr concluded, “In that regard, it is a federal crime to cross state lines or to use interstate facilities to incite or participate in violent rioting. We will enforce these laws.”
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