(19 Apr 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
New York – 19 April 2024
1. Pan of ambulance driving away
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD Chief of Department:
"But at 1:30 this afternoon, right here in Collect Pond Park, which is directly opposite of a New York County Criminal court at 100 Center street where the trial of former President Trump is currently taking place, we observe a male walk into the park. He walks into the center of the park. When he’s in the park, he starts shuffling around his clothes, he opens up a book bag. From the book bag he takes numerous pieces of papers, pamphlets out, he throws the pamphlets throughout the park. And then he pulls out a canister and pours some kind of liquid on himself, a liquid we believe is an accelerant, and he lights himself on fire. The male, he takes a couple of steps while he’s on fire, and then eventually falls on to a police barrier and falls down to the ground."
3. Various of police on scene
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD Chief of Department:
"Court officers, members of the police department, they run into the park. They make efforts to put him out. They use their coats, they use fire extinguishers. Eventually, FDNY (New York City Fire Department) responds. We’re able to put the male, extinguish the fire. And from that point we remove him to a Cornell burn unit where right now he’s there in critical condition."
5. Various of pamphlets on the ground, police officer reading one
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Laura Kavanagh, New York City Fire Commissioner:
"Victim is in critical condition but is alive and intubated at Cornell Burn Center at this time. There were four, three NYPD officers and one court officer ,so four officers who had minor injuries from their exposure to the fire. They are all fine. They are stable and they are green tags, which is minor at this time. We were on scene as the chief mentioned. EMS (Emergency Medical Services) did treat and transport the patient and we do have our fire marshals here helping with the investigation at this."
7. A canister and other burned debris on the ground
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Joseph Kenny, NYPD Chief of Detectives:
"The pamphlets seem to be propaganda-based, almost like a conspiracy theory type of pamphlet. Some information in regards to Ponzi schemes and the fact that some of our local educational institutes are fronts for the mob. So a little bit of a conspiracy theory going on here."
9. NYPD bomb squad officer sweeping the area
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeffrey Maddrey, NYPD Chief of Department:
"We’re very concerned. Of course we’re going to review our security protocols. This gentleman did not breach the security protocols, the park was open to the public. But of course, we’re going to look at everything. And with the magnitude of what’s going on around right here we’ll reassess our security with our federal partners."
11. Police officers guarding the park’s entrance
STORYLINE:
The man who set himself on fire across the street from the courthouse where Donald Trump’s hush money trial is taking place is in critical condition in a burn unit, police said Friday.
The man first walked into the park around 1:30 p.m., took out pamphlets espousing conspiracy theories and spread them around the park before he doused himself in an accelerant and set himself on fire, officials said.
Officials believe the man had traveled from Florida to New York in the past few days.
Authorities said they were reviewing the security protocols outside the courthouse.
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