{"id":46352,"date":"2024-02-29T13:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/?p=46352"},"modified":"2024-02-29T13:18:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T21:18:32","slug":"jane-doe-who-immolated-herself-at-israeli-consulate-in-atlanta-last-year-is-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/29\/jane-doe-who-immolated-herself-at-israeli-consulate-in-atlanta-last-year-is-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Jane Doe’ Who Immolated Herself at Israeli Consulate in Atlanta Last Year Is Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reprint from Sam Husseini’s substack<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a developing news story and may be updated<\/a> as more information is obtained. If you value such information, please support this Substack<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cJane Doe\u201d has been at Grady Hospital since Dec. 1. The hospital did not respond to repeated inquiries.<\/em><\/p>\n

On Dec. 1, a woman immolated herself<\/a> with a Palestinian flag outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta.<\/p>\n

Now, according to the Atlanta Fire Rescue Department, the woman \u2014 referred to in their report as \u201cJane Doe\u201d \u2014 is alive and \u201cin stable condition\u201d at Grady Memorial Hospital, where she has been since the immolation.<\/p>\n

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After repeated requests for her name, the department stated to this reporter in an email that it \u201cdoes not disclose the identities of victims\u201d. Repeated inquiries to Grady, which is a public hospital, went unanswered. The hospital houses the Walter L. Ingram Burn Center.<\/p>\n

\u201cJane Doe\u201d is 27.<\/p>\n

When asked if they had made any comment to tell the public that she was still alive this entire time, the official at Atlanta Fire Rescue Department said they \u201cshared the last updated with local media via email on 12\/21\/23. The release stated: \u2018The victim remains hospitalized in critical condition. The security guard, who attempted to assist the burn victim, has been released from the hospital.\u2019\u201d Several internet searches on that quote produce no results. This would also indicate that “Jane Doe” went from critical to stable condition without public notice.<\/p>\n

Aaron Bushnell immolated himself at the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C. on Sunday, explaining \u201cI will no longer be complicit in genocide\u201d and shouting \u201cFree Palestine!\u201d repeatedly as he burned alive. So, his case \u2014 unlike many other self-immolations including Gregory Levey, Raymond Moules, Timothy T. Brown, Malachi\u00a0Ritscher and others \u2014 has received some attention. Thus, \u201cJane Doe\u201d being ignored fits with the usual pattern. Bushnell is the exception \u2014 probably because he livestreamed it. See \u201cIgnoring Immolators Lulls the Society to Sleep<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

As Bushnell was burning himself alive, an officer pointed a gun at him, barking orders as if he constituted a threat. A security guard, Michael Harris, sustained injuries working to rescue \u201cJane Doe\u201d \u2014 but there were similarities, where she was actually viewed as a potential threat.<\/p>\n

At one point, the police report for \u201cJane Doe\u201d refers to it as being a case of \u201carson\u201d.<\/p>\n

Much of the media coverage and general discussion of her self-immolation in December focused on if she had done damage<\/a>. The Atlanta Police Chief said: \u201cWe believe this building remains safe, and we do not see any threat here.\u201d The Israeli government released a statement: \u201cIt is tragic to see the hate and incitement toward Israel expressed in such a horrific way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police records indicate that they obtained a search warrant and entered an apartment they believed to be associated with \u201cJane Doe\u201d \u2014 initially using a drone:<\/p>\n

The drone was able to relay information as to the layout and the belongings inside. After it was deemed “safe” entry was made with bomb technicians. While clearing the apartment no improvised explosive devices were located.<\/em><\/p>\n

The police report also noted:<\/p>\n

During the search a Quran was found in the bedroom along with a [sic] Arabic dictionary and a Hebrew dictionary. The bedroom bookshelf contained books related to fiction and fantasy. A “Drug use for grown ups” book was on the bookshelf as well.<\/em><\/p>\n

Two journals were seized from the bedroom. A thumbdrive was seized from the bedroom as well. A laptop computer was seized from the kitchen counter. A copy of the search warrant was left in the living room of the apartment. The front door [of] the apartment was secured before law enforcement left the premises.<\/em><\/p>\n

When pressed for more information in compliance with an Open Records Request under Georgia law, Atlanta Fire Rescue Department claimed: \u201cThere is an ongoing and active investigation for the incident in question, which is why the only releasable information has been shared via the incident report. Investigative documentation is not available for release until the investigation is closed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sam Husseini is an independent journalist who writes at husseini.substack.com. He\u2019s also the founder of VotePact.org<\/a> \u2013 which helps break out of the two party bind. Reprinted with the author\u2019s permission from https:\/\/husseini.substack.com\/<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reprint from Sam Husseini’s substack.\u00a0\u00a0 This is a developing news story and may be updated as more information is obtained. If you value such information, please support this Substack. \u201cJane Doe\u201d has been at Grady Hospital since Dec. 1. The hospital did not respond to repeated inquiries. On Dec. 1, a woman immolated herself with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-46352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"meta_box":{"disable_donate_message":"","custom_donate_message":"","subtitle":"Police entered apartment, called it a case of \"arson\", seized journals from the bedroom, used a drone and noted presence of Quran in police report. She has laid in Grady hospital since the immolation."},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46352"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46359,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46352\/revisions\/46359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46352"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.antiwar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=46352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}