On Friday afternoon, an individual set themselves on fire in a small park across the street from the lower Manhattan courthouse where Donald Trump is on trial, according to eyewitnesses. Video recording the event showed police rushing over barricades set up for crowd control to extinguish the individual, who was seen twitching in the flames. Below are live updates on this developing story.

Isabelle Brourman, a courtroom sketch artist, said she saw a man who wrapped himself in an American flag and light himself on fire in the park outside court. He didn’t say anything even as bystanders shouted for him to stop.

One eyewitness said he told her to stand back before he ignited himself:

He had been outside protesting all week. Julie Berman, 56, of Manhattan, said she had come down to the courthouse to take pictures of the protesters, and said the man was carrying a sign........

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