Jefferson said Norfolk must be destroyed — and records reveal the Patriots burned much of it themselves - Washington Post

Jefferson was a leading voice for destruction of Virginia's largest city, which the British occupied as they offered emancipation to enslaved Black people...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2025/thomas-jefferson-battle-norfolk-burning/

Video shows Phoenix police burning man during arrest: ‘Like acid on my skin’

Revealed: officers appear to hold Michael Kenyon, 30, to hot pavement in July, causing third-degree burns

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/29/phoenix-police-michael-kenyon-burn-video

Finland hints at Russia’s involvement in Quran-burning protest in Sweden | Al Arabiya English

Finland's foreign minister hinted that Russia may have been involved in last week's Quran-burning protest that threatens to derail Sweden's accession to NATO…

https://english.alarabiya.net/News/world/2023/01/28/Finland-hints-at-Russia-s-involvement-in-Quran-burning-protest-in-Sweden

A Portland Bible burning, a Russian news agency and a story too good to check out | The Seattle Times

For some of President Trump’s loudest cheerleaders, it was a story too good to check out: Black Lives Matters protesters in Portland, Ore., had burned a stack of Bibles, and then topped off the fire with American flags. There was even a video to prove it.....
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/us/politics/russia-disinformation-election-meddling.html

Greenwald: White House Spread False Story About Venezuela Burning Aid Trucks to Win Support for War

An investigation by The New York Times has found that several trucks carrying so-called humanitarian aid that were set ablaze during a showdown at the Colombia-Venezuela border last month were not caused by President Nicolás Maduro’s forces, as was widely reported at the time by the media and Trump administration officials. We speak with Glenn Greenwald, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and one of the founding editors of The Intercept. His latest piece is “NYT’s Exposé on the Lies About Burning Aid Trucks in Venezuela Shows How U.S. Government and Media Spread Pro-War Propaganda.”...
https://youtu.be/f9my2dGefZc

After Christian Burns LGBTQ Library Books, Atheist Raises $1,000 to Replace Them | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

As we posted about last week, Iowa Christian activist Paul Dorr recently burned several LGBTQ books from the Orange City Public Library to make a statement against what he saw as a permissive sexual culture.....
https://friendlyatheist.patheos.com/2018/11/01/after-christian-burns-lgbtq-library-books-atheist-raises-1000-to-replace-them/