MSNBCW Up W Chris Hayes December 24, 2011
provincial capital in tunisia to sell fruits from his wheelbarrow. he bought the fruit for $200 u.s. he found himself harassed by local police who said he did not have a proper vendor's permit before confiscating his wares and the scales he used to weigh the fright. distraught, he went to the governor's office to complain and after being turned away, i bought a can of gasoline and stood in the middle of traffic and cried, how do you expect me to make a living, before setting himself on fire? imprisoned by despair, he could not have possibly known how widely the fire he sparked would ...