Draft:Thomas Ball (activist)

Thomas Ball was an American father's rights activist. He set himself on fire to protest what he thought was unfair treatment from a legal system following a "Second Set of Books" representing policies and procedures distinct from official laws. . Before his death, he sent a document to the local town newspaper explaining his reasons including court cases he had won and lost in his battle to regain visitation rights to his children. He is listed on Wikipedia's list of political self immolations