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Boss Recalls Pelosi Attack Suspect's Descent Into Extremism
NBC Bay Area ^
| November 1, 2022
| By Jaxon Van Derbeken
Posted on 11/01/2022 12:02:27 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
When Frank Ciccarelli hired David DePape, he was homeless and living under a tree in Berkeley’s Aquatic Park.
But he was quiet, likeable and a steady worker building decks with Ciccarelli for six years, he recalled Monday. And politically liberal.
Three years ago, Ciccarelli worked out a way for DePape to move into a converted garage in Richmond. It was that single car structure with a plywood floor that the FBI searched over the weekend.
Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.
“It was a gradual process – it was over six years,” he said, “day by day.”
While normally quiet, DePape eventually began to repeat talking points that Ciccarelli recognized as being espoused in right wing circles.
Ciccarelli says he last saw Depape when he paid him three days before the attack. He says what happened at the Pelosi’s home shocked him.
But he says there were signs of mental illness. Recently, he said, DePape started talking about building a physical home for an imaginary fairy.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: California
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites. LOL. Sounds like a sensible human being.
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:23:00 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites. This guy monitored what the perp was listening to on his way to work?
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:23:44 PM PDT
by
pepsi_junkie
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Picturing the eyelids scene in A Clockwork Orange except this time he’s forced to watch NPR.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
“DePape eventually began to repeat talking points that Ciccarelli recognized as being espoused in right wing circles”
Here we go......what took so long
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:28:04 PM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
This clown has no credibility. He listens to NPR and talks about “right wing circles”. Anyone who believes this left-wing union kook is a bigger moron than he is. He’s a Pelosi ass-kisser.
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:28:33 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Is this Frank Ciccarelli of "Decks By The Bay" who unflinchingly admits to hiring illegal aliens and sending them to customers' homes?
https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-ciccarelli-941b1115
Some negative reviews on Yelp.
https://www.yelp.com/biz/decks-by-the-bay-oakland
To: Oldeconomybuyer
You can bet Frankie doesn’t hire anybody without a hammer and who doesn’t listen to NPR.
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:35:01 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(Let's Go Nanzi! Cough up the Hammergate security video!)
To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:44:07 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Tucker joked the other day that the only people who watch PBS are in traction and the nurse went out for a smoke break with the remote.
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posted on
11/01/2022 12:51:55 PM PDT
by
willk
(Local news media. Just as dangerous as national media.)
To: blueunicorn6
It must have been Catbert whispering in his ear...
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:02:05 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Nolnah's Razor: Never attribute to incompetence that which is adequately explained by malice.)
To: Oldeconomybuyer
homeless and living under a tree... when he wasn’t working as a male prostitute???
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:08:59 PM PDT
by
Chode
(there is no fall back position, there's no rally point, there is no LZ... we're on our own. #FJB)
To: Jonty30
Ciccarelli says over the years, he watched DePape’s steady descent into extremism. It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.
I have been turning off NPR for 30 years. Not a gradual process.
To: Oldeconomybuyer
They have DePape in custody, where they can get him stabilized on meds, cleaned up, and when he goes to court he will testify that he was influenced by Republican MAGA hate speech. Watch for it.
To: gundog
“Lower taxes? Smaller government?”
lol - I know you’re being sarcastic but do you really think that guy’s ever paid a dime of taxes in his life?
To: Oldeconomybuyer
Just heard he plead not guilty to the charges. This will get interesting.
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:50:06 PM PDT
by
mware
To: Oldeconomybuyer
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:50:50 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Jonty30
I turn off NPR all the time. Call the FBI on me.
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:50:59 PM PDT
by
fwdude
(Society has been fully polarized now, and you have to decide on which pole you want to be found.)
To: blackdog
GREAT POINT.FRANKIE HIRED AN ILLEGAL.
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:51:25 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Pxzftrnqfrn
What REAL MAN LISTENS TO NPR? FRANKIE DOES WHICH SAYS HE IS A DEMOCRAT.
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:53:13 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
To: Boogieman
Schitzo...your boss was schitzo.
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posted on
11/01/2022 1:55:30 PM PDT
by
Ann Archy
(Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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