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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcbayarea.com ...


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To: T.B. Yoits

Repeat that please....frankie hires ILLEGALS AND DOES NOT SO GOOD WORK......HMMMM. DEFINITELY A DEMOCRAT!


61 posted on 11/01/2022 1:58:13 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: Steve_Seattle

A lot of Bernie Bros saw that Hillary cheated to beat him in the primaries in 2016, and became Trump supporters as a result.

Now, there’s nothing to indicate this guy fit that profile, but it was a thing a r/The_Donald back then.


62 posted on 11/01/2022 2:00:38 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
"Turned off NPR."

$10 it was Terry Gross and "Fresh Air." That smarmy dingbat would drive anyone insane.

63 posted on 11/01/2022 2:00:50 PM PDT by Trailerpark Badass (“There should be a whole lot more going on than throwing bleach,” said one woman.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

His “extremism” began when he quit being indoctrinated every morning by NPR.

He woke up from years of that indoctrination and realized he had been lied to for years and all his friends and family applauded all the lying. Enough to drive a person mad.


64 posted on 11/01/2022 2:04:28 PM PDT by Wuli (ur)
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To: Trailerpark Badass

I can’t stand that oh-so-condescending tone she manages to project.


65 posted on 11/01/2022 2:06:03 PM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: Ann Archy

He was a little weird, but he was the one who introduced me to FR so he wasn’t all bad. Plus this was NPR in the 90s, so it was still a lot of classical music and boring Prairie Home Companion and less crazy leftie commentary.


66 posted on 11/01/2022 2:15:09 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: pepsi_junkie

He was probably picking him up and driving him to work. Had NPR on the radio, and the guy would turn it off.


67 posted on 11/01/2022 2:16:17 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Jonty30
"You can be turned into a right-wing extremist by watching NPR?"

No, no. I think you misread it.

It started when DePape would turn off NPR news in the morning on the way to jobsites.

It says that watching NPR was apparently the only thing keeping him from becoming a right-wing extremist.

68 posted on 11/01/2022 2:17:43 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: circlecity

He was probably being paid under the table, but if he was in SF, he probably got hit with a fee or a tax for every move he made. Hell, the guy didn’t think the government should be telling him he had to wear clothes. Complaining about overbearing government might be seen as “ right-wing talking points” by some.


69 posted on 11/01/2022 2:20:44 PM PDT by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Ann Archy
I dunno? I like NPR. The news and opinions are informative as to the false reality crowd, and I like some of the radio shows and the classical music.

Just listening to something doesn't damage your heart and soul.

70 posted on 11/01/2022 2:56:45 PM PDT by blackdog (The head, hands, and heart, serve even further than the purse. )
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To: Theoria

So this industrial giant Frank, paid his number one helper guy, Hammerhead, just enough money to live in a plywood box? Got it. Yeah, sure. And he had an AM radio? right!

And Ol Paul said he was a friend? Probably used to swap queer jokes at happy hour after laying some shingles? Guess we need to know if Nanzi knew that Paul-the-crash was slumming with the hoy paloy?


71 posted on 11/01/2022 2:59:11 PM PDT by OldWarBaby
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To: libertylover
"It says that watching NPR was apparently the only thing keeping him from becoming a right-wing extremist."

So long term listening to NPR develops into something like a chemical dependence such that cessation of the daily dose causes withdrawal symptoms such as aberrant behavior moderated by DJTs.
72 posted on 11/01/2022 9:03:55 PM PDT by clearcarbon (Fraudulent elections have consequences.)
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To: shadowlands1960

I thought boss guy meant DePape would turn off NPR when they arrived at job site. He was in boss’ car. He didn’t ask boss to change station? Boss didn’t say DePape turned off NPR cuz he said it was BS.


73 posted on 11/01/2022 10:14:37 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Nateman

Why didn’t cops react when DePape started? He was able to repeatedly smash Pelosi’s skull, while they thought about what to do?


74 posted on 11/01/2022 10:18:21 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: AppyPappy

Exactamundo!


75 posted on 11/01/2022 10:19:58 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Boogieman

I will read that article about Pelosi’s dad’s mob connections later (reminder for me).


76 posted on 11/01/2022 10:28:10 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: T.B. Yoits

Okay, more links to check out later.


77 posted on 11/01/2022 10:30:44 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: SunkenCiv

Looks like good articles.


78 posted on 11/01/2022 10:33:39 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: rlmorel

Who is Catbert?


79 posted on 11/01/2022 10:35:29 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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To: Boogieman

I used to listen to NPR sometimes in 80’s and 90’s. I don’t remember anything I heard. Maybe lunchtime?


80 posted on 11/01/2022 10:40:39 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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