Boss Recalls Pelosi Attack Suspect's Descent Into Extremism

NBC Bay Area ^ | November 1, 2022 | By Jaxon Van Derbeken

[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.

[NetAddicted]

Why didn’t DePape change stations or ask him to? If boss man knew he didn’t like it, did he ever ask him why? Why did he keep turning NPR on, when he knew DePape really didn’t like it?

[Nateman]

Maybe those cops hate Democrat’s.

[rlmorel]

Heh..."Catbert...The Evil HR Director"...

(Scott Adams evil corporate counterpart for Dogbert)

[gundog]

I’ve known people that just turn the radio off when they get in someone’s car. Annoying.