Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself

[BlueWavePsych]

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Source: Sun Sentinel

FORT LAUDERDALE — A tense situation unfolded at a home owned by Brad Parscale, the former campaign manager for President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, after his wife called police to say that Parscale had guns and was threatening to harm himself, Fort Lauderdale police said Sunday night.

Police were called to a home in the 2300 block of Desota Drive in the Seven Isles community of Fort Lauderdale on Sunday afternoon. Records show that the home is owned by Bradley and Candice Parscale.

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Dietrich said he didn’t threaten police and he went willingly under Florida’s Baker Act, which allows police to detain a person who is potentially a threat to himself or others. He was taken to a hospital, she said.

His wife contacted police, worried that he was suicidal and had firearms.

Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-brad-parscale-incident-fort-lauderdale-20200928-g4bcine3fbb7jhjniiroo3yuse-story.html

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Maybe he read the NY Times news.
Note: Title concatenated to fit input box.

[Sneederbunk]

1. Sad. Everyone touched by Trump.

[StClone]

3. He's Bad Ju ju Man

[Roy Rolling]

37. Deja vu

Another Trump associate goes “full Caputo”.

[soothsayer]

2. Good grief

[BlueTsunami2018]

4. I wonder what he's trying to avoid by doing this.

People who are going to harm themselves just do it without announcing it to the world. Does he have upcoming court appearances or subpoenas?

[WSHazel]

7. Trump taxes

Parscale is entwined enough in the Trump Crime Family that the NY Times story may be a stepping stone to something incriminating against Parscale. This story breaking hours before the NY Times story does not seem coincidental.

[EndlessWire]

40. No, not always. n/t

[Earthshine2]

5. Oops! I guess he was in on some of it. nt

[I_UndergroundPanther]

6. Glad I am not on that psych ward

He is on. I wouldn't be able to stop myself from letting him have it. Pretend the Russians are coming to take him away ,or leaving little "gifts" like a razorblade,a long shoelace..etc. Standing by the door saying,die you bastard in a creepy voice as he tries to sleep. Tossing him a tissue box as he cries with used snotty Kleenex in it.

[Wellstone ruled]

8. All the garbage about the Trump Campaign being out of

cash might have brought a phone call asking where you put it.

[moonscape]

11. That's what I was thinking, followed by:

"Hey, I need that cash delivered back to me in unmarked 100's. Will be sending the armored van around at 4 AM"

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Sorry Boss,I wasted it like you did.

[Paladin]

9. Feel bad for Parscale? I think not. (nt)

[hamsterjill]

21. Thank you.

Parscale is NOT some dysfunctional person in need of our sympathy for a mental health episode. He’s fearing something. Something big enough to make him consider ending his life. What he is fearing is of his own making.

He is in a safe place and receiving care. That is as it should be. But let’s NOT conflate him with legitimately suicidal people thinking of ending their lives because of something out of their control. Parscale brought whatever his issue is on himself because of greed and a need for power, or else he would not have agreed to work for Trump.

[ToxMarz]

39. Trump and his criminal org expect results from the people stealing from them

otherwise they want their money back. Especially when they are already broke. And I bet some of that money is due some really nasty people.

[EndlessWire]

41. Safety

Now he's someplace SAFE. Not necessarily really suicidal.

I think, nowadays, you have to think twice before calling the cops to help you. Especially if you have someone tell the police that you are armed. Suicide by cop that didn't work?

[kimbutgar]

10. House of cards beginning to fall?

Parscale knows too much?

[Botany]

12. Pascale along with Manafort and Gates fed Russia info (data analytics) that let them rat fuck ....

... our elections in 2016. And it turned out that Trump wasn't a billionaire or even a millionaire just a
fucking con man and > 200,000 are now dead and the country is in ruins. Gee Brad maybe you had
a Warden Norton moment?

Fuck him!!!

[Tommymac]

24. Brutal. I love it! n/t

[mahatmakanejeeves]

13. Concatenating the title? Wouldn't shortening it have been easier?

Welcome to DU. I was juuuuuuuuuuuust about to post the story.

ETTD.

Hat tip, Betty Bowers. The first reply to her tweet is one of laughter, but as someone who has contemplated suicide in the past, I am not laughing.

Nothing ever good happens to Trump's former campaign managers.

Prad Parscale, hospitalized after barricading himself in his condo with guns and threatening to harm himself.

Link to tweet

There were too many popups in the Sun-Sentinel article for my taste. Here's another link:

LOCAL NEWS
Michelle Solomon, Podcast Producer/Reporter

Published: September 27, 2020, 8:36 pm
Updated: September 27, 2020, 9:42 pm

LATEST NEWS
Former Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale, armed, barricades self in Fort Lauderdale home, police called
17 MINUTES AGO

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Former campaign manager for Donald Trump, Brad Parscale, who was replaced by the President less than four months until November’s vote was reportedly armed with a gun and threatening to harm himself at his Fort Lauderdale home on Sunday afternoon.

Police have not confirmed that the barricaded man was Parscale, who worked for Trump, but records confirm that the property in the 2300 block of Desota Drive in Fort Lauderdale is owned by Parscale, 44, and his wife, Candice. Local 10 spoke to neighbors in the Seven Isles neighborhood who also said it was the former advisor to the President.

Fort Lauderdale Police responded to a home in reference to an armed male attempting suicide Sunday afternoon. When officers arrived on the scene, they made contact with the wife of the man who told them her husband was armed, had access to multiple firearms inside the house and was threatening to harm himself. She had placed the 911 call, according to police.

Fort Lauderdale Police said that the armed subject was transported to Broward Health Medical Center where he was placed under a Baker Act. ... Police determined no one else was in the home.

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Advice to Parscale:

Avoid upper floors.

Stay away from windows.

Do not have a cup of tea.

Move out of the way of anyone headed in your direction on the sidewalk with an umbrella.

[BlueWavePsych]

25. Glad to be onboard. Exciting times. Fortunately in the right direction it seems.

And yes, 'shortening' would be a better word.
Btw, Firefox has great add-ons to improve privacy and avoid pop-ups and other annoyances.

[George II]

14. Rick Wilson: "Everything trump touches dies!"

[Gore1FL]

15. I hope he finds peace of mind.

I suspect he suffers form depression, is scared of something, of both.

I expect the truth will ultimately surface.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

18. Thank you. This is not a time for gloating.

We may need him to testify.

[TeamPooka]

16. I offer him Republican style Thoughts and prayers.

[Illumination]

17. OH NO! Are the GOP trying to commit suicide because the cat's out of the bag?....

[Chellee]

19. Concatenated.

Thank you. I had to look that one up. I love learning new words.

[ZZenith]

22. The plot sickens!

Oh, Dear Mother of Gawd, we implore you, please rain down justice on these wicked people and expose them for the craven creatures they are.

[DinahMoeHum]

23. Meh. A con-man who ripped off a con-man.

Whoever said there was honor among thieves was also a thief.

[getagrip_already]

26. lucky for him he wasn't a poc.... n/t

As it stands, he just has sweet tea and icy roofs in florida to worry about. Which is enough to cause the guns too speak to you.

[klook]

32. In that case, would Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law apply

in a suicide attempt?

[LudwigPastorius]

27. "Brad Parscale hospitalized after he was armed and threatening to harm himself"

[Marcuse]

28. This old article may be more relevant to Brad's conundrum.

How Trump’s 2020 campaign manager is connected to the Russia scandal.
Brad Parscale is linked to a data firm that has become a focus of the Trump-Russia investigation.
By Sean Illing on February 27, 2018 1:55 pmhttps://www.vox.com/2018/2/27/17058208/brad-parscale-trump-campaign-russia-cambridge-analytica

[mwooldri]

29. I hope he gets the help he needs.

Suicide ain't no joke. I don't wish those suicidal thoughts on anyone.

[My Pet Orangutan]

30. The wheels are coming off the campaign

Brad was (still) in charge of the ‘digital Death Star’ - their big data / social media operation.

[Lucky Luciano]

31. They're coming to take him away

[yardwork]

33. They're all falling apart.

[marble falls]

34. He looked in the mirror and his soul stared back at him.

[yourmovemonkey]

38. He would first need to have one of those

I doubt this was a case of his conscience suddenly awakening. More likely, intense fear. At least I hope it was that.

[jmbar2]

35. Was he mentioned in the program, "The Comey Rule"?

If he were paranoid to start with, seeing himself portrayed in such a major movie release would certainly add to it.

[SunSeeker]

36. ...

[truthisfreedom]

42. I'm glad he lived. We need witnesses.

There will be unending investigations.

[applegrove]

43. LOCKING

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