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demmiblue

(36,838 posts)
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 11:57 AM Sep 2020

Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale knocked to the ground to end standoff, body camera footage s

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Source: Sun Sentinel

Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale knocked to the ground to end standoff, body camera footage shows.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Bradley Parscale, former campaign manager to president Donald Trump, was in the middle of an armed standoff with police at his Fort Lauderdale home when unexpected help arrived: Officer Christopher Wilson, a personal friend.

Fort Lauderdale police on Monday released records detailing how Sunday’s standoff unfolded at Parscale’s home, starting with his wife’s call for help and ending with officers detaining Parscale for psychiatric evaluation. Officers recovered 10 firearms from his home, including several pistols, a shotgun and rifle, and saw that Parscale’s wife had bruises on her arm and face.

Bradley Parscale’s standoff with police officers happened Sunday afternoon in the 2300 block of DeSoto Drive, where Parscale, 44, lives with his wife, Candice Parscale.

The confrontation with officers started after an argument between the couple. Candice Parscale says her husband chambered a round into a pistol during a heated exchange between the two.

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Officer Timothy Skaggs was the first to arrive at the neighbor’s house, records show. He witnessed bruising on Candice Parscale’s arm and face. She told him that the injuries had come from Bradley Parscale, though she said she’d gotten them earlier that week.

Read more: https://www.sun-sentinel.com/local/broward/fort-lauderdale/fl-ne-brad-parscale-suicide-attempt-saved-by-cop-friend-20200928-irc2wvhvczblhakhnsdnfeppme-story.html

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Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale knocked to the ground to end standoff, body camera footage s (Original Post) demmiblue Sep 2020 OP
Once again... durablend Sep 2020 #1
Came here to say exactly this. n/t Hela Sep 2020 #2
for his own safety.... getagrip_already Sep 2020 #5
if he has any. ihas2stinkyfeet Sep 2020 #12
Nah, She'll Welcome Him Home sfstaxprep Sep 2020 #39
Yes indeed soothsayer Sep 2020 #6
You literally took the EXACT WORDS out of my mouth BumRushDaShow Sep 2020 #14
The police detained him and pinned him on the ground, The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2020 #3
Amazing, right? Jirel Sep 2020 #7
Not sure what the stature is of his wife, but at six foot eight, with multiple loaded guns, and hlthe2b Sep 2020 #10
NO surprise. Jirel Sep 2020 #4
Parscale is deeply enmeshed in trump's tax evasion, fraud, and money laundering. He's scared... George II Sep 2020 #8
Can't hide out in the hospital for much longer... FarPoint Sep 2020 #13
Isn't there supposed to be an automatic arrest for domestic violence? greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #9
If it had been someone in a lesser affluent neighborhood, who didn't have a cop friend Chainfire Sep 2020 #24
The bigger story here is that he managed the Trump campaign finances and he and the boys OregonBlue Sep 2020 #11
The Times also said this story will continue to unfold this week. idziak4ever1234 Sep 2020 #20
That Does Not Seem Consistent With Their Training, Ma'am The Magistrate Sep 2020 #15
He's claiming to have PTSD? Any 'trauma' that happened to him is of his own making. Siwsan Sep 2020 #16
I am so glad trump has llashram Sep 2020 #17
Agreed lonely bird Sep 2020 #25
thanks, I shall llashram Sep 2020 #26
Initial media reports "softened" the facts Cetacea Sep 2020 #18
He was drunk and agitated LeftInTX Sep 2020 #37
Only the BEST people sure why not Sep 2020 #19
Earlier that week? rustysgurl Sep 2020 #21
And the week before, and the week before greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #23
Honestly, why is this story framed as "Man Helped by Cop Friend" rather than "Wife-beating drunk greenjar_01 Sep 2020 #22
I'm glad that the newspaper is reporting some facts. yardwork Sep 2020 #27
Next Up J3AC4 Sep 2020 #28
Yup, just a coffee boy.. AZ8theist Sep 2020 #30
NRA donated guns Traildogbob Sep 2020 #29
As much as we all despise tRump and anyone involved in his world, Grammy23 Sep 2020 #31
It's mostly money that was stolen from the Chump campaign FakeNoose Sep 2020 #51
I swing between some sympathy and loathing for these terrible people. Grammy23 Sep 2020 #53
He'll make a fine witness, money laundering campaign funds to get them to the Trump family. marble falls Sep 2020 #32
Ah, the strong family values of Republicans. sinkingfeeling Sep 2020 #33
A racist Republican wife beater, big shocker. sarcasmo Sep 2020 #34
Paywall, but the Daily Mail has pictures LeftInTX Sep 2020 #35
I hate the Reich Wing Daily Fail, but sometimes, just sometimes I have to click. GoneOffShore Sep 2020 #38
Gee, it's nice to know wryter2000 Sep 2020 #36
Its all about the melanin. Nt Karma13612 Sep 2020 #45
The higher the melanin level, the more force OregonBlue Sep 2020 #49
Truly despicable. Nt Karma13612 Sep 2020 #54
Just give me those Rural_Progressive Sep 2020 #40
Ha!!! LeftInTX Sep 2020 #41
Drumpf Never Met Nor Heard Of Him sfstaxprep Sep 2020 #42
Boy, those Democrats really know how to do a number on the repukes, huh? truthisfreedom Sep 2020 #43
And this 'human' used to be Karma13612 Sep 2020 #44
Such fine people! Crowman2009 Sep 2020 #46
His base will love it. He's just like me!!! Cult 45. Not just for breakfast anymore.. Evolve Dammit Sep 2020 #47
Do you think investigators got more D.T. secrets out of this drunk broken down ex-Trumpie? Illumination Sep 2020 #48
Trump responds: Brad? Don't know him. ashredux Sep 2020 #50
Bodycam video of arrest. Tom Traubert Sep 2020 #52

getagrip_already

(14,697 posts)
5. for his own safety....
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:01 PM
Sep 2020

if she is smart, she will get a permanent restraining order and claim all his assets.

 

ihas2stinkyfeet

(1,400 posts)
12. if he has any.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:05 PM
Sep 2020

doubt he is smart enough to have hid his loot offshore somewhere. tho mebbe donnie hooked him up.

sfstaxprep

(9,998 posts)
39. Nah, She'll Welcome Him Home
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:26 PM
Sep 2020

They'll probably make sure he gets to keep all his guns too. You know, for the next time.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
3. The police detained him and pinned him on the ground,
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:01 PM
Sep 2020

but they managed to control him without kneeling on his neck for nine minutes, even though he's 6'8" and was drunk.

hlthe2b

(102,203 posts)
10. Not sure what the stature is of his wife, but at six foot eight, with multiple loaded guns, and
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:04 PM
Sep 2020

alcohol issues, I'd be out that door pronto. That's an """""accident""" waiting to happen...

Jirel

(2,017 posts)
4. NO surprise.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:01 PM
Sep 2020

Domestic assault would be about the least that psychopathic scum like that would do. The big question is whether the taxes leak came from someone he worked with, and now he’s going to kill himself because he’ll definitely be off the Trump Train Money Titty.

George II

(67,782 posts)
8. Parscale is deeply enmeshed in trump's tax evasion, fraud, and money laundering. He's scared...
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:02 PM
Sep 2020

...that he's going to prison.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
9. Isn't there supposed to be an automatic arrest for domestic violence?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:03 PM
Sep 2020

This fool was drunk, beating on his wife, chambering rounds in a firearm in the midst of a domestic violence incident?

Lock him the fuck up in the jail.

Jesus. He's going to kill her.

Chainfire

(17,526 posts)
24. If it had been someone in a lesser affluent neighborhood, who didn't have a cop friend
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:16 PM
Sep 2020

they would have gone straight to the jail, without passing Go. The more money you have the less justice you have to worry about.

OregonBlue

(7,754 posts)
11. The bigger story here is that he managed the Trump campaign finances and he and the boys
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:04 PM
Sep 2020

Uda and Kusay) were funneling money to themselves and other friends and family. Now it's going to be investigated and it sounds like they are going to put it all on him. Would tend to create a little tension in the home. For all we know, his wife may have been involved too. At any rate, Parscale it terrified.

They are turning on each other. It's gonna fall apart.

The Magistrate

(95,244 posts)
15. That Does Not Seem Consistent With Their Training, Ma'am
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:07 PM
Sep 2020

Every time someone is tazed to death or shot dead, the exoneration rests on stating the action was 'consistent with the officer's training'. I look forward to the disciplinary action against these officers for failing to follow the procedures they were trained to employ.

Siwsan

(26,257 posts)
16. He's claiming to have PTSD? Any 'trauma' that happened to him is of his own making.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:08 PM
Sep 2020

He helped trigger an epidemic of PTSD for most of the rest of us!!

llashram

(6,265 posts)
17. I am so glad trump has
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:08 PM
Sep 2020

revealed the real America to the world instead of all the bullshit that's been peddled for generations. Send me your tired, abused blah, blah, blah. African-Americans are the only race in this country that knew and more importantly ALWAYS has experienced the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the real truth about how racist and totally hypocritical this country has always been.

lonely bird

(1,685 posts)
25. Agreed
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:16 PM
Sep 2020

May I suggest Greg Grandin’s The End of The Myth: From the Frontier to the Border Wall in the Mind of America?

rustysgurl

(1,040 posts)
21. Earlier that week?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:15 PM
Sep 2020

So when he beat her up earlier that week she didn't call the police. It was only when he became "suicidal" that she called the authorities to "save" him?

This woman needs help as much as he does.

 

greenjar_01

(6,477 posts)
22. Honestly, why is this story framed as "Man Helped by Cop Friend" rather than "Wife-beating drunk
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:15 PM
Sep 2020

goes berserk?"

yardwork

(61,588 posts)
27. I'm glad that the newspaper is reporting some facts.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:21 PM
Sep 2020

Violent white Republican helped by cop friend is important to know.

Traildogbob

(8,709 posts)
29. NRA donated guns
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:40 PM
Sep 2020

To bribe his buddy trump. Or own libtards. By own, I mean “shoot” and protect his suburbs from black invasion.

Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
31. As much as we all despise tRump and anyone involved in his world,
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 12:49 PM
Sep 2020

We still need to remember that this was a tragedy that was narrowly averted. The outcome could have been tragic for several lives. As it is, it is still the destruction of a family played out on a public stage due to the man’s notoriety. This is another example of everything in tRump’s orbit frequently having a bad outcome either for the individual or society in general.

As much as it pains me to say it, this is sad and unenviable. These people had wealth and privilege and still ended up in such a mess. Money buys a lot but it won’t buy happiness, sanity or security. The lesson here is that no one is immune to personal tragedy.
tRump’s day is coming for a huge downfall. It may be underway right this minute. Expect the next few days to be a roller coaster ride of revelations.

FakeNoose

(32,620 posts)
51. It's mostly money that was stolen from the Chump campaign
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 02:50 PM
Sep 2020

Also Chump's sons (and maybe daughter) were in on the theft/fraud, and now Brad Parscale will be blamed for everything. His "wealth" is stolen goods including the luxury yacht that was registered in his wife's name. So yeah, she's in on it too.

Sorry if I don't have a lot of sympathy for these awful people.

I'm sympathetic for the families of Breonna Taylor, Jacob Blake, George Floyd, and all the others who have been cut down in their prime by unnecessary and unlawful police violence. It's because of people like Brad Parscale and other evil right-wingers that we've arrived in this year of awful tragedies.


Grammy23

(5,810 posts)
53. I swing between some sympathy and loathing for these terrible people.
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 03:38 PM
Sep 2020

But I know anyone at the edge of suicide is to be pitied, even if his own bad decisions landed him in the place he is now. This is man who somehow managed to propel himself to a very high standard of living. He, of course, used some terrible means to do it when he could have used his intelligence to do things honestly. Hence, the loathing I feel for so many under tRump’s umbrella of deceit and dishonesty.

I think as this whole thing unravels we will find a lot of people with mental disorders and personality issues that make them vulnerable starting right at the top with tRump. They often seem to choose the deviant path and get away with that for many years. tRump’s day of recking may be closing in on him, and, it appears, others as well.

If 2020 wasn’t already crazy enough, now we get this icing on the sh*t show we’ve all been living.

wryter2000

(46,032 posts)
36. Gee, it's nice to know
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:17 PM
Sep 2020

Police can deal with an agitated, inebriated, armed citizen without having to kill him.

LeftInTX

(25,224 posts)
41. Ha!!!
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:31 PM
Sep 2020

An ad in May from the anti-Trump Lincoln Project highlighted Parscale’s “$2.4 million waterfront house in fort Lauderdale, two Florida condos worth almost $1 million each. He even has very own yacht, a gorgeous Ferrari, a sleek Range Rover.” The Lincoln Project bought ad time on Fox News in Washington, D.C., — to ensure Trump would see the spot and it would get under his skin.

So was it the Tulsa rally or the Lincoln Project ad?

truthisfreedom

(23,142 posts)
43. Boy, those Democrats really know how to do a number on the repukes, huh?
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:34 PM
Sep 2020

Drive them to drink and beat their wives. On edit: oh, forgot threaten suicide.

Karma13612

(4,549 posts)
44. And this 'human' used to be
Mon Sep 28, 2020, 01:41 PM
Sep 2020

The Campaign manager for the President of the United States.

No words.

Hopefully the wife can walk away if she is so inclined.

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