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30. This is a really sad story, on so many levels. He appears to be having a mental health crisis.

Mon Aug 25, 2025, 11:21 PM

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Yes, he was probably racially profiled, but he also appears to be going through a mental health crisis and recently lost his corporate law job at Covington. I Googled him and it appears he was active on the r/biglaw subreddit. There are lots of comments there about this, and there is a general consensus he is undergoing a mental health crisis, maybe relating to PTSD he developed while serving in the infantry before he went into law.

https://www.reddit.com/r/biglaw/comments/1mjzw1i/watching_paul_bryant_experience_a_mental/

https://www.reddit.com/r/biglaw/comments/1n07oct/holy_shit/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

https://www.reddit.com/r/biglaw/comments/1n07oct/comment/napaoyi/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

Super sad. Considering how ill prepared these federal agents are at dealing with someone undergoing a mental health crisis, it is a minor miracle they didn't shoot him.

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