Man Named Jihad Allegedly Crashes Turning Point USA Event, Kicks Off Brawl

A man identified as Jihad Dphrepaulezz has been charged with assault and robbery after allegedly attacking a Turning Point USA attendee during a protest at the University of California-Berkeley.

Left-wing protesters disrupted Turning Point USA’s Berkeley event Monday, leading to violent clashes and arrests just two months after the assassination of founder Charlie Kirk. Authorities said Dphrepaulezz, 25, confronted a supporter at Monday’s event and forcibly removed a gold chain from his neck, prompting a fight that left both men bloodied, the New York Post reported.

Dphrepaulezz is reportedly an employee of the California Department of Public Health. It was reported that Dphrepaulezz, a rapper known as A.R. The Believer and a member of the Lighthouse Mosque in Oakland, tried to conceal his identity after his mask was removed during the altercation.

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Officers later determined that Dphrepaulezz initiated the confrontation, leading to his arrest.

“Officers determined that one of the men—Jihad Dphrepaulezz … had stolen the other man’s chain from around his neck. The other man was attempting to get his chain back from Dphrepaulezz,” a rep with the Berkeley Police Department told The Post.

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