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A man seen in a viral video beating a Turning Point USA supporter near the University of California, Berkeley campus on Monday evening has been arrested and charged with violent crimes, according to local police.
The Berkeley Police Department told Fox News Digital that it witnessed two men fighting at around 5:00 p.m. local time. Both were initially detained on suspicion of public fighting.
One of the men was wearing a red shirt that said “FREEDOM,” in a similar style to what Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk was wearing during his assassination at a campus speaking event in Utah on Sept. 10. That man was left beaten and bloodied.
Police said that upon further investigation, the second man involved in the fight was attempting to rob the victim of his necklace.
“After speaking with the involved parties and corroborating information through open-source media footage, officers determined that one of the men—Jihad Dphrepaulezz (a 25-year-old Oakland man) had stolen the other man’s chain from around his neck,” police said. “The other man was attempting to get his chain back from Dphrepaulezz.”
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The victim was released and Dphrepaulezz was charged with suspicion of robbery and battery resulting in injury, according to police.
There were several other arrests related to the campus event.
Four students at the university were arrested early Monday morning, according to The Daily Californian, which omitted the suspects’ names from its report. They were described as females between the ages of 20 and 22. Each was reportedly charged with felony vandalism.
Santa Rita County Jail records show four women who fit that description were arrested on Monday. Fox News Digital is awaiting confirmation of their identities from authorities, but UC Berkeley Assistant Vice Chancellor of Public Affairs Dan Mogulof confirmed the arrests.
Mogulof told Fox News Digital that they were arrested early Monday morning overnight.
According to the report, they were arrested while attempting to hang a “five-foot-tall cardboard bug” from Sather Gate, which is a historical landmark on UC Berkeley’s campus, in protest of the event.
In California, causing more than $400 in property damage constitutes felony vandalism.
The Turning Point event featured actor Rob Schneider and author Frank Turek, a Christian mentor of the organization’s late founder Charlie Kirk. Left-wing agitators swarmed Zellerbach Hall where the event, which was the last stop on the “This is the Turning Point” tour, was held.
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The UC Berkeley Police Department confirmed that two other men were arrested during the night’s activities.
Christopher Joseph Benton, 48, who is unaffiliated with the school, was arrested for trespassing, resisting or obstructing an officer and being unlawfully present on campus, all misdemeanors.
Jay Eduardo Maytorena, 22, listed as a current or former student, was arrested for trespessassing and resisting or obstructing an officer.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Mogulof also told Fox News Digital that a 45-year-old man was struck in the head with a glass bottle or jar. He suffered a laceration on his head and was transported to the hospital for treatment.
It is unclear whether anyone has been arrested in that incident.
Kirk was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, sparking an explosion of interest in Turning Point among high school and college students nationwide.
In response, Kirk and Turning Point’s detractors have viciously opposed the group, and often mocked Kirk’s death.
Fox News’ Andrea Margolis contributed to this report.
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