Tom Bibiyan
Video footage shows Bibiyan among those at the front line of people rushing the encampment in an attempt to remove protective metal barriers.
“The moment we rushed the terrorist encampment last night at ucla to take it apart,” he captioned a video he posted to Instagram. “F**k them kids,” he said in a separate post, which has since been deleted.
A CNN journalist reached Bibiyan outside his home, wearing the same jacket he had worn at UCLA, but he refused to say why he had taken part in the violence. “You’re being a little rude, and I’m going to call the police if you don’t leave,” he said.
Tom Bibiyan is on video committing no less than FIVE assaults.
The fact this mob didn’t hide their felonies — but are actually quite proud of them — means they feel untouchable.
Without accountability they’ll only escalate the violence. https://t.co/6C3tZGyliV
— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) May 14, 2024
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/16/us/ucla-student-protests-counterprotesters-invs/index.html
Tom Allen Bibiyan was born on December 7, 1981 in San Mateo County, California.
His father’s last name is Bibiyan, and his mother’s maiden name is Payab.
As of 2024, he is forty-two years old.
Siblings include Angela Levy (born 1985) and David (born 1987).
https://x.com/MaxBlumenthal/status/1785715466884743628
Footage uploaded to social media by Bibiyan himself reveals he personally participated in the April 30 attacks. A day after the assault, Bibiyan published a video on Instagram highlighting his involvement, alongside a caption boasting that “we rushed the terrorist encampment.” When another Instagram user asked Bibiyan to clarify his role in the violence, he bragged, “yeah I’m in this video” – apparently confident that he would face no legal repercussions for his crimes. Bibiyan reportedly spent several years participating in questionable cryptocurrency schemes while part of the Los Angeles NFT community, before being exiled from such groups following accusations of indecent exposure and sexual harassment. A website representing the Bibiyan Family Philanthropic Foundation indicates the family regularly donated to not only vehemently Zionist groups like the zealous and insular Chabad ultra-Orthodox cult, but also to liberal news outlets like Democracy Now.