Paul Pelosi's accused attacker David DePape: 4 things to know
3. Nudists and drugs
Independent journalist and former California gubernatorial candidate Michael Shellenberger reported on his Substack account that DePape “lived with a notorious local nudist in a Berkeley home, complete with a Black Lives Matter sign in the window and an LGBT rainbow flag, emblazoned with a marijuana symbol, hanging from a tree.”
According to Shellenberger, “a closer look reveals the characteristics of a homeless encampment, or what Europeans call an ‘open drug scene.’”
“In the driveway, there is a broken-down camper van. On the street is a yellow school bus, which neighbors said DePape occasionally stayed in. Both are filled with garbage typical of such structures in homeless encampments. People come and go from the house and the vehicles, neighbors say, in part to partake in the use of a potent psychedelic drug, ibogaine,” he added.
Shellenberger recounted a conversation he had with one of DePape’s neighbors, who painted a picture of the suspect and his family as “very radical activists” who have “called the cops on several of the neighbors” and made the assertion that they were “plotting against them.” A woman who DePape assisted with her “urban farm” told local news outlet KRON that “he went off his rocker” after “his drug use began again.”
The woman also suggested that “he (was) likely a mindless follower of something he saw on social media because I don’t think he had the courage to be part of any political or terrorist group.”
State Sen. Scott Weiner of San Francisco added: “I’ve been aware of him for a long time because he was associated with the public nudity folks in the Castro [district].”
Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com
