An alt-right provocateur was arrested for allegedly assaulting a student at an “It’s OK to be White” speech at the University of Connecticut.

Lucian B Wintrich, the White House correspondent for The Gateway Pundit, was captured on video appearing to assault a female student.

BREAKING: @lucianwintrich appears to attack a @UCONN student during speech after she took something off podium. pic.twitter.com/WAcNYAak7c — Kevin Galliford (@KallMeKG) November 29, 2017

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The speech was sponsored by the school’s College Republicans chapter.

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Police released a smoke canister to clear the area in the aftermath of the alleged assault.