The man who was choked had been carrying a megaphone signs with alt right images such as Pepe the Frog and a flag that combined elements of the American flag with Nazi symbols such as the sonnenrad which the Anti Defamation League says was used by Adolf Hitler s Nazi party as well his stomtroopers in the SA and SS Today the symbol is popular with white supremacists according to the ADL an anti hate organization founded in 1913 