Quote:“On one side, you have the Proud Boys, a racist group of Nazi thugs. On the other side, you have anti-racist activists,” Alcoff’s lawyer Michael Coard told Philadelphia Magazine. “Unfortunately, in the mix, there were two Marines who were caught up in the whole thing as innocent bystanders.”

Coard, an African American activist in Philadelphia, also told the magazine regarding the alleged slurs, “The question that I have for the D.A.’s office and the police is this: Does anybody think that I, Michael Coard, would represent a racist? … I would never represent a racist. In fact, if I believed that he was a racist, I would prosecute him myself.”

Even if there were legit 100% Nazi's in Philly... It's not legal to attack and beat them.
Assault and Battery is illegal regardless of the persons political ideology.

Trying to pass this thing off as 'oh its ok, they just thought they were Nazis' is a complete sham.

It's against the law to physically and violently attack someone. Period. Full Stop.