During the Punk Rock Bowling & Music Festival in Las Vegas over Memorial Day Weekend, a man wearing a shirt featuring a symbol resembling the Nazi SS lightning bolts was attacked by attendees and escorted out by security.
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The incident, captured on video and posted to Instagram by @thisisindecline, shows the man being punched in the face and shoved to the ground while security attempted to remove him from the venue. One voice in the crowd can be heard shouting, “No fucking Nazis!”—a sentiment echoed by thousands of commenters online. The clip quickly went viral, drawing over 25,000 likes and more than 3,500 comments, most of them applauding the action taken by festivalgoers.
The shirt’s design was later linked to Dago Choppers, a defunct Venice, California motorcycle shop once associated with Hells Angels. While some argue the symbol was part of biker rebellion and not explicitly Nazi, many noted the disturbing resemblance to SS iconography and its historical ties to racist ideologies.
Reactions to the incident reflect punk’s long-standing anti-fascist roots, with many citing the genre’s vocal rejection of neo-Nazism since the 1980s. At the same time, a few voices raised concerns about violence and assumptions, claiming that symbols should be considered in context—even as others insisted the scene should remain a no-tolerance zone for hate symbols.
The man was ultimately removed from the venue. No injuries or arrests have been confirmed, and festival organizers have yet to release an official statement. The incident reignites a familiar and still-relevant conversation within punk: when hate shows up in the pit, how do you respond?
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