During recent protests in Portland, Oregon, thugs from Black Lives Matter blocked the roads, set off flares, and harassed everyday citizens. However, they reached a new low when they ganged up on a man, stole his glasses, and continued into a brutal assault, strangling the man. Unfortunately for them, they were about to regret it seconds later.

Rioters gathered last week in Portland to protest the February shooting of 17-year-old Quanice Hayes. Oregon Live reports that about 60 people, with Hayes’ mother among them, marched up and down the streets near Southwest Third Avenue, chanting the deceased teen’s name and causing havoc. Their goal was to disrupt a city council meeting and to have their voices heard, no matter how misguided their sentiments may be.

“Neither robbery, theft, menacing, property damage or any crimes like this are punishable by death,” a cousin, Terrence Hayes, said to a crowd outside a city council meeting earlier this month. “Oregonians have been deceived into believing that an officer can execute another Oregonian just because he may or may not be guilty of a crime.”

One man was trying to make his way into the building when protesters started to shove him. Multiple videos of the incident appeared on Twitter, and the man can be seen in strangle hold, twice. During the scuffle, one protester stole the man’s glasses and disappeared with them.

Watch two different versions of the episode, below:

Brief altercation. Pushing and shoving. pic.twitter.com/XspLESodTz — Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) March 29, 2017

Brief skirmish between #QuaniceHayes protesters and man confronting people in front of Portland Building entrance. pic.twitter.com/HTqig4VGcn — Allan Brettman (@allanbrettman) March 29, 2017

The Gateway Pundit reports that the ruckus escalated when a woman pushed and jabbed at a man, who eventually pushed her away. Eventually, Lucy Elizabeth Smith, pictured below, tried to strangle him.

The man who intervened and stole the glasses is Philip Stan Schaefer.

Fortunately, swift justice is being served to both Smith and Schaefer. After a security guard and some onlookers broke up the altercation, both Smith and Schaefer were eventually arrested. Smith is being charged with fourth-degree assault and strangulation. She was released on no bail. Schaefer is being held on $250,000 bail, as he has a criminal record.

Organizers of the protest are claiming that Schaefer was simply defending a woman, though the video clearly shows him taking the glasses and disappearing.

Groups like Black Lives Matter would be far more productive in their protests if they would avoid the militant violence and the senseless blocking of roads. While most people want police officers to do the right thing and to be held to a high standard, especially in the use of force, few people respect insolent, violent protesters. If you want people to resonate with a message, the tactics of Black Lives Matter are best avoided. This latest episode in Portland provides one more example of what not to do.