While campaigning to become the President of the United States, Donald Trump promised to reform health care. Upon taking office, he then worked closely with the House of Representatives to come up with a new and improved piece of legislation. Despite an initial hiccup, they ultimately managed to successfully pass a bill repealing and replacing Obamacare, which is now awaiting approval in the Senate. Unsurprisingly, passing the legislation sparked a massive amount of liberal outrage.

In an attempt to stop the Senate from approving the legislation, many on the left took to the streets in protest. While some of them stormed Congress, others took a slightly different approach and blocked roads. Earlier this week in San Francisco, for example, several protesters decided to stage a “die-in” by laying down in the middle of the street, blocking traffic.

A lone biker, however, sent the crowd scrambling after he revved his engine and proceeded to drive right through them. Fortunately, several people present at the time were filming at the time and managed to record the whole thing, making it possible to see exactly what happened.

In one of the videos, numerous protesters, who were holding signs with phrases like, “RIP funding for Planned Parenthood” and “Health Care = Life,” can be seen lying down in the middle of the road outside of the San Francisco Federal Building. Off in the distance, the biker’s engine can be heard getting louder as he approached, prompting people to start running and screaming.

Upon reaching the crowd, the motorcyclist convinced them to move by loudly revving his engine. Terrified, those in the street cleared the way to let him get by. As he slowly rode through, several angry protesters can be seen chasing after him and trying unsuccessfully to get him to stop.

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Once on the other side of the crowd, the biker turned around and headed back towards the group of people protesting in the street. But at that same moment, a nearby police intervened and ordered him to stop. When he refused, the officer drew his weapon and repeated the command.

Realizing that his life was in danger, the motorcyclist hit the brakes and got off the bike. The officer then approached, placed him in handcuffs, and took him into custody. Nobody appears to have been hurt during the incident and, as of now, there haven’t been any charges filed against him.

When asked about the incident, Emily Lee, the protest organizer, accused the biker of directly targeting them. “He was definitely targeting us,” she told reporters, convinced that he intended to harm them. “It was unclear if it was for political reasons or if he was just mentally unstable or what, but it was terrifying,” she continued, noting, “’everyone thought he was just confused, but he didn’t stop, and at some point it became clear he was going to come through the crowd and people jumped out of the way.”

According to reports, the goal of the “die-in” was to illustrate the potential effects of the current Republican health care bill in the U.S. Senate, known as the American Health Care Act. Their fears appear to stem from a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report that found that 23 million fewer people would have insurance by 2026. They believe that based on the report, the health care legislation must not be passed, and are staging “die-ins” to try and make their voices heard.

This is not the first time motorists have decided to drive through a crowd of protesters blocking the street. Earlier this year, someone drove through a group of angry protesters blocking an intersection in St. Louis, Missouri. Before hitting the gas, the driver first tried to slowly creep forward. Unfortunately, doing so infuriated the protesters, who subsequently surrounded his car, causing the driver to fear for his life. Terrified, he sped off, running over one of the protesters standing in front of his car in the process.

There are plenty of other ways people can make their voices heard that don’t involve breaking the law by blocking traffic, such as protesting from the sidewalk or starting a petition. Those who refuse to utilize these legal alternatives need to be arrested and punished as harshly as possible.