The effects of defunding police departments in various cities are now becoming obvious. On Thursday in Seattle, a mob made up of Black Lives Matter activists attacked a Trader Joe’s location in the city and demanded that the company pay up 15% to the black community. The activists threatened the customers of the business and demanded that they join them or get hurt. BLM activists in the city have been using this intimidation tactic to threaten businesses for several months now.

Journalist Andy Ngo shared a video that showed a mob of BLM activists attacking a Trader Joe’s while beating drums and making a general nuisance of themselves. They were also chanting as theft harassed the people they found inside the store. “BLM protesters rush inside a Trader Joe’s again in Seattle. For weeks, they’ve been protesting the grocery store and telling them to give money to black communities,” Andy wrote in the caption.

The rioters have several demands for the store but most notable is that they want it to donate 15% of its earnings to the black community. They also demanded that the people they found inside the store should join their cause.

This is not the first time that Seattle BLM has attacked a Trader Joe’s. Back in September, they have done the same thing. They were protesting the lack of access to grocery stores in some communities. They were also protesting against capitalism, which they think is bad. Some observers on social media have pointed out that what BLM is doing is exactly what the mafia does with their protection racket.

The BLM thugs are threatening the store if they don’t pay up. At this point, the Black Lives Matter movement is no better than a gang. With the kind of tactic that BLM is employing right now, it is not surprising if businesses in Seattle and other Democrat-run cities will be fleeing to other places where they do not face any threats.