A masked mob brandishing weapons. Any reasonable person would see that as a deadly threat. This mob is using the same intimidation tactics as the old KKK.
My church has been protested numerous times. In those cases the protestors stood outside on the sidewalk with their signs. Gets hot in the florida sun so our pastor took cold bottles of water out to them.
Not sure what would have happened if they had come in like this. I certainly don’t see letting them beat up an old lady though.