A large crowd of Black Lives Matter protesters have accosted white diners outside several Washington, D.C. restaurants, demanding that they raise their fists to show solidarity with the movement. 

Footage showing the demonstrators aggressively yelling at one woman in the Adams Morgan neighborhood went viral on social media and sparked a widespread backlash.  

Many accused the protesters of acting like an 'aggressive mob' and using 'intimidation tactics' to order diners into submission.  Responding to the footage, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough described the activists as 'horrible people'. 

The footage, taken by a Washington Post reporter shows the woman, identified as Lauren Victor, being shouted at by white protesters after she refuses to raise her fist. The group crowded Victor's table, with two female demonstrators leaning down and shouting in her face. 

'Are you a Christian?' one of the women shout, outraged by the fact Victor was unwilling to raise her fist in solidarity.  

'No justice, no peace!' the large group of activists then start yelling.   

Post reporter Fredrick Kunkle identified freelance journalist Chuck Modiano as one of the people who had yelled at Victor.

He claims Modiano shouted at the woman: 'What was in you, you couldn't do this?'

But Modiano later took to Twitter to deny yelling at Victor, insisting 'Not true. We also spoke cordially for 20 min.'