An angry man drove his pickup truck into a crowd of anti-Israel protesters blocking a road in front of a Lockheed Martin office building.
Protesters from the Bay Area Palestinian Solidarity coalition arrived outside the aerospace facility in Sunnyvale, California, around 6 a.m. Thursday.
They protested against the United States sending weapons to Israel as the violent war between Israel and Palestine continues.
As they blocked the road to the facility, an unidentified white man accelerated his car toward the crowd, nearly running them over, before getting out and yelling at them while brandishing a knife.
“Get out of the way or someone is going to die,” the man said angrily as he cleaned a knife and pointed it at the crowd.
An angry man drove his car into a crowd of anti-Israel protesters Thursday morning outside the Lockheed Martin facility in Sunnyvale, California. He is seen pointing a knife towards the crowd.
The angry man repeatedly got in and out of his car as some protesters fought with him and others tried to calm him down.
The group handcuffed each other and lay down in the rain. Attendees included teachers, students and technology workers.
The video of the incident begins with the man driving his white van toward the protesters as they scream and beg him to stop.
He then stops his vehicle when a protester approaches the driver’s side window and says, ‘Do you want to go to prison?’
He asks the question again before the angry man, dressed in blue jeans, a dark zip-up hoodie, baseball cap, and glasses, gets out of his car.
As he pulls a knife out of his pocket, another protester steps in front of him as the man says, “Get out of the way or someone’s going to die.” I’m telling you right now!’
As the protesters scream in terror, the man says: ‘Someone is going to die! Get out of my way!’
A protester in a neon yellow vest walks to his open car door and reaches into his car as the man slaps him.
“You’re on video, put the gun down,” a protester tells him.
“If you want to go to prison, think about…” another tells him just before the driver interrupts them.
‘If you want to go to prison, damn you, get out of the way! “I have to go to work,” says the driver angrily.
‘Think about your future,’ someone tells him.
‘I have to go to my work. Get off the damn road,’ she yells before getting back into the driver’s seat.
The man is seen driving towards protesters as one of them approached his window before the explosion began.
More than 135 protesters blocked the entrance to the facility while protesting Lockheed’s alleged shipment of missiles, surveillance technology and fighter jets to Israel.
As he sits down, the same protester in the neon vest reaches out to grab something before the driver backs away.
“Don’t you dare,” the driver says as he stands up and points at the protester.
‘Are you going to hurt people? “We have our eyes on you, sir,” a protester shouts at him as he slams the door.
A group of them then place their hands on the hood of his car as he drives slowly in an attempt to pass them.
“People are lying down,” says one protester just before the video ends. It is unknown what happened after that.
It is unclear whether the driver is a Lockheed Martin employee and whether the road in the incident is public property.
DailyMail.com has reached out to Lockheed Martin and the Sunnyvale Police Department for more information.
Around 135 protesters blocked the entrance to the facility while protesting Lockheed’s alleged shipment of missiles, surveillance technology and fighter jets to Israel.
While driving toward the protesters, the man got into a heated argument with them and told them he had to go to work. It is unclear whether he works for the company or not.
In a statement, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson said, “Lockheed Martin’s core values are to do the right thing, respect others, and act with excellence,” in response to the protest.
At the end of the video, protesters are seen placing their hands on the hood of the man’s car in an attempt to get him to stop.
“We have gathered here to disrupt Lockheed Martin’s operations and demand that the United States stop all arms sales to Israel,” protester Maramiya Yensoon said in a statement.
The group handcuffed each other and lay down in the rain. KTVU reported that among those attending were teachers, students and technology workers.
Carlos Rameriz, another protester, said: “I think this is a beautiful act of solidarity where we see people from different diaspora communities, from different countries, here together trying to fight for what they believe in.”
In a statement, a Lockheed Martin spokesperson told KTVU: “Lockheed Martin’s core values are doing the right thing, respecting others and performing with excellence.”
“These values provide clear, unambiguous and uncompromising standards for how we treat each other with understanding and compassion.”
“We respect the right to peaceful protest and are honored to partner with the U.S. military and our international partners to deliver strategic deterrence and security solutions.”