This was the shocking moment a group of white men in San Bernardino, California ripped down a Black Lives Matter banner and tried to intimidate protesters with a dog on June 3.

The footage captured by Koty Everson shows how a group of men park up close to the banner on Boulder Ave and Greenspot Rd and mount the flowerbed - pushing Everson out of the way - and rip the banner from the wall.

While doing this, they bring what appears to be a German Shepherd dog with them in an effort to scare the peaceful protesters but the dog seems unconcerned.

Since the dismantling of the original banner, another one has replaced it with the same message of solidarity with all those protesting in the name of Black Lives Matter.

Speaking to local news about the incident, Everson said: "They physically pushed us aside...I was trying to ask them why are you doing this and they weren't responding.

"Obviously they are doing this out of anger.

"They had people in their car, I don't know if they had guns."