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Showing Original Post only (View all)Three charged in arson attacks on Tesla properties [View all]
Source: Axios
3 hours ago
Three people have been charged on suspicion of violently destroying Tesla properties, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced on Thursday.
The big picture: President Trump's attorney general a day earlier characterized the recent string of vandalism at Tesla dealerships as acts of "domestic terrorism," and threatened "severe consequences" for those involved.
The Department of Justice said Thursday it's "committed to ending all acts of violence and arson directed at Tesla properties and otherwise."
Driving the news: All three individuals, each in different states, are accused of using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla cars, dealerships or charging stations.
One armed with a suppressed AR-15 rifle was arrested after allegedly throwing eight Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon. Another was arrested in Loveland, Colorado, after allegedly attempting to light Tesla vehicles on fire using Molotov cocktails. A third person was taken into custody in Charleston, South Carolina, for writing "profane messages against President Trump around Tesla charging stations before lighting the charging stations on fire with Molotov cocktails."
What she's saying: "The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended," Bondi said in a statement. "Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars."
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2025/03/20/tesla-protest-arson-charges-doj-elon-musk
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But...if you break into the Capitol hell bent on overthrowing the Country,beat the HELL
Bengus81
Mar 20
#1
I'm not entirely sure that a string of attacks against Volvos would result in talk of domestic terrorism.
Harker
Mar 20
#16
I heard musk is programming all tesla's to file for asylum at the local Russian embassy when threatened. nt
ImNotGod
Mar 20
#23
If the Tesla dealerships had only raked their parking lots, the fires wouldn't have happened.
Otterdaemmerung
Mar 21
#37