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BumRushDaShow

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Thu Mar 20, 2025, 04:35 PM Mar 20

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
    Burn a swasticar jail.. thomski64 Mar 20 #2
    "Charged on suspicion..." you say? EarthFirst Mar 20 #3
    El Salvador enid602 Mar 21 #34
    Good. These attacks are stupid and counterproductive. nt kelly1mm Mar 20 #4
    many of these people are forgetting to wear their masks cadoman Mar 20 #12
    Now Twitter has loads of videos of people keying Telsas womanofthehills Mar 21 #39
    Suppose they were Toyotas. Harker Mar 20 #5
    All private property *is* equal under the law stoned Mar 20 #15
    I'm not entirely sure that a string of attacks against Volvos would result in talk of domestic terrorism. Harker Mar 20 #16
    I disagree stoned Mar 20 #17
    Why do you Hornedfrog2000 Mar 21 #35
    Because I'm rational stoned Mar 21 #42
    Let's start with the crimes Elon flamingdem Mar 20 #6
    "The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended" C Moon Mar 20 #7
    Crimes were committed but are these Federal cases and not state? fargone Mar 20 #8
    In this case BumRushDaShow Mar 20 #11
    would exercise caution in how you protest Nazla cadoman Mar 20 #13
    Does Musk have mansions and yachts? mwb970 Mar 20 #9
    Well, that's the AG's assertion anyways. Torchlight Mar 20 #10
    I do not support damage to private property stoned Mar 20 #14
    Take the high ground manicdem Mar 21 #31
    Violence Hornedfrog2000 Mar 21 #36
    What a terrible thing to say stoned Mar 22 #43
    good luck Torchlight Mar 24 #44
    These people haven't done a tenth of the crimes 4catsmom Mar 20 #18
    Third person is my hero. Lol AKwannabe Mar 20 #19
    Third person should have burned with his molotov cocktails n/t Polybius Mar 20 #20
    You want someone injured because of a charger? Blues Heron Mar 21 #25
    Interesting way of wording Polybius Mar 21 #29
    So you want them injured for destroying a charger, got it. Blues Heron Mar 21 #30
    Through use of a Molotov cocktail Polybius Mar 21 #32
    Is Bondi referring to Trump's crimes? Renew Deal Mar 20 #21
    Where can I... sfdennis1 Mar 20 #22
    I heard musk is programming all tesla's to file for asylum at the local Russian embassy when threatened. nt ImNotGod Mar 20 #23
    I wish I could have talked those individuals, regarding their actions. chouchou Mar 21 #24
    Do we have any ID on these perps? Are they dems like Elon accused? Blues Heron Mar 21 #26
    They're just tourists Blue Owl Mar 21 #27
    Blondie Bondie is adorable in her rage of the attacks on a car/truck.. sheshe2 Mar 21 #28
    Where are the names of those arrested? Pototan Mar 21 #33
    Exactly! Hope22 Mar 21 #41
    If the Tesla dealerships had only raked their parking lots, the fires wouldn't have happened. Otterdaemmerung Mar 21 #37
    ... BumRushDaShow Mar 21 #40
    Defense lawyers ought bring un Jan 6th. pfitz59 Mar 21 #38
    A race against time Marthe48 Mar 24 #45
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