Summary
A suspect vandalized and set fire to Teslas at a Las Vegas Collision Center early Tuesday in what police call a “targeted attack.”
The assailant, dressed in black, shot at five vehicles, torched two, and left an undetonated Molotov cocktail. They also spray-painted “Resist” on the building.
Authorities have not confirmed a political motive but noted Elon Musk’s ties to Trump. The FBI is investigating, warning that such acts are federal crimes.
Tesla has faced backlash amid Musk’s government role and far-right politics.
Most rad thing I’ve read this week. So far, at least.
I don’t know, are we sure the Tesla didn’t spontaneously combust? They’re known to do that. Wouldn’t want a manufacturing error pinned on an innocent person…
Guess they also shot themselves and pooped out a Molotov.
Well, they’re known for some very strange manufacturing issues. We can’t put it past them.
The most fucked up part of this is the fact that the FBI is involved. I’m old enough to remember a time when someone vandalizing a few cars in a lot at 3 in the morning when nobody was around would be a local PD issue, and not the fucking FBI. Seems like it was only a couple of months ago… man, time flies.
Seriously, though - in a normal world, this would be far below the payroll of FBI agents. They would spend their time investigating terrorist organizations or child traffickers and bounce this shit back to LVMPD and tell Tesla to file an insurance claim. Instead, the head of the FBI is the lackey of the president, who owes his position to the billionaire that owns Tesla, and so now the FBI is serving as Elon Musk’s personal private investigators. It’s disgusting.
This is being coordinated and cheered on by users on enormous online platforms. If there was one or two fires in a single city or even state then I’d agree the FBI probably wouldn’t even take a look.
However given the very public and national nature of these targeted events, they’re going to have a plausible excuse to investigate this as domestic terrorism.
I’m not endorsing the FBI, or calling this terrorism, just stating how it’s being handled by law enforcement.
That said, folks should know that even a small platform like Lemmy is crawling with glowies, be careful.
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Teslas aren’t selling, but playing the victim, pointing the finger, AND collection insurance? Even better.
I’m sure a few radicals are out there vandalizing a Tesla or two, but I don’t believe for a second this isn’t insurance fraud with a bonus of labelling people who speak out against you as domestic terrorists.
The “RESIST” graffiti is a dead giveaway; people with Fox-addled brians don’t understand the difference between liberals and anarchists (the way insurance adjusters do)
Hell yeah, cleanse the filth with the holy flame!!!
fuck yeah
This doesn’t seem arson and vandalism to me. It’s clearly a Roman wildfire and Roman artwork. I don’t know why all these conservative snowflakes think that every drop of paint and fire at a Tesla dealership is a politically motivated attack. The paint and fire are clearly autistic, and just acting in the heat of the moment.
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Republicans warned us for years that EVs aren’t safe and can just explode at random 🤷.
Based
They also spray-painted “Resist” on the building.
Authorities have not confirmed a political motive
PFFFFFT
What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Sheesh, people can’t even spell racist these days.
Burning Teslas is stupid and wasteful. All this does is get Elon a free check from the insurance company.
Protesting and stigmatizing buying a Tesla works better.
Protesting and stigmatizing buying a Tesla works better.
Maybe if you are are someone who expects change to just magically “appear” and for the system to simply correct itself so that they can go back to consuming.
Protest without the ultimate threat of force behind it is a parade.
Steal them and strip them for their batteries and parts instead.
Protest without the ultimate threat of force behind it is a parade.
I’ve never heard it worded this way, before, but it sums up something that has been bothering me about modern protests: they are parades.
No, it bring attention to him being a shitbag. Burn them all down.
Eventually, it might make Teslas uninsurable.
If this keeps up, no insurance company will insure Teslas anymore. I’m fairly sure the prices for that have already gone up and will continue to do so. It’s a high-risk asset now.
Elon doesn’t get anything. Well unless the troglodyte having his Tesla just burned down goes out and buys another in hopes this one won’t combust or see him on the wrong side of a mob.
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