Tesla CEO Elon Musk has everything but torpedo the brand of electric car manufacturer Due to taking a special role within the Trump administration, it is determined to cut out the massive amount of spending through work cuts and the collapse of popular programs or removal of the entire agency. It was clearly causing a lot of anger throughout the country, and Tesla took the impact of the showrooms around the country and served as an easy target to recover resentment.
But a string of vandals has been arrested Defacing tesla showrooms and destruction of vehiclesTogether with Attorney General Pamela Bondi, along with Musk and President Trump, everyone says that the destruction of Teslas will now be considered as a act of domestic terrorism (it is unclear if the President has the authority to make such an expression). 404 media The hands were recovered by charging documents for three individuals, outlining how the suspects were tracked. It came down to several classic investigations, along with the help of newer readers of the license plate and trawling digital footprints.
In the case of Daniel Clarke-Pounder, who allegedly threw Molotov's cocktails in Tesla charging stations in South Carolina, police recovered to recover glass bottles from the scene and, combining that into a person's eyewitness account that matched a man and holding a bottle from the same beer brand.
They then contacted the mall where the Tesla showroom was located and got Clarke-Pounder's footage entering a car, along with a scan of his license plate. Police got his phone number and found the apps he used, along with a “mobile payp app” with a payment history for his apartment that led to a home address. At the time of his arrest, a search became a notebook with “statements opposed to the efficiency of the government department ('Doge')” along with other evidence.
Other cases are somewhat similar, along with police who use surveillance cameras, license plaque lookups, and DNA evidence to monitor offenders. If convicted, each of the defendants faced a minimum of five years in prison and up to twenty years.
In the day and age now with dystopian surveillance cameras Now ubiquitousAnd smartphones that help facilitate most of the day -to -day life, are difficult to stay away from crimes. Tesla's herself is full of cameras. Musk also mobilized the White House and Justice Department to defend the private company he was running in conjunction with being a federal employee, so the local police were seriously.
Tesla has raised security and has activated the Sentry mode on all vehicles in stores https://t.co/3hwuge8zof
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 20, 2025
There are probably better ways to show the unpleasantness for the antics of Musk – Mayo Point and laugh at every Cybertruck driver you have passed – and the destruction of Tesla shows can have the opposite effect of encouraging his loyal supporters to buy new vehicles; Even as if the Republicans still didn't appear in large numbers. It also provides support to the monitoring industry that can be directed to these events as a reason why communities should be linked to cameras. Tesla's toxicity among traditional EV buyers seems to be doing enough work to punish the Musk.
Tesla's sharing price dropped by 37% up to 2025, and even some of the musk Long -lasting calls him to get away from Doge and stop bleeding. There will probably be a tipping point where even the musk cannot stomach the losses. Or maybe he realizes the rest of his business empire benefits from his new power and can survive with the suffering of Tesla.