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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.

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[–] Monument@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Honestly, it would be funnier if someone sprayed them with muriatic acid. (Hydrochloride acid)

The damage to the metal is not fixable (as in, the rust can be cleaned away, but the damaged areas just keep re-rusting). It avoids the issue of insurance payments (just clean it, bro), and of burning the vehicles (releasing pollution). It basically marks the car for life, makes it unsellable, and, full offense, if someone buys one, they deserve a lifetime of annoying maintenance issues. Fuck their gleaming monument to fascism.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 2 points 5 hours ago

Ehhhh, that makes it a chemical terrorist attack. If it's not classified as that now, it will be the first time it's tried. Plus that's significantly more dangerous than a Molotov or a gun.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 77 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

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.

[–] JustEnoughDucks 10 points 8 hours ago

Well they don't have to spend their issues on child trafficking anymore because the president supports it and has made extensive use of trafficked children.

And almost all of the domestic terrorist organizations support the government now, magically.

They just need something to do now singer crime is "solved" 🙃

[–] ohulancutash@feddit.uk 17 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (2 children)

Those times were 30 years ago as of tomorrow. Since Oklahoma, the FBI has been very interested in domestic political violence and terror.

[–] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 25 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

the FBI has been very interested in domestic political violence and terror

Not super interested in the right wingers most of the time though

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 14 points 12 hours ago

Some of those that work forces something something.

[–] elbucho@lemmy.world 13 points 15 hours ago (4 children)

Actually 30 years ago as of a month and a day from now (April 19th, 1995). Still, there's a huge fucking difference between a little light arson and parking a van packed full of explosives in front of a federal building. This is property damage, not terrorism.

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[–] skozzii@lemmy.ca 4 points 13 hours ago

They should keep the FBI busy then...

[–] dangling_cat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Well. Using feds for vandalization is not a scalable solution

[–] donuts@lemmy.world 92 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Most rad thing I've read this week. So far, at least.

[–] arrow74@lemm.ee 28 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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...

[–] OwlHamster@lemm.ee 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Guess they also shot themselves and pooped out a Molotov.

[–] Halosheep@lemm.ee 1 points 1 hour ago

Well, they're known for some very strange manufacturing issues. We can't put it past them.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 7 points 15 hours ago (3 children)

I see a blank message with no edits. Why does this have 11 upvotes?

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 15 hours ago

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[–] SGforce@lemmy.ca 8 points 15 hours ago

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[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 3 points 15 hours ago

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[–] alekwithak@lemmy.world 30 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (2 children)

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.

[–] painfulasterisk1@lemmy.ml 11 points 14 hours ago

Elon bought the cars in Canada and people figured it out. Now he has no other option than to make organized arson to claim insurance and recoup his losses.

[–] the803@lemm.ee 11 points 14 hours ago

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)

[–] cabron_offsets@lemmy.world 16 points 16 hours ago
[–] the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 14 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Hell yeah, cleanse the filth with the holy flame!!!!!

[–] NotLemming@lemm.ee 15 points 16 hours ago

Smokin' hot Luigi vs stone cold Luigi

[–] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 9 points 15 hours ago

Love seeing this hurting FElon. I just hope people are checking these cars before the battery spontaneously combusts to ensure nobody is sleeping in one we don't want to give them any reason to turn this into a bigger deal by having a murder involved.

[–] Hello_there@fedia.io 4 points 15 hours ago
[–] griff@lemmings.world 3 points 15 hours ago

What goes around comes around

[–] LonstedBrowryBased@lemm.ee 2 points 14 hours ago
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