Climate vandals spray paint NYC Tesla dealership in Earth Day protest, clean it off when police arrive

Climate alteration vandals spray-painted a Tesla car dealership successful Manhattan connected Tuesday to protestation Elon Musk’s enactment with the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), but arsenic constabulary arrived, the activists could beryllium seen cleaning disconnected immoderate of the vulgar writing. 

The showroom is the latest Tesla determination to beryllium targeted by anti-Musk and anti-DOGE protesters since the billionaire CEO of the institution began starring the cost-cutting agency. The incidental besides coincides with Earth Day, an yearly lawsuit aimed astatine protecting the environment.

Video shows 2 maskless men scrawling "F—k DOGE" and "We bash not consent" connected the store’s windows with fluorescent reddish and greenish spray paint.

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A Tesla car dealership successful New York City was spray-painted by clime alteration activists connected Tuesday to protestation Elon Musk’s enactment with DOGE. (FNTV)

Several DOGE signs were besides coated onto respective windows with reddish lines crossing done each of them – akin to a "no" oregon "prohibited" symbol. The showroom is located successful Manhattan’s Meat Packing District, betwixt Washington Street and W 13th Street, and radical could beryllium seen wrong astatine the time.

The radical appeared to beryllium to the clime activistic radical Extinction Rebellion, which has been known to overtake nationalist spaces, origin disruptions and deface nationalist buildings. The radical claims to usage non-violent civilian disobedience to protestation against governmental inaction implicit what they judge is man-made clime change.

The 2 clime vandals were arrested erstwhile constabulary arrived connected the scene. The younger antheral was wearing a pinkish t-shirt with the words "Climate Change = Mass Murder" inscribed connected the backmost of his top. 

Police inspect the harm astatine the Tesla showroom successful Manhattan. (FNTV)

Asked wherefore helium was being arrested, the antheral said: "Because radical bash not consent to unelected fascists and this is Earth Day."

The group’s New York City section boasted astir the defacing of the gathering connected X.

Extinction Rebellion besides took recognition for spray-painting Wall Street’s iconic Raging Bull connected Tuesday.

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Dozens of reported attacks connected Tesla vehicles, dealerships and charging stations person taken spot this year. 

The incidents scope from insignificant vandalism, specified arsenic keying oregon graffiti, to much utmost cases similar arson and drive-by shootings allegedly targeting Tesla vehicles. Several national lawsuits pertaining to these Tesla attacks person been filed. 

Elon Musk's determination to pb DOGE has led to the targeting of Tesla car dealerships due to the fact that of his relation with the Trump administration. (Musk, BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images, Getty. )

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Attorney General Pamela Bondi has said the Department of Justice is treating specified incidents arsenic "domestic terrorism."

Some of the much superior attacks connected Tesla successful the U.S. see a March 18 incidental successful Las Vegas erstwhile constabulary said 36-year-old Paul Hyon Kim utilized a Molotov cocktail to torch respective Teslas astatine a section dealership.

Four Tesla Cybertrucks were acceptable connected occurrence successful a Seattle Tesla batch past month, portion two Tesla Cybertrucks caught occurrence astatine a section dealership successful Kansas City.