Cybertrucks vandalized with swastikas and anti-Musk messages at Lynnwood Tesla dealership

Описание: Police are investigating after six Tesla Cybertrucks were vandalized at a Tesla dealership in Lynnwood.

According to the Lynnwood Police Department (LPD), six vehicles were vandalized with spray paint sometime between midnight and 7 a.m. on Saturday, March 8, at the dealership located at 17731 Pacific Highway.

Photos and video circulating online show multiple Tesla Cybertrucks with phrases referencing Elon Musk and swastikas in red spray paint.

“This is an active investigation, and detectives are working on this case,” LPD Cmdr. Joe Dickinson told KOMO News.

Investigators are still in the process of getting any surveillance video from Tesla that may show possible suspects, but KOMO News spoke with one victim whose Cybertruck was vandalized.
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"I really think it’s a message of ignorance and being uneducated," the victim, who wanted to remain anonymous, said. "If you’re doing this to people that work 9 to 5, that make a living, you’re doing this to people who already purchased the vehicle from Elon. He already has our money, why would you purposefully do this to people that work hard, work every day to afford nice luxuries, and you’re going against people who work 9 to 5, I don’t get that."

Police so far have not found any connection between this incident and the fire in Seattle’s SoDo neighborhood Sunday night which damaged four Cybertrucks. The cause of that fire is still under investigation. Seattle police and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives are investigating that case.

"It’s too early to tell really (if there's a possible connection), there’s a lot that still needs to be investigated before those conversations come into play, but it’s not out of the question to be looked at so it’s just a matter of time of gathering facts," Cmdr. Dickinson said.

The incidents come as several local and nationwide protests have been taking place at Tesla dealerships as protesters speak out against Tesla owner Elon Musk and his role in the Trump administration with the Department of Government Efficiency cutting more than 62,000 federal jobs. President Donald Trump also declared Tuesday any violence against Tesla dealerships would be considered 'domestic terrorism.'

Over the weekend, there were various local protests at Tesla dealerships in Lynnwood, as well as in Bellevue, Fife, Tacoma, Renton, South Lake Union, and University Village.

Local protest organizers have told KOMO News they are not involved in these incidents, and this is not what they stand for.

"It’s not my approach, it’s not the approach of the people around me," Devin Hermanson, who has helped organize some of the local Tesla protests, told KOMO News. "It’s just not the way we do things, and in some ways I think it’s not really helpful. I want people to see us as a peaceful movement."

"As long as people don't feel they're being heard, they're watching their democracy be dismantled, they feel they need an outlet, then they're gonna start acting out in ways that sometimes we don't like," Hermanson added. "I don't want that, but I can understand where it comes from."

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Lynnanne Nguyen

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