Six people were arrested Saturday after “several hundred protestors” blocked entrances to a Manhattan Tesla showroom, The New York Times reports. “Tesla Takedown” protests aim to hurt Elon Musk by targeting Tesla,
Protestors have vandalized Tesla showrooms nationwide amid backlash against Elon Musk’s government role under Trump. In February, Lucy Grace Nelson was arrested in Loveland, Colorado, for throwing Molotov cocktails at a Tesla dealership.
Investigators think the shooter fired at least seven times through the Tesla dealership, hitting three cars total.