An area resident says anyone carved a swastika into his Tesla.
The resident, who lives alongside a hectic side road within the Courthouse space, says the vandalism took place in a single day Thursday into Friday.
“My Tesla used to be discovered this morning with a swastika keyed in at the hood this morning,” the person tells ARLnow. “Clearly this development is going on national. Didn’t assume Arlington can be a spot the place silly other folks do silly such things as this to blameless automotive house owners.”
Arlington County police showed that that they had gained a destruction of belongings record a couple of 2023 Tesla being vandalized with a swastika.
“There is not any suspect description(s),” an ACPD spokeswoman mentioned. “Someone with knowledge associated with this investigation is requested to touch the Arlington County Police Division’s Tip Line at 703-228-4180 or [email protected]. Data can be reported anonymously during the Arlington County Crime Solvers hotline at 1-866-411-TIPS (8477).”
In keeping with a query from ARLnow about whether or not Tesla cars are being vandalized extra incessantly in recent years, ACPD spokeswoman Alli Shorb mentioned the dep. is “no longer seeing any explicit development at the moment.”
“Whilst we have now observed reviews of destruction of belongings involving cars, they come with cars of all makes and fashions and are reported in spaces all the way through the county,” Shorb mentioned.
The incident comes amid a wave of protests and vandalism national concentrated on Teslas and corporate places, hooked up to Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s position in slashing federal jobs, contracts and spending during the Dept. of Govt Potency. President Trump has mentioned he needs vandalism in opposition to Tesla to be categorized home terrorism.
The landlord of the vandalized Tesla, in the meantime, mentioned he hopes exposure across the incident “gets some motion from” legislation enforcement, calling it a “rising public protection worry.”
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