- Title: Protesters call for Tesla boycott outside Illinois dealership
- Date: 22nd March 2025
- Summary: Protesters call for Tesla boycott outside Illinois dealership SHOTLIST: ILLINOIS, US (MARCH 22, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. PROTESTORS HOLDING BANNERS ON EITHER SIDE OF ROAD OUTSIDE TESLA DEALERSHIP 2. PROTESTOR MIMICKING US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP 3. VARIOUS OF PROTESTORS HOLDING BANNERS AND US FLAGS 4. TESLA VEHICLES IN FRONT OF DEALERSHIP (TWO SHOTS) 5. VARIOUS OF PROTESTORS HOLDING BANNERS AND US FLAGS 6. POLICE VEHICLES IN AREA (TWO SHOTS) SCRIPT Demonstrators gathered in front of a Tesla dealership in Illinois, the US on Saturday, March 22, to protest the US President Donald Trump administration and tech billionaire Elon Musk. Protesters held banners voicing their disapproval of the Trump administration and calling for a boycott of Tesla vehicles. A "targeted" attack on a Tesla sales center in US city of Las Vegas on Tuesday left multiple vehicles damaged, with at least two engulfed in flames. Authorities believe the suspect, dressed in black, used Molotov cocktails and a firearm to carry out the assault at around 2:45 am local time (0945GMT). At least five Tesla vehicles were damaged in "at least three rounds" of firings and the word “resist” was spray-painted on the business’s front doors, said Assistant Sheriff Dori Koren of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) in a news conference. Tesla CEO Elon Musk condemned the attack on X, calling it “insane and deeply wrong.” He emphasized that Tesla, as an electric vehicle manufacturer, “has done nothing to deserve these evil attacks.” The attack is part of a wave of attacks targeting Tesla facilities, driven by backlash against Musk’s political activities, including his role in the Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Trump vowed to labeled such violence as domestic terrorism and threatened perpetrators of consequences. Last week, Attorney General Pam Bondi issued a warning to Tesla vandals, saying, “If you’re going to touch a Tesla, go to a dealership, do anything, you better watch out because we’re coming after you.”
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