Well, if you damage my car and I can find you, I am prosecuting. It is on the perpetrator to know if they will be considered a terrorist or not before they do the damage. Easy solution....stop damaging people's cars and protest a peaceful way.
I would not press to charge the vandal with anything more than vandalism, but it a terrorism charge is automatically attached to it, it would not prevent me from prosecuting them. Why should I pay for the damage to my vehicle and hit my insurance if I can find the person who did it? The vandals need to keep up with what crimes they will be charged with.
Well, I don't have to be a sympathizer to someone who committed a crime against me. Even if they can't pay, I can make sure they are charged for their crime so they don't commit more crimes against others.
I believe the terrorist charges would only be for those blowing up teslas or tesla charging stations.
What if it was like 3 years ago. Would you have felt differently? Don't you drive that car because you believe in global warming?
If anyone intentionally firebombed cars in a Disney parking lot, I certainly hope they spend a long time in jail for that. I don't think it matters what make of car they firebomb, either.
They were never going to charge people keying a car with terrorism. That is a false argument.
So if you accidentally backed into my Tesla (I do own 2 Teslas), I can pretend that you did it on purpose and have you charged with domestic terrorism?
This is a question that's been on my mind, too. All the 'news' coverage is around Tesla vandalism. Other EVs and definitely other cars continue to be vandalized, but no real conversation about those. There is zero doubt the people who vandalize should be charged with the vandalism. But to single out the Tesla portion of the vandalism and trying to make it "domestic terrorism" is strictly political rhetoric in a period of our history where political rhetoric is a big problem.
See post above. It would be if someone actually blew up your Tesla.
But, that is what it is. They are specifically doing it because of hating Musk. I can't go further since this is not the controversial forum. This is going into the political realm quickly.
It appears you need to be educated on the definition of terrorism. Here is the FBI's definition:
I would certainly expect that firebombing Tesla service centers and dealerships would fall under that category. I don't believe that keying a vehicle would qualify, but wouldn't be the first time a federal prosecutor overcharged.
In can be, the question is why. See the definition above. I don't believe keying car would be an act of domestic terrorism, lighting one of fire just because of the make of it would be.
I've had Teslas before the majority of the people knew what they were. And NO, I would NEVER push a terrorism charge on anyone for scratching my vehicle.
