Associated Press
A man drove his car into protesters outside a Tesla dealership in Palm Beach County, but did not injure any of those who had gathered to demonstrate against billionaire Elon Musk and President Donald Trump over the weekend, according to law enforcement.
The planned protest was one of a slew across the U.S. at businesses associated with Tesla, the company led by Musk, in response to the billionaire’s work with the Trump administration in cutting federal funding and the workforce.
Attacks on property carrying the logo of Musk’s electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. Several more violent incidents include Cybertrucks being set on fire in Seattle and shots fired at a Tesla dealership in Oregon.
The protest on Saturday was interrupted when Andrew Dutil drove his vehicle onto the sidewalk full of protesters at a slow speed, forcing people to scramble out of the way to avoid the being hit, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Dutil was arrested and faces an assault charge, according to court records. An attorney who could speak on Dutil’s behalf wasn’t immediately listed in court records.
Palm Beach County is also home to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, which the President has called the “Center of the Universe” on social media. Trump and Musk — through the Department of Government Efficiency — have begun dismantling government agencies and programs and laying off staff in the name of culling government waste, fraud and abuse.
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4 comments
A. Pillow
March 24, 2025 at 7:32 am
“Man drives car into protesters outside a Palm Beach Co. Tesla dealership, nobody hurt”
What was he driving, a pillow?
Peachy
March 24, 2025 at 7:34 am
Oregon and Seattle listed again. Are they still firebombing the Federal Courthouse in Portland? The torching of the cyber truck in Seattle, is that a continuation of “The Summer of Love” tour? Libs doing what libs do. Burning, stealing, torching, etc.
A. Pillow
March 24, 2025 at 9:26 am
They call themselves “liberal” but they really are leftist radicals. The left has been responsible for all the political violence in Western Civilization since the First English Civil War. I know that sounds like an indefensible overstatement, but the more I see the more I am convinced. In many cases, they engage in conflict and combat for its own sake, not for any consistent ideology except destruction.
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