New York Tesla dealership targeted in wave of anti-Elon Musk protests
Global News
A woman, who identified herself on camera as Frankie while being detained, said she was 'getting arrested today for protesting Elon Musk.'
Hundreds of protesters gathered at a New York City Tesla showroom on Saturday as part of sprawling demonstrations against Elon Musk‘s high-level involvement with the Trump administration.
Footage captured during protests at a Manhattan dealership shows police removing a number of demonstrators from inside the premises, where glass doors had been shattered.
Meanwhile, people gathered outside the facility could be heard chanting, “We need clean air, not another billionaire.”
A woman, who identified herself on camera as “Frankie” while officers detained her, said she was “getting arrested today for protesting Elon Musk.”
“He bought his way into office, he bought his way into heading a government agency, he bought his power at the expense of the American people, at the expense of our environment, at the expense of our world and all of the people in it,” the woman said.
Six people were arrested in total, five for disorderly conduct and one for resisting arrest, according to media reports.
Musk was put in charge of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) by U.S. President Donald Trump shortly after he took office. Since then, the cost-cutting body has fired more than 60,000 government employees, with more set to follow.
Another video posted on Musk-owned social media platform X on Saturday appears to show nine NYPD officers protecting a single Cybertruck.
