Crowds Flip Out Throughout the U.S. for ‘Tesla Takedown’ Protests

A whole lot of Tesla dealerships throughout the USA, Canada, and Europe noticed protesters descend upon their heaps on Saturday as a part of a worldwide day of motion organized by the Tesla Takedown protest movement. Demonstrators turned out in vital numbers in giant cities, together with New York Metropolis and Chicago, with many holding indicators that includes anti-Elon Musk and anti-Trump administration messaging.

Accounts from throughout the nation proceed to pour in, however regardless of the presence of counter-protesters in some places, the demonstrations appear to have largely gone with out incidents of violence or arrests.

An account from the Boston Herald says that two individuals had been injured at a Tesla Takedown demonstration within the Boston suburb of Watertown when a black pickup truck allegedly clipped the protesters with the automobile’s facet mirror. Greater than 100 protesters had been reportedly on the scene in the course of the incident, and each individuals hit by the automobile refused medical therapy and didn’t endure severe accidents. Police in Columbus, Ohio had been additionally seen escorting two anti-Tesla demonstrators in dinosaur costumes from a Tesla dealership throughout a Tesla Takedown occasion.

NOW: Columbus Ohio police escorts two Anti-Tesla dinosaurs as Takedown Tesla Protesters collect exterior Tesla Showroom in Columbus Ohio. A counter protest gathering throughout pic.twitter.com/OOcp5XiQxa

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In Florida, Lawyer Normal James Uthmeier ordered law enforcement to monitor the events and reply with a zero-tolerance coverage for crimes towards property, however local reporting indicated that dozens of protests occurred throughout the state with out incident.

Native stories recommend that at least 150 people turned out to a Tesla Takedown occasion within the outskirts of Chicago, greater than 300 individuals confirmed as much as a protest outside of Syracuse, New York, greater than 600 in a suburb of Baltimore. Comparable numbers had been reported in St. Louis, Missouri, Buffalo, New York, Salt Lake City, Utah, and different cities. Social media posts present giant demonstrations in Seattle and Ann Arbor, Michigan, whereas some counter-protesters had been documented in Meridian, Idaho and Paramus, New Jersey—although the pro-Musk demonstrations seem to have been considerably smaller than the Tesla Takedown occasions.

Protesters are gathered on the Tesla Takedown protest in Chicago.

“Hey hey, ho ho, Elon Musk has acquired to go!”

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The road is lengthy and getting longer!

Former and present Tesla employees, in addition to Buffalo residents who know ALL about Elon Musk’s failed insurance policies and damaged guarantees are right here to face up and battle again.

Hey, hey, ho, ho Elon and company greed has acquired to go! #TeslaTakedown pic.twitter.com/YRWwQNOqrh

— Our Metropolis Motion Buffalo (@ourcityaction) March 29, 2025

Whereas many of the protests befell in the USA, there have been worldwide demonstrations as a part of the day of motion. NBC News reported protesters turned out at Tesla dealerships in Edinburgh, Scotland, and Berlin, Germany. London also saw a large turnout of Tesla Takedown demonstrators.

Protesters confirmed up for the Tesla Takedown protest occasion in London, England at the moment.

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The organizers of the Tesla Takedown protests have chosen Tesla as their goal as a method to inflict injury onto CEO Elon Musk’s backside line, a response to his involvement within the Trump administration, together with his management of the Division of Authorities Effectivity, which has led to dramatic reductions within the federal workforce. A standard theme among the many signage was kicking Musk out of the federal government (or the nation) and demanding an finish to the slashing of presidency companies and social security nets.

About 300 protesters confirmed as much as a protest in San Diego, the place there’s a retail storefront on the mall close to the College of California, San Diego. Regardless of being so shut to a school campus, the protest crowd skewed older, a standard theme at demonstrations over the previous two months.

An 83-year-old retired geologist named Dorrie informed Gizmodo she had two sisters protesting as effectively, one in Boston and one in Orange County, California, each involved about what Elon Musk was doing to the nation. “He’s placing seniors on the road. Turning senior residents into homeless individuals,” she informed Gizmodo.

“I don’t know the way we’re gonna get out of it, both,” Dorrie continued. “Have you ever heard any artistic methods of how, you realize, you screw up the system for 4 years and then you definitely change it? Everyone will get their jobs again, you realize?”