Twisted Situation: Vandals Who Carved Hate Symbols on Tesla Made a Serious Mistake Targeting the Wrong Person

In the shadowy hours of a Brooklyn morning, two vandals armed with hate and ignorance took a knife to what they thought was just another Tesla Cybertruck. What they didn’t know—and what the rest of America is now grappling with—is that they weren’t just vandalizing a car.

They were slashing into the fabric of a dangerously divided society, leaving behind not just symbols of hate, but a glaring example of misguided rage.

Caught in the act by the vehicle’s built-in security system, the two men were filmed defacing the futuristic Tesla with a swastika and the word “Nazis.” It happened around 1 a.m. in Brooklyn, a borough long known for its cultural diversity and historic Jewish communities.

After completing their cruel handiwork, the pair fled on foot, their faces burned into high-definition footage now circulating among NYPD investigators.

The owner of the car, Ben Hamo—a Jewish man—would later tell the press, “I feel myself burning inside.” A phrase simple in structure, but heavy with centuries of inherited trauma. For Hamo, this wasn’t just an act of vandalism. It was a knife in the heart.

A reminder that even in 2025, symbols once carried by the Third Reich are still used as tools of intimidation.

Authorities wasted no time in labeling the incident for what it is: a hate crime. The New York Police Department confirmed that it is treating the attack as such, and rightly so. This wasn’t just an act of petty destruction—it was a calculated expression of bigotry and malice. And it was far from isolated.

Only days earlier, another Tesla Cybertruck was defaced with the same disturbing imagery in Brooklyn. The pattern is becoming hard to ignore: vandalism aimed squarely at Elon Musk’s Tesla brand is increasing in frequency—and in ferocity.

But here’s the twist, and it’s one for the books: the people these vandals are trying to hurt aren’t the enemies they think they’re targeting.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt pointed out the deep irony this week. “Tesla dealerships, Tesla employees, and also innocent Americans who have chosen to drive these vehicles—many of them, ironically, are likely Democrats,” she said.

“There is a major double standard here. The Democrats used to be the greatest cheerleaders for electric vehicles and for Tesla, the company, until Elon Musk decided to support and vote for Donald Trump.”

What we’re witnessing isn’t just political theater—it’s real, tangible violence rooted in ideological confusion. Elon Musk’s pivot toward conservative politics and his open alliance with the Trump administration has lit a firestorm among some of his former supporters. Once hailed as a green energy hero, Musk is now public enemy number one for a slice of the left that feels betrayed.

The violence hasn’t stopped at Brooklyn’s borough lines. In fact, it’s gone national. Attorney General Pam Bondi recently declared open season on Tesla vandals: “The days of committing crimes without consequence have ended,” she said in a press statement.

“Let this be a warning: if you join this wave of domestic terrorism against Tesla properties, the Department of Justice will put you behind bars.”

And she’s backing it up.

Adam Matthew Lansky, 41, was the first to fall. He’s accused of tossing Molotov cocktails through the window of a Tesla dealership in Salem, Oregon. At the time, Lansky was reportedly armed with a suppressed AR-15.

A week later, in Loveland, Colorado, 42-year-old Lucy Grace Nelson—also known as Justin Thomas Nelson—was caught trying to ignite homemade firebombs near another Tesla facility. Then came Daniel Clarke-Pounder, 24, who sprayed anti-Trump graffiti on a Charleston, South Carolina dealership before lighting three charging stations on fire.

All three now face federal charges, with sentences that could see them behind bars for up to 20 years.

Tesla’s stock price has taken a hit as these attacks mount. Critics say Musk’s closeness to Trump is hurting the company. Calls for a boycott are growing louder, especially from liberal consumers who once proudly championed Tesla’s push for sustainability.

Former FBI special agent Michael Tabman has warned that these incidents are likely just the beginning. “I do fear that more violence is on its way,” he said. “Maybe not directly Teslas or DOGE, but just general political violence. I think it’s already here.”

And if this trend continues, he may be right. America is turning reactionary. The center cannot hold when both ends of the spectrum are pulling so hard, not just with words—but with weapons, fire, and hate.

What’s unfolding isn’t just a tale about cars. It’s about misplaced vengeance. It’s about political identities eclipsing reason. It’s about the dangers of painting targets without understanding who or what lies beneath.

The vandals in Brooklyn didn’t just deface a vehicle. They carved a swastika into a car owned by a Jewish man—a man whose ancestors may very well have fled the same symbols in another era, on another continent. This wasn’t just vandalism. It was the cruelest kind of irony. The kind that doesn’t end when the paint dries or the dent is buffed out.

And what about the next target? Another Tesla? A different EV brand? A human being walking down the street wearing the wrong political pin?

The danger in all this isn’t just the violence—it’s the illusion that the perpetrators know who they’re fighting. They don’t. They’re lashing out in a fog of ideological anger, disconnected from the reality that their hate often lands on the very people they claim to defend.

It’s a tragic comedy, written in real time by a society that’s forgotten how to talk and learned how to burn.

We can only hope that the camera on that Cybertruck didn’t just capture two criminals in the act—but captured a moment that might finally force us to look in the mirror.

Because one thing is certain: when your rage is so blind you carve a swastika into a Jewish man’s car to protest a billionaire, you’re no longer protesting. You’ve become the very thing you claim to hate.

And that’s not resistance. That’s madness.