‘Senseless crime’: San Jose Police arrest man for keying Tesla in viral video

Man keys a Tesla (Screengrabs from viral movies)

Police in California’s San Jose have arrested a person who was allegedly caught on digicam damaging a Tesla along with his keys. The incident occurred at a Costco automotive park in South San Jose final week.
The surveillance footage exhibits a person sporting an American flag-adorned jacket. The Tesla’s digicam system recorded him extracting a key and inflicting scratches to the car. The incident was captured by Tesla’s Sentry Mode surveillance system in a Costco automotive park located at 2200 Senter Road, as per the San Jose Police Department. According to native information studies, the occasion occurred on Friday.
A second recording depicts a confrontation the place an unknown particular person confronts the suspected vandal about damaging the Tesla car. This interplay seemingly happened days after the viral unfold of the preliminary footage on social media.

The San Jose Police Department confirmed an arrest, with Chief Paul Joseph calling for mutual respect and authorized compliance, no matter private viewpoints. A submit on X attributed to police chief Joseph acknowledged, “Within less than 24 hours of the viral vandalism incident being reported to the San Jose Police Department, we successfully identified, located, and arrested the individual responsible for this act of felony vandalism. This senseless crime and its subsequent consequences should serve as a clear reminder: no matter one’s personal beliefs or frustrations, they do not justify illegal actions. I urge everyone to respect one another and, above all, to respect the law.”
On platform X, San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan additionally addressed the state of affairs, noting that damaging Tesla automobiles domestically wouldn’t influence Elon Musk in Washington. “Keying a car because you don’t like the person who designed it is like breaking a clock because you don’t like the time it shows. If this crime was politically motivated, our residents can’t be held accountable for something Elon Musk is doing 3,000 miles away,” he mentioned. Further including reward for the Police, he added, “I want to thank @SanJosePD for finding the person responsible and urge us all to voice our opinions where they matter — at the ballot box, not in a parking lot.”

Elon Musk responded on X by sharing the submit with an American flag emoji. In subsequent posts, he likened the Tesla vandalism to home terrorism.
This San Jose incident joins a collection of latest Tesla vandalism circumstances and a discover from the US. Attorney General. In Las Vegas, an armed particular person carrying Molotov cocktails carried out what authorities described as a “targeted attack” on a Tesla facility, spray-painting “resist”, discharging a firearm a number of occasions and setting a number of automobiles ablaze.
Even US President Donald Trump has addressed the state of affairs, saying that he considers assaults on Tesla ‘home terrorism’.