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Swastikas Spraypainted On Tesla Chargers In Rock Springs WY
Cowboy State Daily ^ | March 22, 2025 | Clair McFarland

Posted on 03/22/2025 7:47:44 PM PDT by Red Badger

Four charging stations at the Tesla Supercharger at 2441 Ffoothill Boulevard in Rock Springs, Wyoming, were vandalized wtih swastikas either late March 21 or early March 22, 2025. (Photos courtesy Rock Springs Police Department, PlugShare.com)

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An escalating nationwide trend of vandalizing Tesla electric vehicle products has reached Wyoming, with a row of Rock Springs Tesla Superchargers spray-painted with swastikas either late Friday night or early Saturday morning.

The Rock Springs Police Department received a call Saturday morning regarding vandalism of the Tesla charging stations on Foothill Boulevard, says a statement the department released later that day.

An unknown number of suspects spray-painted swastikas on four Tesla charging stations, but did not vandalize non-Tesla-specific electric vehicle charging stations just across the street, RSPD spokeswoman Elizabeth Coontz told Cowboy State Daily in a phone interview.

Coontz said the department also believes the attacks were politically motivated and part of a nationwide trend in which critics of Tesla CEO Elon Musk — a top adviser to President Donald Trump and leader at the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — have been damaging, burning and vandalizing Tesla products and dealerships.

The RPD is urging anyone with surveillance cameras recording in that area to share their video from Friday night and Saturday morning with the department.

One nearby business offered video, but it was taken from such a great distance that investigators can’t tell who sprayed the stations or how many people were involved, Coontz said.

Anyone with more information is encouraged to call the Sweetwater Combined Communications Center at 307-362-6575 and reference case No. R25-0493, says the statement.

‘Terrorists’

Trump on Friday warned that anyone committing or financing attacks on Tesla properties and products could face up to 20 years in prison. He called the attacks part of a coordinated effort, backed with money and organized sign production.

“These people are going to be caught — they’re going to be caught and they’re going to be prosecuted,” said Trump. “I view these people as terrorists just like others.”

Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday announced federal charges carrying between five and 20 years in prison against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails to attack Tesla properties in three different states.

If a violator were charged under Wyoming’s state laws rather than federal, the amount of prison time he could face would depend upon how much damage he inflicted.

Property destruction and defacement carries a maximum of six months in jail and $750 in fines if the value of the damaged property costs less than $1,000. For damages over $1,000, violators could face up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines if charged under state law.

But the state’s prosecutors can also aggregate offenses: if a person inflicts $200 worth of property damage at a time but he does it five times, he can be charged with the felony.

Molotov Cocktails

Colorado prosecutors charged a woman last month in connection with attacks on Tesla dealerships, including the throwing of Molotov cocktails at vehicles and spray-painting the words “Nazi cars” on a building, the Associated Press reported.

An Oregon man is also charged on suspicion he threw several Molotov cocktails at a Tesla store in Salem, then came back and shot out the windows.

Teslas have been lit on fire in Seattle, Las Vegas, and other areas throughout the nation. The city of Boston had seven charging stations set ablaze March 3.

The FBI reported Friday that since January, Tesla EVs, dealerships and other properties have been targeted in at least nine states.

Clair McFarland can be reached at clair@cowboystatedaily.com.


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To: Red Badger

Further proof that only Democrats put swastikas all over the place.


21 posted on 03/22/2025 8:57:19 PM PDT by Mr.Unique (My boss wants me to sign up for a 401K. No way I'm running that far! )
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To: wrcase

OK, so maybe it was woke people who headed into the area just to cause trouble.


22 posted on 03/22/2025 9:05:26 PM PDT by butterdezillion
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To: RoseofTexas

Along with Schwartz Gyorgy and Reid Hoggman.


23 posted on 03/22/2025 9:38:46 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: kiryandil

And traitors.


24 posted on 03/22/2025 9:39:30 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: Red Badger

Sadly there are lefty miscreants in every state of the Union.


25 posted on 03/22/2025 9:41:46 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: butterdezillion

Probably drove over from Laramie.


26 posted on 03/22/2025 9:41:54 PM PDT by wrcase
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To: Red Badger

https://antifawatch.net/ViewReport/2638fcba

First Name : Jason
Last Name : Schwanke
Approx. Age : 43
State : Wyoming
FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/jason.schwanke.1
Tags : Socialist Rifle Assocation
Notes
Likes and follows a wide variety of Antifa groups and related groups
https://www.facebook.com/jason.schwanke.1/likes_all
Indicates activities across several states.
Linked arrest in Rock Springs Wyoming for alleged violation of protection order in 2015 (probably not Antifa related, but past criminal activity).
https://www.sweetwaternow.com/sweetwater-county-arrest-reports-april-15-2/

Posted By : Anonymous in November 2020

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https://wyofile.com/dci-warned-police-of-rumored-antifa-protesters-headed-to-sturgis/

DCI warned police of rumored antifa protesters headed to Sturgis
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by Andrew Graham
August 18, 2020

An intelligence officer in Wyoming’s Division of Criminal Investigation warned other law enforcement that Black Lives Matter and antifa protesters were traveling through Wyoming on their way to Sturgis, South Dakota, according to an email obtained by WyoFile.

“We have received credible information from a South Dakota Agent and South Dakota ATF Analyst that BLM & ANTIFA members are currently staying in Cheyenne enroute to Sturgis, South Dakota,” DCI Intelligence Analyst Lanae Fry wrote in an Aug. 6 email.

“We’re awaiting further detail. We do not know what Motels/Hotels or mode of transportation they may be in yet,” Fry continued.

Both Fry and DCI acting Director Forrest Williams declined to discuss where the information came from, or whether activists had in fact passed through the state on the way to South Dakota. Both officials said the information in the email is sensitive and should not be public. . .

In June and July, Facebook and news outlets labeled as false several social media posts suggesting antifa protesters were targeting the Sturgis rally. The posts used a 2015 photograph of demonstrators in Denmark, with a banner that had been digitally doctored to read “ANTIFA against bikers,” according to the news agency Reuters.

To see the photographs on Facebook, one first has to click through a warning from the social media platform that it is “false information.”

The Associated Press reported Sunday that there was a small protest in Sturgis over the weekend. Protesters demonstrated against the rally taking place during a pandemic and against Gov. Kristi Noem’s response to COVID-19, which has been looser than in other states. . .

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https://www.rideapart.com/news/439312/sturgis-protest-almost-turns-violent/

Sturgis Protest Almost Turns Violent
So-called “antifa” protesters nearly get swarmed when police step in.

A small protest against the Motorcycle Rally nearly got mobbed when events escalated on Saturday, August 15, 2020. One protester was arrested while police escorted the others out of the area for their protection. Several bystanders recorded the incident on video.

While videos of the protesters describe them as antifa, there is no evidence backing up this claim. USA Today reports that a Craigslist ad for an “anti-white” rally in Sturgis (misspelled) has been found to be fake. Rather than whiteness, the protesters held signs saying “We don’t want you here” and “Noem, send them home,” referring to South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem. They also held a gay pride flag, as well as “no step on snek,” a flag making fun of the “Don’t tread on me” Gadsden flag, which has racist connotations. . .

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https://www.capjournal.com/news/chief-sturgis-protester-was-not-with-antifa/article_318a77a0-e0eb-11ea-9d4e-23feb9355d7d.html

Chief: Sturgis protester was not with Antifa
By STEPHEN LEE stephen.lee@capjournal.com Aug 17, 2020 Updated Sep 22, 2021

Sturgis police arrested a protester on Saturday at the 2020 Motorcycle Rally that involved a loud confrontation of a handful of protesters with hundreds of bikers and other visitors to the rally, according to Police Chief Geody VanDewater and online videos of the chaotic event.

Police arrested Drew Wishon, 23, of Rapid City after he allegedly kicked a motorcyclist on Main Street about 5 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 15, said VanDewater.

It began about 4 p.m., Saturday, the second-to-last day of the 10-day event, VanDewater said.

About seven protesters from Rapid City gathered and stood in a line down the middle of Main Street, holding signs, according to online videos of it and what VanDewater told the Capital Journal on Monday.

VanDewater said in a news release on Monday that his department “learned of this planned demonstration through citizens seeing the event on social media and contacting us.”. . .

VanDewater said it wasn’t clear yet to him if Wishon kicked the bike or the biker or both. But once that was seen by an officer, Wishon was taken down by several police officers as that was clearly an offense, the police chief told the Capital Journal.

From video of the event, it appears Wishon did not actively resist the officers, but did not easily comply and it took several officers, perhaps six or more, several moments to take him down to the ground. His sign was left lying on the street next to his outstretched feet.

Wishon, who appeared to be about 6 feet, 6 inches tall or taller, held a sign that included the number “45,” apparently a reference to President Donald Trump as the 45th president, although it wasn’t clear.

Wishon was cited for disorderly conduct, a Class II misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of 30 days in jail; but which usually does not involve any jail time.

VanDewater said his department always hires extra police officers for the Sturgis Rally, which brings half-a-million people to the town of 7,000 for the 10-day event in early August each year. The extra officers mostly are volunteers from other agencies in the state.

He said that despite many online references to the protesters as part of some larger “Antifa” group linked often to many of the anti-police protests going on around the nation this summer, these protesters were local, all from Rapid City, with no apparently larger agenda.

In his news release, he said the seven protesters “as far as we know were just local citizens from Rapid City and NOT affiliated with ANTIFA.”

The term “antifa” is shorthand for “antifascists,” who often are identified as anarchists and/or radical leftists intent on a variety of protests and demonstrations, often anti-police ones, and they often are blamed for and/or associated with violence and arson.

One of the protesters’ signs in Sturgis named Gov. Kristi Noem, urging her to to send rally participants home — using the rhyme of Noem with home — which was apparently a protest against holding the Rally despite concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, according to online videos of the event.

VanDewater said in a news release: “The demonstration from what we could gather was in protest of the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, Days of ‘76 Rodeo (in Deadwood) and Pennington County Central States Fair.” . . .

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27 posted on 03/22/2025 10:36:03 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Fedora

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28 posted on 03/22/2025 10:53:40 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: Red Badger
Probably someone passing through on I-80.

29 posted on 03/22/2025 10:54:05 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: Fedora

https://www.sweetwaternow.com/peaceful-protest-for-george-floyd-and-police-start-in-rock-springs/

Peaceful Protest for George Floyd and Police Start in Rock Springs

ock Springs residents Joseph Roark, James Partington and Alice Halstead gather to peacefully protest and raise awareness about George Floyd’s death. Photo by Stephanie Thompson

Stephanie Thompson June 2, 2020
ROCK SPRINGS — What started out as a couple of guys with signs, has slowly grown into about 10 people holding their hands in the air or signs saying “Black Lives Matter,” Stop the Violence,” or “I Can’t Breathe.”

On Tuesday, those who were driving down Dewar Drive may have noticed a small group of protestors holding signs to raise awareness against the police brutality. . .

We’re just protesting police brutality,” Rock Springs resident Joseph Roark said. “Black lives matter and we’re standing up for George Floyd.”

Even though Roark wants to bring attention to police brutality, he said he still supports police.

“It’s not that we don’t support cops, we just don’t support police brutality,” Roark said.

According to Roark, the protest actually started Monday night with himself and Navarre Mudd, who was the one who had the idea to start a protest.

Rock Springs resident James Partington’s message was a simple one: “end police violence.”

“Violence is no solution at all,” Partington said. . .

Rock Springs resident Alice Halstead just happened to be driving by when she saw the protest and decided to join because it was a cause she believes in. She just went to the store, bought some poster boards and markers and joined the group.

“I’m done with the cops killing people,” Halstead said. “That is not their function.”

While Halstead has seen protestors on TV, she never thought she’d become one.

“I did not know I was going to do this until today,” she said.

Roark said he’d like more people to join the group to raise awareness. . .


30 posted on 03/22/2025 11:01:36 PM PDT by Fedora
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To: wrcase

A 420 mile round trip is pretty long just to spray paint a swastika.


31 posted on 03/22/2025 11:42:02 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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To: Fedora

Anti Fa Duh


32 posted on 03/22/2025 11:52:24 PM PDT by linMcHlp
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To: TigersEye

“A 420 mile round trip is pretty long just to spray paint a swastika.”

Maybe Act Blue pays per diem?


33 posted on 03/23/2025 3:30:29 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: TigersEye

I saw an article about a man who scrawled a swastika on a Jewish man’s Tesla.

It made me observe that leftists are so opposed to Nazis that they now put swastikas on Jewish people’s property.


34 posted on 03/23/2025 3:34:33 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I'm so on fire that I feel the need to stop, drop, and roll!)
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To: Red Badger

Wyoming???!!


35 posted on 03/23/2025 5:31:54 AM PDT by sauropod (Make sure Satan has to climb over a lot of Scripture to get to you. John MacArthur Ne supra crepidam)
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To: Red Badger

I live in a small western Pennsylvania town and there is a Tesla charging station in the process of being installed. I’m waiting to see how long it will be till the charging station is vandalized.


36 posted on 03/23/2025 5:58:10 AM PDT by dis.kevin (Dry white toast)
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To: Red Badger

How brave.


37 posted on 03/23/2025 7:05:13 AM PDT by dljordan
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To: Red Badger
Maybe they think the "redecoration" will fix the brand's slumping sales in Deutschland:

Tesla Likely Finished In Germany As 94% Surveyed Say They’d Never Buy Musk’s EVs

38 posted on 03/23/2025 10:09:54 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: HYPOCRACY

Only Nazis spray paint swastikas


My thought exactly


39 posted on 03/23/2025 5:40:54 PM PDT by tsowellfan (Trump did his part - Now we need to do ours - Contact our Reps and let them know where WE stand...)
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To: Dogbert41

LOL Well, they should be able to afford it what with all the massive donations ... from people whose net worth is less than what they contributed.


40 posted on 03/23/2025 8:24:53 PM PDT by TigersEye (The Golden Age of MAGA is upon us!)
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