Posted on 04/07/2025 10:15:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
This certainly qualifies as a Hate Crime, using the Left’s standards
I wonder what Rafael’s net worth might be...
Easily six figures...............ALL ZEROES.................
Damaging someone’s property over political differences is a clear violation of the Tesla owner’s first amendment rights. Even if the political differences are imagined. (i.e. most Tesla owners hate Musk too now)
I was hoping civil actions would happen. Attach their wages. Heck, if they could make the creep have to sell some belongings, especially his car, then the perp would have to use public transportation.
Pretty easy to get him to say he heard from it from one or all of the NGOs and then class actions them with other Tesla owners.
I don’t go for the hate crime business. But I think here there’s a legitimate argument that we’re dealing with political terrorism and intimidation. Which to me as a non- lawyer that sounds like it justifies the size of the lawsuit better than a hate crime.
And think of it, the guy that vandalized the car is going to be out all of his legal bills and even if the settlement is reduced, he’s going to be stuck with the legal bills of the car owner too. That’s a bunch of money. Should bankrupt the little turd
and have part of his wages be confiscated to pay off the fine- Our side has to hit back hard- make them pay for being buttheads- $$ is the only thing that they know
It’s hilarious to me that these idiots don’t even have the sense to wear masks/hide their license plates, etc....
Is he suing Antifa and Soros?
Sigh. I rise once again to tell my brothers and sisters that lawsuits are not magic and the value of a case is a function of the amount of hard damages you’ve suffered. The numbers you see in The article are just a random number by the attorney; it has no meaning whatsoever. In CA, you MIGHT survive with a claim of intentional infliction of emotional distress, I.e. “conduct so extreme that it ought not be tolerated in a civilized society.” But the emotional distress has to actually happen, the owner in the video sounds calm and determined, not shattered. So no substantial emotional distress. There’s the cost of repainting. If somehow you can squeeze in punitive damages it has to be proportionate to the guys wealth and per SCOTUS precedent, no more than about 9X the amount of actual damages.
On a good day this case hits mid-five figures. The value of coverage like this is that it might deter others of these cowards
Keying some random person’s automobile is NOT freedom of speech, it is vandalism, and should be treated as such.
Vandals are held to the standard of making restitution to the victims of their predations, and failing that, charged with public mischief.
Tesla autos use a special paint that’s expensive and the Cybertrucks are STIANLESS STEEL like DeLoreans so the whole body panel has to be replaced...........
Then shoot him. 😁
Public waterboarding for a first offense would be an adequate punishment.
Musk did not start the Tesla co and only owns 12% of it. So these IDIOT ACTIVISTS are harming the owners and stockholders of the stock and not so much Elon Himself. I wonder what is the cost of a rent a mob cast and crew.
Make Soros pay the mill. His goons started it.
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