Hundreds Protest Outside Tesla Dealership, Storm Building

Hundreds of protestors gathered outside a Tesla dealership in Lower Manhattan on Saturday, remaining there for two hours and effectively shutting down the location, the New York Times reports, with some attendees even storming the building. The demonstration is among the latest expressions of public backlash against the electric vehicle maker's CEO Elon Musk, who's become an increasingly controversial figure since serving as a senior advisor to president Donald Trump, leading initiatives to gut federal spending. "Nobody voted for Elon Musk," protestors chanted, per the NYT, as well as "Oligarchs out, democracy in." According to an organizer named Alice Hu, some protestors entered the Tesla dealership, located in Manhattan's West Village, and six were arrested, in what was otherwise a nonviolent demonstration. Images and footage from the incident show a glass door was shattered, but it's unclear if there was any other damage to the property. In all, the New York Police Department sa ... Read full article.