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Four Protesters Sit on a Tesla's Glass Roof, But Not Why You Might Think

Protests in the USA are still going strong over the murder of African-American George Floyd by a Minneapolis PD officer on May 25, and without any concrete decisions on the authorities' part, it doesn't look like they will die out anytime soon.
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In fact, Sunday has seen some of the largest numbers of protesters out in the street, with support being shown all over the world. Celebrities have also spoken up to condemn racism and discrimination, from the likes of former U.S. president Barack Obama to Formula One British driver (and defending champion) Lewis Hamilton.

Since every apple has some bad seeds, the peaceful protests have turned violent in the past and some will probably continue to, but for the overwhelming majority of cases, these have been nothing more than people taking to the street to express their anger and disappointment with the way society - and above all, authorities - continues to treat people of color.

Under different circumstances, seeing four people jumping up and down on the glass roof of a Tesla Model S might have been interpreted as vandalism, but considering one of those on top is the owner of the vehicle, it's safe to assume the other three have his permission as well.

It all happened this Friday, June 5th, on the streets of Seattle. According to CleanTechnica, that car belongs to musician Raz Simone who is a known hip hop artist and one of the four people sitting on top of the car. I don't even begin to imagine how they mustered up the courage to get up there and bounce on the EV's roof, but it appears to have worked. Still, I don't imagine they take any responsibility if anyone else tries it and fails.

Tesla has a strange relationship with glass. The company holds multiple patents and is clearly paying a lot of attention to the transparent bits of its vehicle. You only need look at the windshield of the Model X electric SUV or the number of its vehicles that have a panoramic roof. On the other hand, there was that incident at the Cybertruck launch where the steel ball thrown by the lead designer made a huge gash into what was supposed to be armored glass.

Watching Eric Jensen's footage and the electric (excuse the pun) atmosphere, you get the feeling more would have joined in if there was any room left. That got me thinking. I wouldn't be surprised if this sparks the idea for a new record: how many people can the glass roof of a Tesla hold? Now we just need to find somebody with enough friends and the masochistic disposition to deal with the Tesla service center for eventually replacing that glass.
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"Boy meets car, boy loves car, boy gets journalism degree and starts job writing and editing at a car magazine" - 5/5. (Vlad Mitrache if he was a movie)
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