From another perspective, because you drive a symbol of the new authoritarian state armed state enforcers essentially offered to target people at your discretio

From another perspective, because you drive a symbol of the new authoritarian state armed state enforcers essentially offered to target people at your discretion and it reinforced your acceptance of state propaganda. I'm not sure you realize it but in that moment you were given the opportunity to destroy the lives of any scapegoated person/group you could locate in the vicinity. The administration has sought the most extreme charges and punishments possible for Tesla-related dissent, even advocating sending American citizens to CECOT. The ability to wield immense state violence in this fashion is worth protesting against! I find your story a harrowing tale of how our new fascist state seeks to wield violence against the citizenry.