A deranged, anti-Elon Musk dad scrawled a swastika on the side of a Cybertruck in Brooklyn in a brazen attack caught on security footage and viewed by The Post.
The lefty loon was so triggered by the $80,000 electric Tesla truck parked on Washington Avenue in Prospect Heights that he double-parked his Subaru – with two car seats in the back – burst out, and appeared to deface the car.
The Cybertruck’s owner Avi Ben Hamo, who is Jewish, was stunned.
Ben Hamo was stunned by the broad daylight attack. J.C. Rice“I feel myself burning inside,” Ben Hamo said.
Back in his Subaru, the hateful alleged vandal tried to speed off — but Ben Hamo, who watched the attack from the sidewalk across the street, stood in front of the car to block his getaway.
“What are you doing?” thundered Ben Hamo, who quickly called 911.
The suspect then ditched his ride in the bike lane and ran.
But about 90 minutes later, he returned to the scene to retrieve his Subaru — only to find four cops — and a Post reporter and photographer — waiting for him. He was promptly handcuffed and arrested.
The perp left his Subaru double parked in the bike lane for more than an hour and a half, before returning to the scene. Gabrielle Fahmy/ The New York PostMichael Lewis, 42, a self-described “geek of all trades, master of few,” was charged by police with aggravated harassment.
His lawyer, Mark Luccarelli refused to immediately apologize for his client’s actions, adding the Brooklyn district attorney released Lewis without pursuing charges.
“There was zero damage to the car. He did not commit a crime of any kind,” said Luccarelli, who said his client too is Jewish and the hateful symbol was scribbled in dust.
On Sunday, the lawyer said Lewis, “deeply regrets touching the other man’s car and using a hate symbol in the message. He was dealing with a host of personal issues at the time and the action was out of character.”
Ben Hamo was stunned by the random act of hate.
“People hating [Tesla owner] Elon Musk is one thing, but to do something like this is next level. I’m speechless. That’s just wrong,” said Ben Hamo, 45.
“I don’t understand how someone thinks because I bought a car it gives them the authorization to do this.”
Lewis, who thought the coast was clear for him to come back and retrieve his car, was in for a bad surprise. J.C. Rice
A worried-looking Lewis was handcuffed and put in the back of a police van. J.C. Rice
The commotion attracted the attention of many locals on Washington Ave. and drivers also slowed down to watch as they passed by. J.C. RiceTesla vehicles, dealerships, charging stations – and their owners – have found themselves the target of coordinated attacks by left-wing groups since Musk’s new Department of Government Efficiency began slashing government spending. The Post identified at least five radical groups that were behind attacks on Tesla vehicles and dealerships throughout the country.
Cybertrucks in particular are bearing the brunt of the attacks, in what some have coined Elon Derangement Syndrome.
Thursday’s incident is at least the third documented attack on a Cybertruck in New York City in recent days.
A few blocks away, a different Cybertruck was egged and smeared with dog poop a couple of weeks ago.
This sign went up earlier this week on Berry St in Williamsburg between N 6th and N 7th St. J.C. Rice
A man chased a Cybertruck near Bryant Park last week in a video that’s since gone viral on X. Vagabond4L9/XAnd in Williamsburg, street signs started popping up this week, urging others to follow suit.
“Properly dispose of your dog’s waste – place it onto the nearest Cybertruck,” it reads. “If you see Elon Musk, you may also deposit it directly into his mouth.”
The anonymous person behind the vile signs claimed to be acting alone.
“If someone can afford a $100,000 truck, they can also afford to carefully consider the ethical ramifications of giving that much money to a destructive man who acts exclusively for his own gain, at the expense of millions of Americans,” the person ranted to The Post in a direct message on Instagram.
And last week, A raging lunatic ran after a Cybertruck near Bryant Park, flipping both middle fingers at the family inside and banging on the windows, in a caught on video scene that has since gone viral.
DOGE did not return The Post’s request for comment.






