Portland man who allegedly injured Tesla workers’ eyes with green laser during protest released without bail

27-year-old Davis Nafshun has been charged with two counts of unlawful use of a weapon, two counts of attempting to commit a felony, and misdemeanor charges of menacing and reckless endangerment.

Nafshun was released on his own recognizance the same day he was arrested. The Post Millennial's senior editor Andy Ngo discovered that Nafshun works at the taxpayer-funded homeless support nonprofit, Do Good Multnomah.

Court documents obtained by The Oregonian stated that police responded to the South Waterfront Portland Tesla dealership in the 4300 block of South Macadam Avenue, where an employee told officers that at least one person was pointing a green laser into the dealership at people inside.

According to police, two employees who had the laser pointed in their eyes experienced discomfort and problems with their vision. A third employee, who had previously had a laser pointed at their eyes days earlier, left the dealership to avoid it happening again.

An officer saw a video of Nafshun doing the same during an anti-Elon Musk protest outside the dealership. Police found Nafsun riding his bike away from the area and arrested him after recovering a green laser on his person.

Some protesters who saw the arrest began asking about the police response, but after they were shown the video of Nafshun’s alleged actions, they said his actions were “not okay” and supported him being taken into custody.

Tesla dealerships across the US have been protested by activists upset about CEO Elon Musk’s efforts to reduce the size of the federal government while he has been working with the Trump administration. Radicals have even targeted the vehicles themselves, both at dealerships and parked on the street, lighting them on fire.

Many of the vandals have been arrested and are now facing federal charges.