"Burning Man 2023: Clash of Activism and Festivalgoers Escalates to Gunpoint Confrontation"
Tribal police in Nevada drove a truck through a climate protest blocking the road to Burning Man, arresting demonstrators who were demanding the festival ban private jets and single-use plastics. The activists, from Seven Circles and Extinction Rebellion, had locked themselves onto a trailer and clashed with those trying to attend the event. The police claimed they received a call that someone in the crowd was going to shoot the activists. The protesters were arrested for trespassing on tribal land.