Tribal ranger drove through climate activist blockade as Burning Man starts - Straight Arrow News

Tribal ranger drove through climate activist blockade as Burning Man starts

ENVIRONMENTAL ACTIVISTS CREATING A ROAD BLOCKADE IN NEVADA WERE IN FOR A RUDE AWAKENING WHEN TRIBAL RANGERS DROVE THROUGH THEIR STAGED PROTEST TO UNBLOCK A MILES-LONG TRAFFIC JAM.

THE RANGER DRIVING THE VEHICLE STEPPED OUT WITH A GUN POINTED AT PROTESTORS – SOME WHO HAD BEEN CHAINED TO A TRAILER AS PART OF THE BLOCKADE.

THE EXCHANGE IN THE NEVADA DESERT WENT VIRAL – AND NOW THE RANGER INVOLVED IS UNDER A “CONDUCT REVIEW” FOR HOW HE HANDLED THE SITUATION. WHERE THE PROTESTORS SET UP CAMP – ALONG A RURAL HIGHWAY — IS ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION –

WHICH IS WHY **TRIBAL RANGERS WERE INVOLVED. IT’S ALSO A MAJOR ROUTE. WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY BUSY ON THIS DAY –

AS ATTENDEES TO THE BURNING MAN FESTIVAL BECAME STUCK IN A MILES-LONG TRAFFIC JAM CREATED BY THE BLOCKADE.

BEFORE RANGERS ARRIVED – A HEATED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN RANGERS AND ACTIVISTS ERUPTED.

“people are getting hurt because of climate change, look at what happened in maui look at what’s happening here. “We’ve gotta get to reno! Get out the way!”

this is a democracy, you have a right to protest, get the cops get the cops.”

THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THE DRIVERS DID. PROMPTING THE RANGERS’ ARRIVAL SHORTLY AFTER.

THE RANGERS BROADCASTED A WARNING THAT THIS WAS A STATE ROUTE – AND THEY NEEDED TO CLEAR THE STREET.

BUT PROTESTORS CHAINED TO OBJECTS HAD A HARD TIME QUICKLY MOVING.

ACCORDING TO THE TRIBE’S CHAIRMAN – 5 OF THE CLIMATE ACTIVISTS WERE TICKETED.

THE CONFLICT CAUGHT ON CAMERA – HAD INITIALLY BEEN PICKED UP BY RIGHT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS.

AS YOU CAN SEE – ONLY A FEW LEFT-LEANING NEWS OUTLETS WERE SHARING THE VIDEOS OF PROTESTERS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.

BUT NOW THAT NEWS OF THE RANGER BEING INVESTIGATED FOR HIS CONDUCT HAS BEEN REVEALED –

MORE LEFT-LEANING OUTLETS ARE PICKING UP THE STORY – BUT LATE TO THE COVERAGE.

THE PROTESTORS WHO WERE CITED BY OFFICIALS – WERE NOT FROM NEVADA.

THEY TRAVELED TO BURNING MAN FROM NEW YORK, WASHINGTON, CALIFORNIA, AND EUROPE –

OUT-OF-AREA PROTESTERS ARE BECOMING MORE PREVALENT.

THESE ACTIVISTS SAYING THEY WANTED TO BRING THEIR CLIMATE CHANGE AWARENESS TO THE DESERT SINCE A LOT OF EXCESS TRASH IS OFTEN LEFT BEHIND AT THE BURNING MAN FESTIVAL.