VIDEO: Nevada Police Flatten Roadblock, Climate Activists Wail

Climate Activists Arrested for Blocking Road at Burning Man Festival

Emotions ran high as⁢ climate activists sobbed and screamed when Nevada police officers, defying their makeshift barricades, took them into custody. The officers, rangers ⁢from the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribal Police, drove through the barricades and apprehended the protesters at gunpoint. This blockade caused a significant traffic backup for Burning Man festival attendees, ⁣who were the target of the demonstrators’ ‌protest⁣ against their use of private jets.

The activists, affiliated with climate⁣ activist groups Seven ‌Circles and Extinction Rebellion, were arrested⁤ for “trespassing on‍ tribal land,” as stated by a ranger captured‌ in a⁢ video of the incident. You can⁢ read more about it⁤ here.

Global Climate ‌Protests Gain⁣ Momentum

Climate protesters worldwide ‌have ‌been resorting to disruptive tactics to ⁢draw attention to their cause. Just​ last​ week, a group⁣ shut down a fundraiser for Massachusetts governor ⁤Maura Healey (D.). Earlier this ‌year, ‌a⁤ climate⁣ activist who blocked ⁢ a highway in Washington,‌ D.C., openly admitted to consciously “disrupting people’s ⁤lives.” She even drew ‍a parallel ⁢between herself and the civil rights ‌pioneers who were not well-liked‌ during their ⁣time.