Environmental activists were demanding that BurningMan ban private jets + single-use plastics
Nevada rangers drove directly into a blockade set up by climate protestors on the road to Burning Man. An officer pulled a gun out, tackling a protestor and threatening to shoot
https://twitter.com/MichelleLhooq/status/1695952716915450301
6 Comments
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social · 18 pts · 2y
discodoubloon@kbin.social · 12 pts · 2y
Yes apparently they were on native land so that completely precludes the idea that they should act even semi reasonably.
The “Just drive through the protestors” rhetoric on Reddit is absolutely insane. It explains the majority stance on bikes in the US as well.
“I am a weapon and I’m driving one so I’m going to use it to make sure I get to my unimportant coffee 2 minutes faster.”
NumbersCanBeFun@kbin.social · 7 pts · 2y
Juujian@sopuli.xyz · 13 pts · 2y
Talk about overreacting and escalating the situation. What even was Rambo's chain of thought?
brambledog@infosec.pub · 5 pts · 2y
Stop being a cop and get into private security for all the rich folks he just peacocked for.
baggins@lemmy.ca · 11 pts · 2y
ACAB
chemicalprophet@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Every last one. Fuck 'em!
PuppetPantheon@lemmy.sdf.org · 6 pts · 2y
Join us and help @ https://www.guardianrebellion.com/ we need people.
OurTragicUniverse@kbin.social · 0 pts · 2y