Regardless of some crappy issues that went down at this 12 months’s Burning Man, police are reporting one of many tamest years within the occasion’s historical past by way of its legal exercise.
The Pershing County Sheriff’s Workplace, which works with the U.S. Bureau of Land Administration to make sure the protection of Burning Man’s attendees, reported simply 16 arrests. That is down from 58 arrests ultimately 12 months’s iteration.
In accordance with SFGATE, fees included battery of considerable bodily hurt, home battery, possession of managed substance, obstructing of a police officer, possession of paraphernalia and gross sales of managed substance, amongst others.
Police additionally reported one dying. Decide John Everett Williams, 69, of Huntingdon, Tennessee, died of pure causes on September 2nd whereas on his annual Burning Man pilgrimage. Williams labored with Nameless Village, a clear and sober camp on the occasion, and volunteered with the Temple Guardians to assist Burners coping with the lack of a beloved one, in keeping with native experiences.
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Following a three-year hiatus because of the influence of COVID-19, organizers welcomed Burners again to Black Rock Metropolis from August twenty eighth to September fifth. Roughly 80,000 folks attended the occasion, per Axios.
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