Am I wrong to think the Burning Man Festival is not popular among the locals? The BLM and other federales may have been taking some liberties, but I would not be surprised if they had the support of the locals.
Nothing could be farther from this than what happened at the Bundy ranch, where the locals are madder than heck.
Burning man is popular for the money they spend in the Reno area. They are not so popular for everything else they leave behind that is not $$$.
The issue isn’t the popularity of the target, it’s the pattern of illegal and often violent abuse of unarmed citizens by BLM officers.