Indio’s Police Department had to quiet down 250 or so campers in Coachella’s “tent city” (pop. 15,000) at 3 a.m. Sunday but Indio police spokesman Benjamin Guitron said it wasn’t an unruly crowd — no bottles thrown, no fires, no injuries.
“They were still in their festivity mode,” Guitron said, nothing more. Only one person was arrested. The police reasoned with the remaining campers that sleep would be best.
Guitron said media had reported a riot, but that didn’t happen. If the media had reported it, it’s already been retracted. In a Google search, I couldn’t find any mention of “Coachella” and “riot”.