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Downtown Vancouver rocked by Stanley Cup post-game riot
Vancouver Sun (Newspaper) ^ | 6/16/11 | Various Reporters

Posted on 06/16/2011 7:46:13 AM PDT by MplsSteve

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This story is a bit old as it appears to have not been updated since last night.

But from the pictures on the website, parts of downtown Vancouver appear to be a total mess. I'm only slightly amazed that no one was killed.

But when you look at thiese pictures, I get the feeling that a strong majority of the rioters were only casual hockey fans at best and most were street punks and other assorted dirtballs who frequent downtown Vancouver.

Comments or opinions - anyone?

1 posted on 06/16/2011 7:46:19 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: MplsSteve

Its a shame, this stuff is usually limited to NBA games.

The outcome was obvious before the series even started. The refs were giving Boston the cup.


2 posted on 06/16/2011 7:49:18 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: MplsSteve

They need to calm down and resume wrestling bears and drinking maple syrup like Justin Morneau.


3 posted on 06/16/2011 7:49:42 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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To: MplsSteve

They need to calm down and resume wrestling bears and drinking maple syrup like Justin Morneau.


4 posted on 06/16/2011 7:49:52 AM PDT by WOBBLY BOB ( "I don't want the majority if we don't stand for something"- Jim Demint)
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One million dollars in property damage and ONE BILLION DOLLARS in bad publicity for the city of Vancouver, British Columbia.
5 posted on 06/16/2011 7:49:52 AM PDT by pyx (Rule#1.The LEFT lies.Rule#2.See Rule#1. IF THE LEFT CONTROLS THE LANGUAGE, IT CONTROLS THE ARGUMENT.)
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To: driftdiver

Uhh. Yeah. Sure.


6 posted on 06/16/2011 7:50:49 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: MplsSteve

I didn’t get to bed until after 2 AM EST, because I couldn’t tear away from the live feed.

I feel bad for the normal people in Vancouver. They are clearly disgusted and embarrassed by this, and who wouldn’t be?

If it happened in Boston, I would be angry, disgusted and mortified as well.

This gives me some impetus to read Ann Coulter’s new book “Demonic” which covers liberalism and mob mentality.


7 posted on 06/16/2011 7:53:35 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: MplsSteve

Angry Canuckistani *ping*...


8 posted on 06/16/2011 7:54:28 AM PDT by Bean Counter
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To: driftdiver
The refs were giving Boston the cup.

Tim Thomas gave Boston The Cup.

And, that's coming from this diehard Montreal Canadiens fan

Any way.....way to stay classy Vancouver.

9 posted on 06/16/2011 7:54:53 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: WOBBLY BOB

Or, they could get more people to try to jump over flaming cars and fall inside, or others to get hit in the nuts by an exploding, concussive crowd control devices.

As lousy and disgusting as this behavior is, those two incidents were priceless and gave me pause to laugh.


10 posted on 06/16/2011 7:56:04 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: MplsSteve; All
We've come to associate street rioting on the heels of a favorite team winning a championship.

This business in Vancouver is strange, since it follows of very disappointing loss in the deciding game of a best-of-seven series.

Very strange also for usually placid Canadians.

11 posted on 06/16/2011 7:58:02 AM PDT by justiceseeker93
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Coming from a Montreal fan, that comment takes class and guts, because I know how wrenching that is.

We have burned a Montreal jersey in effigy here (in my younger days) but we did it in the privacy of our backyard, not by torching a car and toasting the jersey over it...

Besides. We only have a couple dozen more Stanley Cups to catch up to the Habs...


12 posted on 06/16/2011 7:59:13 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: MplsSteve

This sounds like an ideal situation for the new area denial microwave crowd control device.


13 posted on 06/16/2011 8:00:15 AM PDT by Truth29
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To: driftdiver
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I actually thought the Canucks scored early in the first period. Thomas caught the puck in his glove and swung the glove back over the goal line. The net was dislodged. There was only one slo-mo replay. The announcers were clueless as ever.

ML/NJ

14 posted on 06/16/2011 8:01:24 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: justiceseeker93

It bothered me. I was so disturbed by it that I completely lost track of the fact that the Cup had been won.

Watching that stuff made me resolve to begin conceal carry all the time.


15 posted on 06/16/2011 8:01:34 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: justiceseeker93

Happened in 94 too when Vanc lost to NY Rangers. Footage was shown on World’s Wildest Police Videos


16 posted on 06/16/2011 8:03:52 AM PDT by raccoonradio
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To: driftdiver
[Correction]

The refs were giving Boston the cup.

I actually thought the Canucks scored early in the first period. Thomas caught the puck in his glove and swung the glove back over the goal line. The net was dislodged. There was only one slo-mo replay. The announcers were clueless as ever.

ML/NJ

17 posted on 06/16/2011 8:06:12 AM PDT by ml/nj
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To: Truth29

I know Vancouver is a fairly liberal city, having visited once for a week and noticed the extremely high incidence of aggressive panhandlers and people casually shooting drugs (I presume heroin) in parks as you walked by, so I bet the police force is accordingly trained in pussified crowd-control techniques, as is the norm for most municipalities frightened of litigation, as they all are.

I thought they let it go on too long. Once things started escalating, they should have marched forward in unison, tased the people egging everyone else on, cuffed them where they lay, stepped over them and kept going to the next one.

They should not allow a SOB to stand 10 feet in front of them throwing things at them.


18 posted on 06/16/2011 8:07:48 AM PDT by rlmorel (Sometimes, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. But not always.)
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To: MplsSteve
check the disturbing vids here, especially where kids are posing in front of burning cars
19 posted on 06/16/2011 8:08:47 AM PDT by InvisibleChurch (everything is almost done being unwound)
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The message is, you need to leave."

No, what they need to do is arrest the people. Sentence them to a few months in prison and take their bank accounts or garnish their wages (if any of them work) or make them pay back every penny of damage they caused, plus a penalty for good measure.

20 posted on 06/16/2011 8:10:43 AM PDT by Meet the New Boss
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