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Photos: Riots, fire, destruction after Vancouver’s loss
National Post ^

Posted on 06/16/2011 7:23:53 AM PDT by ventanax5

Blood in our streets. I saw people on the ground, bleeding. Shattered glass everywhere. Police cars set alight. Major bridges are now closed, preventing public access into the downtown core. Transit is plugged up, there’s no way out. More police and fire crews are arriving, from the suburbs, but again, it seems too late. And as I write this, the sun has just set. Vancouver, what a disgrace

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TOPICS: Canada; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: canucks; crime; hockey; nhl; riots; vancouver
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To: ventanax5
Make love not riot

61 posted on 06/16/2011 8:49:18 AM PDT by NowApproachingMidnight (purple durple lips)
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To: Sicon

Skinny nerd won’t last a day in the pen, well maybe he will because it’s a Canadian prison.


62 posted on 06/16/2011 8:49:57 AM PDT by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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To: Pan_Yan

The demon is a mob, and the mob is demonic. The Democratic Party activates mobs, depends on mobs, coddles mobs, publicizes and celebrates mobs—it is the mob. Sweeping in its scope and relentless in its argument, Demonic explains the peculiarities of liberals as standard groupthink behavior. To understand mobs is to understand liberals.

63 posted on 06/16/2011 8:51:02 AM PDT by CedarDave (Things are so bad at the NY Times they have to outsource their investigations.)
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To: ventanax5

The couple kissing on the pavement amidst the mayhem...SICK. Sports are so not worth this kind of aftermath.


64 posted on 06/16/2011 8:51:37 AM PDT by mancini
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To: erod

These are just a sample of the pics at the link. Hope it’s not a sign of things to come here when our economy really tanks.


65 posted on 06/16/2011 8:52:50 AM PDT by CedarDave (Things are so bad at the NY Times they have to outsource their investigations.)
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To: NowApproachingMidnight

The cop in the foreground is probably saying to himself...”WTF? The guys at the station are NEVER gonna believe THIS one!”

I SEE it...and I STILL don’t believe it! Society has gone straight into the toilet.


66 posted on 06/16/2011 8:56:05 AM PDT by hoagy62 (Help stamp out crack-pull up your pants.)
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To: ventanax5

Looks like the Vancouver police were totally unprepared. What a contrast with the Blackhawks victory parade last year. It was the best sports celebration I’ve ever seen.


67 posted on 06/16/2011 9:00:28 AM PDT by Fu-fu2
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To: ventanax5

Timely application of Rule 308 to a few of the aggressively lawless would have caused the crowds to melt away.


68 posted on 06/16/2011 9:17:10 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: ventanax5; Impy
The Vancouver Canucks are the dirtiest team today in the NHL. They knocked out Brent Seabrook of the Chicago Blackhawks and didn't get penalized. The refs only started calling penalties when Toronto got flooded with complaints.

Even losing 3 - 0 with 5 minutes to go the Canucks took a cheap shot at the Bruins leading to a penalty.

The fans in Vancouver are only taking point from their team!

69 posted on 06/16/2011 9:36:48 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: All

and to think many of our elitist Canadian neighbors call us savages....


70 posted on 06/16/2011 9:38:33 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Happy Rain
White Riot

Goes to show that riots are not the result of any ethnic,racial,or religious “injustice”—they are simply the result of either mischievous or malevolent throwbacks looking for any excuse to loot,burn,steal,rape,rob or murder.

IOW Alinsky’s armies.

I know this statement is overused (mainly by me) but I would claim that your post is the post of the year!!!

We hear that all of the riots, gang shootings, the burning and looting of Oakland is all due to "white suppression", "racism", ect... I've been to Vancouver and didn't see any minorities. They were all lily white especially near the arena.

I watched the Hawks / Canucks series and all of the fans I saw were white.

So yes, next time a minority group riots and the liberals claim it's due to "evil white suppression", I will say, well how come it was all whites burning down Vancouver and white on white crime????

71 posted on 06/16/2011 9:43:12 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: ventanax5

When they learn to shoot rioters and looters down in their tracks this sh** will stop. That goes for so called “flash mobs” in the USA also.


72 posted on 06/16/2011 9:46:03 AM PDT by calex59
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To: Fu-fu2; Impy
Looks like the Vancouver police were totally unprepared. What a contrast with the Blackhawks victory parade last year. It was the best sports celebration I’ve ever seen.

BAM!!! Yes that was the best parade!!! I don't remember any riots in Chicago last year. I set off a few fireworks which probably made the Pakistani neighbors feel right at home, but other than that everything was peaceful.

Yet, Drudge bashes Chicago daily on his website. Downtown is fine. West side is cleaned up. It is the south side on the lake front you want to avoid.

73 posted on 06/16/2011 9:48:04 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: Dengar01
Frankly the White Sox parade/celebration was better, but I'm pretty biased...

Regardless, the Sox party night had zero arrests too

74 posted on 06/16/2011 9:49:46 AM PDT by Hegewisch Dupa
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To: ventanax5

This is the second time Vancouver rioted after losing a championship hockey game.


75 posted on 06/16/2011 9:52:09 AM PDT by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: ventanax5
A sad and sorry state of affairs indeed. Anyway.....Well played Boston. Congratulations on your win.

On the positive side, we are told 10,000 volunteers are pledging to go down town and help clear up the mess. A gentleman, very astute in things to do with computers, has put up a massive website. This website contains identifiable pictures of the psycos and appeals for information as to names.

The fools of rotters also had been posting themselves on their face book. Then sobering up they were deleting their mayhem. This public spirited citizen found a way to circumvent them. One wonders if there will be any retribution though.

76 posted on 06/16/2011 10:01:07 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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To: CedarDave

Sadly, the economy is in the tank if not a depression.


77 posted on 06/16/2011 10:05:25 AM PDT by erod (Unlike the President I am a true Chicagoan.)
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My guess is this guy is having a very, very, bad day today....

This pix should be titled "Dumba$$"


78 posted on 06/16/2011 10:07:29 AM PDT by PigRigger (Donate to http://www.AdoptAPlatoon.org - The Troops have our front covered, let's guard their backs!)
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To: Hegewisch Dupa
Frankly the White Sox parade/celebration was better, but I'm pretty biased...

Regardless, the Sox party night had zero arrests too

Yeah, I agree with you I was at the parade for the Sox. Too bad my camera was awful!!! I still have some of the confetti saved.

That month of October 2005 will be the best month of my life. Nothing could beat that. I enjoyed the Stanley Cup, that was fun, but nothing was better than the World Series!

I never got to touch the Cup but we get to keep our trophy and I got to touch our World Series Trophy.

Now we need to get our S$^% together and beat the Twins!!!

79 posted on 06/16/2011 10:34:00 AM PDT by Dengar01 ("Liberalism is a Mental Disorder" - Dr. Michael Savage)
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To: ventanax5
CBC Radio News. 1pm Est.

Police made 100 arrests. 9 police officers injured. Two to hospital, one hit with a brick in the head. Hopefully the officers will completely recover.

Will there be payback time?

80 posted on 06/16/2011 11:20:24 AM PDT by Peter Libra
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