trek Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 CTV showed the bruin's bus heading back to the hotel, surrounded by at least 5 cop cars and multiple motorcycles. They also took an alternate route apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champions of Nothing Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 It was probably closer to 150,000. 120,000 happily went home, 200-300 braindead losers lit a bunch of crap on fire and stomped on it, and about 29,700 morons are hanging around to see what happens, preventing the police from dealing with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tocnhockey Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 It only take a handful of young punks, more than likely drunk, to give this city and fans a black eye. Pisses me off, they are NOT hockey fans, I'm so embarrassed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadian hockey style Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 why are people taking photos! GO HOME! also, arrest the morons doing the damage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceJava_ Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 1040 was saying there was at least 100,000 people downtown so even if two to five percent of the people are causing problems, that's at least 2-5000 people rioting. Not looking good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EX_Bert_Worshipper Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I can't stop shaking my head. Way to make the world hate us, you losers. You are not "fans"...you are drunken idiots who should apologize to the rest of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Brahma Bull Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 i'm hearing some really disturbing information about the viaduct incident and what lead up to it, but i'm sure it could be made up. i won't post it because it is unconfirmed, but just do a realtime google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Mouse! Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Luckily, for every idiot causing problems, there are 50 cameras preserving the evidence. It will take a while to track them down, but there will be a ton of charges laid as a result of this crap. I bet most of the main offenders will be posting pics on their facebook pages of themselves dancing on a cop car or starting a fire etc....... What an embarrassment for the entire city. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canuckletux Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Wow, and I thought soccer fans were bad. I'm so ashamed to be a Canucks fan right now. Not because of what happened on the ice, but to be somehow associated with those rioting scumbags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
! Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 I heard critical condition awhile ago, but then other people said the person who fell from the viaduct died. I wasn't trying to assume someone died. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Situation Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Georgia and Homer declared 'illegal assembly' zone; man falls off viaduct outside Rogers Arena By Ian Austin, Sam Cooper, Cheryl Chan, The Province Police have shut down bridges coming into downtown Vancouver as violence continue to engulf parts of the downtown core. The post-game riot which erupted after the Canucks lost 4-0 to the Boston Bruins has left injuries, burnt-out cars, shattered storefronts and numerous arrests in its wake. The police turned up the confrontation level at 9:40 p.m. when the crowd successfully torched two police vehicles at the corner of Georgia and Hamilton. As the police cars burned, police moved in quickly to isolate the establish a perimeter around the burning cruisers. Justin Perry from Delta was tear gassed as he tried to get out of the area at Seymour and Granville Streets. "It's going to be just like '94," Perry said. "People are drinking, doing drugs. It's going to be a long night from the cops." Parry said he feels a little bit trapped, as police have shut off the streets at both ends, corralling people in with the bad apples. Georgia and Homer, declared an "illegal assembly" zone, has been cleared but the scene remained fairly dramatic with police in shields with batons, backed by a line of officers, as four fires burned in the background. Along the Robson Street corridor, Vancouver police are using flash-bang grenades, while angry mobs throw chairs back at them in retaliation. Officers are striking some of the people below the knees with clubs. The BMO office west of the Canada Post building had five giant windows smashed. On Granville and Smythe, American Apparel was completely boarded up, while on Robson Street, some angry fans threw an object through the window of Café Crepe. There are reports peope have broken into the downtown Hudson's Bay and are looting the store. Earlier, a group of drunk young men filming themselves with camera phones jumped on top of an overturned car on Georgeia Street in front of the Canada Post building, kickstarting the riot. Egged on by cheering fans they doused the car with some kind of accelerant and lit in ablaze. Within a few minutes the car has become fully engulfed and started making explosive sounds. A second car was also torched, sending black plumes and acrid smoke into the air. A group of three young men wearing balaclavas and black clothing were seen high-fiving as they walked away. Just outside GM Place, a man fell over 50 feet from the pedestrian walkway onto the ground below. "I heard a bang like someone was shot," said Province editor Jonathan McDonald. "He hit the awning above the ticket booth and then bounced off it and landed prone on the ground with one arm sticking straight up." He was rushed to hospital. Back near the fan sites and Robson Street, fans seem to be hungry to let out their disappointment and cause some destruction . Many young men can be heard saying "alright, it's on now." Some in the crowd began chanting 'riot!' as a large number of the crowd now stuck around for the violence as opposed to a hockey celebration. Parkades at the corner of Richards and Georgia became bird's-eye views. Hundreds of blue-clad fans hung over the fences of the parkade to watch the drama of breaking glass and spewing smoke. Vancouver Police officers have donned riot gear and some officers on horseback tried to make their way through the crowd to try to establish order. The ER and intenive care unit at Vancouver General Hospital has declared a Code Orange as it became swamped with a flood of patients. Staff has set up triage in the parking lot. One man who was stabbed in the neck was just admitted. Police have no idea how many arrests have been made as hundreds of officers moved to and from what police called "hotspots" Vancouver police Const. Jana McGuinness said officers were dealing with people determined to commit criminal acts "It's unfortunate that this will be the lasting memory of what was a great Stanley Cup run in Vancouver," Police estimate the crowd peaked at 70,000 people arriving much earlier through the day. The mood began turning ugly in the last minutes of the third period when young men surged towards the giant screen on Georgia Street and began hurling bottles at the massive screen. Along the outskirts of the fan zone on Dunsmuir and Homer Street, brawls broke out. Public drinking had been evident on Granville Street and around the outdoor viewing areas before and during the game, despite a heavy police presence. Meanwhile, the scene was much different in Surrey with police on ground saying there was nothing to report following the game. The throngs of fans who gathered in the fan zone near the Surrey Central Skytrain stop left quietly after the final whistle and those that did remain were orderly. Surrey mayor Dianne Watts said Surrey will be sending police officers to Vancouver to help control rioters in the downtown core. - with files from Ethan Baron, Cassidy Olivier, Sarah Douziech, Niamh Scallan, Mike Raptis, Andy Ivens, Suzanne Fournier chchan@theprovince.com twitter.com/cherylchan © Copyright © The Province Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Marchand Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Classless. Imagine how the players feel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceJava_ Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 My friend in Vancity text'd me saying someone fell and died. It very well be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jovocop55 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Ya it's sad to see this. Those ppl are not even fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonLever Posted June 16, 2011 Author Share Posted June 16, 2011 There seems to be mayhem outside the Bay at Seymour and Georgia as see on CTV. There are large crowds outside the Bay and cars on fire. So far the cops have not moved in yet. But why are those people standing around taking pictures? Why are they not leaving? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceJava_ Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 How is this riot in comparison to '94? I was only 5 years old then, so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upshall18 Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 i'm hearing some really disturbing information about the viaduct incident and what lead up to it, but i'm sure it could be made up. i won't post it because it is unconfirmed, but just do a realtime google search. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Champ Kind Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 This city hosted the world last year in a well-behaved fashion. What the hell happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancedm Posted June 16, 2011 Share Posted June 16, 2011 Ya it's sad to see this. Those ppl are not even fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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