Riot Reportage
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Must-read coverage from an individual:
In the belly of Vancouver's hockey riot Posted by Emily Elias on Thursday, June 16, 2011
I now know how long it takes for a car to become fully engulfed in flames. That's something I don't think I needed to know.
My night started simply enough: watching the game with a few friends then off to a restaurant without a television for a meal. As we paid the bill, I casually checked my Twitter feed and saw @lisasj tweet a photo of a car on fire in front of the Canada Post headquarters on Georgia Street. Being the type of person who is strangely attracted to flashing...
And from a professional journalist:
Organized anarchists were not behind the Vancouver riot Brian Hutchinson, National Post, June 16, 2011
Of this I'm certain: The riots Wednesday night had nothing to do with hockey and the home side's season-ending loss. There were no riots in Calgary in 2004. No riots in Edmonton in 2006. No riots in Ottawa in 2007. The chaos was about Vancouver, its culture and its inabilities to cope.