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mau5on

16-06-2011, 04:22 PM

Here is a comment I put on a status I made for people who want to guess cost of damage.

Cause each car is about 10,000$-20,000$ and there are about 6 on fire, more damaged so take the cost of vehicles, times by 6, add some more for just broken windows, etc. and you only have the damage for cars. So you have about 50,000$-100,000$ just off vehicles. Then there is all the building, fires, cost of pay for the workers, reinforcements and so much more that I'm not even listing.

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So about 4 hours later it is almost over, multiple stabbings and fights, about a dozen reported deaths, tons of injuries, cars fires, robberies, vandalism and way more. I thought that the city of Vancouver had a lot more heart then this. There was thousands, even tens of thousands out riotting.

I just can't believe this, I'm sitting here thinking "wow, you're just costing you and your city money and for what? Nothing". Riotting and breaking the law isn't going to give you the cup. I currently am an ashamed British Columbian. It shouldn't have happened.

There is tons I am missing in this post but I'm just so dissapointed in Vancouver.

CBC

Riots erupt in Vancouver after Canucks loss

Riot police fired rubber bullets and flash bombs in downtown Vancouver Wednesday night to try to disperse angry rioters who set cars on fire and taunted police officers after the Canucks' 4-0 Stanley Cup final loss to the Boston Bruins.

People who do not "peaceably disperse" within 30 minutes are "guilty of an indictable offence and liable to imprisonment for life."

Police declared the downtown fan zone area near the CBC building and the central post office a riot zone. Anyone not leaving the West Georgia Street area immediately would be arrested, they warned.

Police were using batons and also turned police dogs on the rioters, slowly pushing the crowd back along Georgia Street from Hamilton Street to Cambie Street.

Officers in riot gear were also trying to disperse a smaller crowd on Granville Street, about six blocks from the original riot scene.

Two police cars were set on fire in a parking lot on Cambie Street near one of the areas where police were being confronted by a few dozen people among the hundreds present who were throwing debris at officers.

Most people who stayed in the riot areas were watching the confrontation, while a few young men who covered their faces were confronting police.

In addition to the riot police, officers were also called in from several neighbouring departments to help control the unruly crowd.

Vancouver fire department Capt. Gabe Roder said it was not clear how many fires had been set. Fire crews were instructed to leave the downtown core by police, and the department made a decision early in the evening to respond to fires only where the public was in danger.

Dozens injured
Officials say dozens of people were injured, but most were being treated for tear gas or pepper spray exposure.

Vancouver General Hospital officials said there were two major traumas, three stabbing victims and one head injury.

A spokesperson for St. Paul's Hospital said the emergency room had seen at least 57 people with injuries related to the riot, most of whom were treated for tear gas exposure and released. Others, officials said, were cut with broken glass or had fractured bones. There was one major trauma, officials said, but released no further details.

B.C. Ambulance also confirmed that a man had fallen or jumped off the Dunsmuir Viaduct and was in critical condition in hospital.

Bus transit suspended
A number of cars had also been set alight in a parkade at West Georgia Street and Seymour Street.

Vandals were seen jumping on a pair of police cars in a parking lot on Cambie Street. One of the cars had been turned on its side but later was righted.

TransLink had stopped all bus service to and from the downtown area, but SkyTrains were still running to and from downtown stations.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson said the situation was "despicable."

"We have a small number of hooligans, basically, on the streets of Vancouver," Robertson said. "It's absolutely disgraceful and shameful and by no means represents the city of Vancouver. We've had a great run in the playoffs here, great celebrations, and what's happened tonight is despicable."

Cambie Street Bridge was also closed for several hours Wednesday, blocking access to downtown Vancouver.

Game was winding down
Trouble started in the closing seconds of the game when a thick plume of smoke, believed to be from fireworks, wafted above the crowd on West Georgia Street in front of the central post office building. Moments later, a car burst into flames and fights broke out.

One of the several cars set alight by angry hockey fans in downtown Vancouver Wednesday. (CBC)
The number of arrests is expected to be in the dozens.

Glass windows were broken at the Bank of Montreal on West Georgia and at the Hudson's Bay Company.

Widespread looting was reported at the Bay store, at the downtown London Drugs, Chapters, Sears and Future Shop.

In addition, a fire was reported at a parkade on Seymour Street. Few details were available, but reports indicated several cars were on fire. There were also reports of garbage cans and portable toilets on fire throughout the downtown core.

Violence not anticipated
Earlier, before and during the game, fans were packed tight but good-natured as they cheered on their team, which had won at home in every previous game against Boston in this Stanley Cup final series.

Police had consistently used a strategy of engagement with the crowds that had gathered for the previous games. Officers readily exchanged high-fives and good natured banter with fans.

The engagement technique was considered a major success during the 2010 Olympics, when similar numbers of fans flocked to the downtown core.

The strategy was also part of an effort to avoid a repeat of the 1994 Stanley Cup riot, which occurred in Vancouver's downtown area on June 14 that year, after the Canucks lost in the seventh game of the Stanley Cup final in New York against the Rangers.

It's expected the damage from Wednesday's riot will far exceed that of 17 years ago.

Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/06/15/bc-stanley-cup-fans-post-game-7.html

Global

Chaos erupts in downtown Vancouver after losing Stanley Cup

Downtown Vancouver descended into chaos Wednesday night after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup in Game 7 to the Boston Bruins.

Smoke can still be seen hanging over downtown Vancouver after an overturned car went up in flames in front of the Canada Post building just after 8:00 p.m. There was also a small explosion at the site of the car fire.

Windows were smashed at the Bank of Montreal branch at Georgia and Homer, with rioters inside the bank branch.

Fans burned their jerseys in the streets after the loss, with riot police confronting people in balaclavas. Rioters retaliated by throwing bottles at officers.

Rioters waved towels and hollered at the sound of explosions and smoke bombs being thrown at the crowd by police.

A large parking garage at Richards and Georgia was ambushed by rioters, and cars on multiple levels set ablaze. Large construction bins in Yaletown were also set on fire.

There are still hundreds of people in the streets surrounding the epicenter of the chaos, although crowds are thinning.

"It’s very unfortunate. We have a lot of people committing criminal acts down here tonight," Vancouver Police Cst. Jana McGuinness told Global News. "Our primary focus right now is getting everyone home safely."

“We are following a plan we have had in place for some time,” she said. “It’s a crying shame this is how things are going to end tonight.”

Several officers are on horseback in the downtown core and Surrey RCMP and Abbotsford Police were called in to assist the VPD.

“We’ve brought in hundreds of extra officers from around the region. It’s been a challenge tonight. It’s been nothing short of disgraceful.”

At 10:46 p.m., the Vancouver Police tweeted “#VPD warning people to get out of downtown Vancouver as crowd control is about to escalate.”

Mayor Gregor Robertson addressed the media at 10:30 p.m. in downtown Vancouver.

“We are dealing with a small group of troublemakers,” said the mayor. “There is a lot of photographic evidence and these people will be held accountable.”

‘It’s absolutely disgraceful and shameful what is happening in Vancouver. It is despicable.”

Solicitor-General Shirley Bond says she is horrified by the riots in downtown Vancouver.

“This is shocking and disgraceful,” she said. “What’s most disappointing and disturbing is that we have spectators who will not go home.”

“This is not a spectator sport.”

After 10:00 p.m., the rioters moved further west on Georgia Street in front the Bay department store. Rioters smashed large windows and looted merchandise from the ground floor.

A newer-model BMW was set on fire in front of the store and a man was seen jumping onto the roof the burning car. Rioters seen inside the store looting merchandise were caught on tape by television crews.

The awning of the historic building was also set on fire. Several cars were also on fire in the parkade on Seymour Street across from the Bay.

The London Drugs across the street was ransacked and looted and there are reports some employees are still inside the store as it was open until 10 p.m.

VPD and emergency crews also responded to a man who fell off the Georgia Viaduct onto the plaza at Rogers Arena. He said to be in serious condition.

At 9:55 p.m., Translink announced all bus service downtown has been suspended, along with SeaBus service to downtown Vancouver. SeaBus service out of downtown Vancouver has not been affected.

The Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General closed all downtown liquor stores at 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in hopes of deterring alcohol-fueled violence.

Source: http://www.globalnews.ca/DEVELOPING+STORY+Chaos+erupts+downtown+Vancouver+a fter+losing+Stanley/4953591/story.html

CTV

Riot police struggle to calm violent crowd in Vancouver

A violent and unruly crowd overturned cars, set fires and looted stores throughout downtown Vancouver late Wednesday, after the Canucks lost the Stanley Cup final 4-0 to the Boston Bruins.

For hours after the game ended, mobs of people rampaged through the city as police struggled to restore order after Vancouver's run to the Stanley Cup ended in resounding defeat.

Several vehicles burned across the downtown core, including a BMW parked outside the Hudson's Bay store at Seymour and Georgia Streets, where looters took advantage of broken windows to grab handfuls of merchandise.

The store's awning burned as looters ran from the store carrying clothes, makeup and even bits of a mannequin. Looters also smashed windows and grabbed what they could from a nearby drugstore mere moments after it had closed for the day.

Canucks fan Chad McMillan was dismayed by the rioting.

"This isn't what their fans are about, this isn't what this city is about," he said.

As night fell, thousands of people remained on the streets despite repeated pleas from law enforcement for them to go home. Mounted units and reinforcements from the RCMP were called in to assist in efforts to disperse rioters. Bridges into the city were closed, but bus and train services were still operating to get people out of the city.

CTV British Columbia reported late Wednesday that St. Paul's Hospital on Burrard Street near Nelson had been put in full lockdown mode, meaning staff members were not permitted to leave.

The hospital had set up a triage unit outside and had treated about 100 people for tear gas and pepper spray related issues, according to CTV B.C.

A spokesperson for the hospital said doctors had treated at least a couple of stabbing victims, as well as patients with broken bones.

The violence began when a group of fans tied a stuffed bear to a pole and set it aflame, and it wasn't long before several people began climbing light poles, tipping over portable toilets, getting into fistfights and overturning vehicles.

The crowd spread out across the city's downtown core, setting several bonfires, including in an above-ground parking garage, and looting. Fans could be seen trying to jump over one bonfire, while others were grabbing burning rubbish and waving it over their heads.

Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson blamed a small number of "hooligans" for the violence, and vowed that they would be held accountable for their actions.

"It's absolutely disgraceful and shameful and by no means represents the city of Vancouver," Robertson told reporters around 10:30 p.m. local time. "We've had an extraordinary run in the playoffs here, great celebrations and what's happened tonight is despicable."

Rioters clashed with police in several locations throughout the downtown core, throwing bottles and garbage at officers clad in full riot gear.

Police responded by firing both tear gas and pepper spray in attempts to disperse the crowd, which had spent much of the day well-behaved until it became clear that the Canucks were going to be on the losing end of the big game.

Images from a news helicopter flying above Georgia Street in downtown Vancouver earlier Wednesday evening showed a silver car turned over on its hood, with fans jumping up and down on its underside. Moments later, the car was set ablaze, but firefighters quickly put out the inferno.

Not far away, angry fans tried to flip over a truck, while another car was seen resting on its hood at Nelson and Granville Streets.

Police were out in full force in an attempt to avoid the mayhem that broke out after Vancouver's loss to the New York Rangers in the 1994 Stanley Cup final, when a widespread riot gave the city a black eye.

But the heavy police presence failed to prevent violence Wednesday night. In addition to the fires, fights and looting, the crowd smashed store windows and caused other damage throughout the downtown, including at a BMO branch at Homer and West Georgia.

Other images showed some fans pushing and shoving moments before the end of the game.

Solicitor General Shirley Bond called the events "unbelievably embarrassing" for the city of Vancouver, and urged revellers who remained in the streets hours after the game ended to "stop treating this as a spectator sport."

Police had expected more than 100,000 fans to watch the game on giant television screens, which were set up in so-called "fan zones" for those unable to score a ticket.

As the final moments of the game counted down, spectators began throwing beer bottles and other projectiles at the screens.

CTV's Vancouver Bureau Chief Sarah Galashan, reporting from the fan zone near Georgia Street, said small fights began breaking out near the public library.

"The next thing we knew we turned around and there was some smoke," Galashan said. "I checked a little bit later, not very long, and the jumbo screen had been turned off. I believe the game might have been turned off before it actually had finished. From there the police started appearing in greater numbers."

Galashan later reported that police declared the fan zone a place of illegal assembly and had ordered the crowd to disperse or risk arrest.

Earlier in the evening, Vancouver Police Const. Lindsey Houghton said police had already made several arrests, and expected to continue detaining rioters.

"It's unfortunate that we've seen the core group of people at different parts of the downtown core decide to come and cause problems," Houghton told reporters. "It's really unfortunate for the people down here in Vancouver, the true fans of the Canucks who come and look to have a good time. We feel bad for the families and the people who are caught up in this because that's not something that anyone should have to deal with."

While the crowd had been relatively well-behaved early on despite filling the streets hours before game time, some fans took the celebrating a bit too far with the game barely underway. Before the second period began, Galashan tweeted a photo of two fans standing atop a street light. There were also reports that some fans were jumping fences to get inside the designated fan zones as the crowds swelled in size before the game.

Provincial officials had ordered downtown liquor stores to close at 4 p.m. local time, as they were required to do before Game 6 on Monday, in the hope of avoiding alcohol-fuelled rioting and looting.

In a statement released before the game, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson urged fans to celebrate responsibly.

Source: http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20110615/vancouver-canucks-fans-110615/

You can find videos in the sources or on Youtube. I guarantee Youtube will be covered with videos of it tomorrow.
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Opinions?

I'm speechless, I think its a disgrace to Hockey, Canucks, Vancouver, British Columbia and Hockey fans, maybe even all of Canada. It's a game, people should overreact like that. I'm ashamed to be a Canucks fan.