I'm going to give LOCAL protesters the benefit of the doubt, and say the people doing the smashing are the anarchist anti-Globalist people who have come from Europe and etc.
Window smashing is relatively tame compared to their usual antics, though.
I'm not sure why the networks are giving that self proclaimed "independent observer" Alissa Westergard-Thorpe airtime. She's so obviously not independent. Here's her photo, in case anyone bumps into her on the street: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...a%3DN%26um%3D1
$1B in security... I fully hope they squash these protesters ASAP and lock them up. Having this happen in front of the world and thousands of tourists is unacceptable. Simply Google the word "Vancouver" and you'll see thousands of articles on this already.
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Well, the police are handling it rather properly, I have to say.
Even though the protesters are in the EXTREME minority, the media always pays them the most attention. If the police were more heavy handed, you best believe it would be twisted and turned in the media.
On loop. 24 hours a day.
The protesters are making themselves look like fools. First they piss off the Chinese community, then they piss off the veterans, now they are acting like hooligans.
Any support they hoped to gain from Joe Public has gone out the window through their tactics.
When the stories are the protesters pepper spraying, or putting vinegar in the eyes of the police, and NOT the other way around, that is positive for the normal person.
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I went out today as soon as I heard of the damage to the Bay. There is 3 broken windows at the bay, one at the Mega store, the other two are at the Granville corner. They also thru a metro paper box thru a window of the TD building. I caught up with the protestors in front of White Tower, I won't get into any details of what occurred there but they dispersed very quickly as the crowd turned on them. The Legal observers were by 10 minutes after the fact. Funny how they weren't around during the acts of terrorism.
I live in DT, I'm not there now, but I will come out to confront these guys if they try this again....
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A group of more than 200 masked protesters smashed windows, vandalized cars and newspaper boxes and intimidated pedestrians in downtown Vancouver Saturday morning, before being confronted and dispersed by police in riot gear.
The anti-Olympics protesters, many dressed in black balaclavas and masks and carrying a ladder, smashed up to three windows at the Hudson's Bay store and one at the Toronto-Dominion Bank near the intersection of Granville and West Georgia streets.
The group also sprayed the windows with red paint and threw marbles and spat at police before marching down West Georgia Street toward the Bayshore Hotel in Coal Harbour where the International Olympic Committee members are staying.
Retreating protesters use a ladder to form a barricade as police follow them through downtown Vancouver streets. (CBC)
But as the marchers neared the hotel they were turned back by the Vancouver Police Department crowd control unit and the 2010 Integrated Security Unit at the Cardero Street intersection.
The Lions Gate Bridge was shutdown, W. Georgia Street was shut down, vandalism - not a lot of happy campers out there.
I'd personally drag these anarchos and throw each of them into Lost Lagoon and give 'em a good drenching. Better yet, drive by 'em in an fire truck with a pressurized water hose and give them a good soaking.
Once they are cold and soaking wet, they will disperse quickly .
Some protesters sprayed vinegar in officers' eyes, threw sticks, and spit on officers, police said.
Two officers were injured with flying objects and one was sent to hospital with a shoulder injury but was treated and released, said Const. Lindsey Houghton.
Wait wait... I'm confused... I thought Alissa Westergard-Thorpe and the rest of the OLN said that if any violence erupted it would be the police who acted first. Are you saying these peaceful protester might have been trying to provoke the police?
I'm not sure why the networks are giving that self proclaimed "independent observer" Alissa Westergard-Thorpe airtime. She's so obviously not independent. Here's her photo, in case anyone bumps into her on the street: http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgur...a%3DN%26um%3D1
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lol Her scariness distracted me.
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