Stay Classy, Vancouver

From coverage of the riots in downtown Vancouver after the Canucks and Roberto Luongo choked away the Stanley Cup to Boston:

"Almost 150 people required hospital treatment and close to 100 were arrested after rioters swept through downtown Vancouver following a Canucks loss to the Boston Bruins in the decisive Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final.

Vancouver Coastal Health spokeswoman Anna Marie D’Angelo said Thursday that three stabbing victims had been admitted and an unidentified man was in critical condition with head injuries after a fall from a viaduct."

These are the same fans who talked crap all season about other teams, then cheered their team as they cheap shotted their way into the Stanley Cup before running into a more physical team in Boston who beat Vancouver with their own style of thuggery.

Vancouver police say these weren't just fans upset with losing the Stanley Cup...

"Police Chief Jim Chu said nine officers were injured, including one who required 14 stitches after being hit with a thrown brick. Chu said some officers suffered bite marks. He said 15 cars were burned, including two police cars.

He called those who incited the riot “criminals and anarchists” and said officers identified some in the crowd as the same people who smashed windows and caused trouble through the same streets the day after the 2010 Winter Olympics opened in 2010.

“These were people who came equipped with masks, goggles and gasoline,” he said. “They had a plan.”

Classy.

"Assistant Fire Chief Wade Pierlot said people had to be rescued from rooftops and bathrooms where they had hidden for safety."

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