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18-JUN-2011

white riot

windows at Sears department store covered with plywood after Wednesday`s senseless outbreak of urban violence...apparently the still and video images already gone viral around the planet..and all that after a sports event, a hockey game, a trivial loss to protest so crudely...drunken hockey fans were first blamed, then opportunistic nihiiists...slowly though the consensus of opinion, relying on heavy image documentation, suggests that
`ordinary` middle class young people hàd their own `white riot`...over basically nothing...shocked Vancouverites have responded in different ways....more than a few posting affirmation of their allegiance to local ideals on the damaged downtown facades...

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alfredo camba jr.24-Feb-2012 16:25
Very nice documentary shot! V
Long Bach Nguyen25-Jul-2011 13:59
great documentary...we don't see this from the news.
peterjay4521-Jun-2011 04:42
What a dreadful, shameful thing this riot was. Vancouver
will recover, the people have demonstrated their
resilience. V.
janescottcumming20-Jun-2011 02:21
Nice job of showing the aftermath of the senseless "wilding" that happened after a game. V
Mairéad19-Jun-2011 22:46
Alcohol and young men are a potent mix, sadly often with a bad outcome.
Good documentary work. V
Carol Rollins19-Jun-2011 18:12
That is just so senseless! Good documentation David. ~
Doug Cruden19-Jun-2011 11:53
Sad to see this on the news this week - I guess violence in the name of sport is as old as the hills but when it happens it's still a shock. Fine street shot David.
Peter Sussex19-Jun-2011 10:05
Practical analogue message board:) Great documentary work David or a bit more if I see the emotional side. V
borisalex19-Jun-2011 08:13
We had the final match for this year´s basketball championchip in Bamberg, Germany and Bamberg´s Team was the winner, tonight. They were many people in town and a public viweing area with over 10.000 people in the City center. We had no riots, just lots of celebrating! In larger cities like Berlin or Hamburg, there could be a change of such riots, has to do with the discrepances in social society, I guess! Great entry!
Phillip Normanton19-Jun-2011 08:09
It's a sad sight - this happens too often in connection with 'sport'
Sam Rua19-Jun-2011 06:35
Nice documentary photo, David. Senseless is all I can think of when it comes to trying to explain these types of things.
shatterbug19-Jun-2011 06:28
A sign of the times...great documenting of this event!
Cindi Smith19-Jun-2011 03:19
Good photo journalism. Excellent work!
an nguyen19-Jun-2011 01:55
Sound like G9 in Toronto before .
Good documentation , David .
Jess. ( Lady.D.)18-Jun-2011 23:57
What does one say, as an ex Vacouverite I am saddened by what happened but to put thing in perspective the same thing happened the last time Vancouver lost the last game in the Stanley Cup that one to the New York Rangers, so for me this did not comes as a surprise, sorry that I am that it happened at all. As a Canadian I am just ashamed that it has. Well documented David...
Jim Coffman18-Jun-2011 23:43
I agree, nice documentation, David! I believe there are many idiots in this world. V
Walter Otto Koenig18-Jun-2011 23:30
I saw video footage of this Sears Store being broken into. Strong documentary work David of business as usual with people entering and leaving the store and of the girl adding her message of support. "V"
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