Saturday, February 13, 2010

Multi-media Video & Reports of Anti-Olympic Protesters

From Vancouver Media Coop:

VIDEO: Black block smash Hudson Bay windows

Heart Attack: Breaking Report #2

Anti Olympic Convergence Day 1

Corporate Media:

Anti-Olympics rioters smash store windows
CBC News.

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.


Police detain a demonstrator in downtown Vancouver during a protest against the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics February 13, 2010. Protesters left a trail of vandalism as they made their way through downtown Saturday morning.

Photograph by: Chris Helgren, REUTERS

Olympic Protesters Cause Damage
Vancouver Sun.

Some 200 anti-Olympic protesters, staging what they have dubbed the "heart attack march," kicked cars and smashed windows on their march, police said.

Police spokeswoman Jana McGuinness, said the protesters threw objects at police, spray painted cars and transit buses and intimidated pedestrians as they proceeded down Georgia street past Granville.

McGuinness said the Vancouver police crowd control unit and 2010 Integrated Security Unit are moving in to take control of the situation.

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Transportation Updates from CBC:

TravelSmart 2010 - Olympic buses and transit
TRAFFIC MAP: Translink alerts and updates
CYCLING MAP: Olympic bike route planner
TRANSIT MAP: Google's public transit route planner
MAPS: Olympic road closures and venue plans
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