Riot In Montreal
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:02am |
 Coolness: 94400 | [ www.cbc.ca ]
At least five police cars were torched and many others were vandalized long after the bulk of a massive crowd had dispersed after celebrating a Canadiens playoff series victory over the Boston Bruins. Montreal's downtown was shrouded in smoke early Tuesday morning as vandals sprinted to one police car after another setting them aflame. While the initial celebration was relatively peaceful, small groups milled on several street corners even as riot police surrounded burning vehicles and firefighters doused flames. Television helicopter footage showed one instance where a pair of vandals lit the interior of a damaged, abandoned police car while a third person recorded the act with his cellular telephone. Police spokeswoman Const. Anie Lemieux said the incidents seemed to be isolated. She could not confirm the number of arrests, but several men were taken away in handcuffs, including two who pounded a car with cement blocks. Stores were also damaged. "Police officers are still on the scene trying to control these people," Lemieux said just after midnight in Montreal. With Monday night's win, the Canadiens clinched the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final 4-3 and advanced to the next round of the playoffs. |
| I'm feeling :) right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:03am |
 Coolness: 151365 | Yeah, I just finished reading that article, too.
And here I am... At home. Not rioting. *sigh* |
| I'm feeling cool right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:07am |
 Coolness: 686495 | Damn, I could totally go for some looting right about now. |
| I'm feeling like cheezing right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FRANKB replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:11am |
 Coolness: 104240 | haha already...sweet |
| I'm feeling jazz right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Strik_IX replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:14am |
 Coolness: 89545 | This is in no way sweet, these people are total fucking idiots. |
| I'm feeling ok right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:15am |
 Coolness: 123215 | crazy shit |
| I'm feeling battery operated right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» greatjob replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:16am |
 Coolness: 283360 | haha, sols right in the fucking middle of it all LOL |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:17am |
| Coolness: 123215 | i saw looting and breaking shit, but no flaming cars :(
but man, those cops have gay ass white helmets |
| I'm feeling battery operated right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» greatjob replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:19am |
| Coolness: 283360 | lets see some pics !!!!! |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:20am |
| Coolness: 151365 | yeah, sol. Pics or I call bullshit. ;)
Did you find any booze? |
| I'm feeling cool right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Wizdumb replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:22am |
| Coolness: 123215 | there are cops everywhere on my street!
no digital cam = no pics :( |
| I'm feeling battery operated right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» FRANKB replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:24am |
| Coolness: 104240 | Originally Posted By STRIK_IX
This is in no way sweet, these people are total fucking idiots. SINCE WHEN HAS THIS WEBSITE BEEN ABOUT WHATS RIGHT ? :) |
| I'm feeling jazz right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Br34th3 replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:25am |
 Coolness: 128670 | Originally Posted By STRIK_IX
This is in no way sweet, these people are total fucking idiots. agreed |
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| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Screwhead replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:28am |
| Coolness: 686495 | You know what would be totally fucking sweet? If a team could get kicked out of it's position/standing because it's fans are fucking douchebags that riot when they win.
That would be a nice "fuck you" to all the idiots out there, and would simultaneously make sure it never, ever, ever happened again. |
| I'm feeling like cheezing right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Gamos replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:33am |
| Coolness: 94400 | [ www.canada.com ]
Madness on the streets Max Harrold, The Gazette Published: 2 hours ago It was Habs lunacy. The city's downtown core erupted into pandemonium last night, with cars honking, strangers high-fiving each other and Canadiens flags fluttering from cars to herald the team's 5-0 win over the Boston Bruins in the first playoff round. Throngs of elated Habs fans poured out of the Bell Centre and local bars and took over the streets after the game. At least four major downtown intersections - three on Ste. Catherine St. and one on René Lévesque Blvd. - were blocked for nearly an hour by hundreds of people standing in the street. About 100 Montreal police in riot gear, some of them smiling at the fans' infectious zeal, advanced slowly to disperse crowds on Ste. Catherine and Peel Sts. shortly after 10:30 p.m. They were met with the thumping of bongo drums, part of a mini TamTam festival on Peel. A few blocks south at the Bell Centre, Thomas Kadia waved a big red, blue and white Montreal Canadiens flag. He had driven from his Dorval home to the arena in 15 minutes after watching the game. "I had to be here," Kadia, a 33-year-old auto parts mechanic, said. "I wouldn't miss this for anything." To shouts of "We want the Cup," crowds roared with approval at the Habs' victory. "I had a little doubt at first but they made up for it," Caroline Isabel, 18, said. Her friend Don Koy, 21, said the team was invincible in his eyes. "They'll beat anyone they play against" in the coming semifinals, he predicted. The post-game euphoria was in stark contrast to the scene at the Bell Centre before the game, when Habs fans collectively crossed their fingers, hoping for a victory for Montreal. As the Canadiens faced playoff elimination or a continued march to glory and a possible 25th Stanley Cup, there was one thing everyone agreed on: Whether across cultural or political divides, or as bonding among friends and relatives, hockey is the city's great unifier. "It brings people together, win or lose," Anne-Marie Guertin, 26, said as she stopped by the Bell Centre on her way home - without game tickets - just to share the excitement of the crowd. "Everyone gets swept up in this wave (and) it has nothing to do with politics," she said. "Everyone is partying for the same reason." The team is fused to the city's identity, others said. "You love the sport because you live in Montreal," Hermandez Efrain, 40, said. A fan of the Canadiens since he emmigrated to Canada from El Salvador in 1983, he said loving the team was part of his life here. "It's important to encourage the Canadiens," he said. Many fans wondered why the team had been stumped at all by the Bruins, since Montreal beat Boston every time in the regular season. Longtime Habs fan Chris Tucker, 30, had a piece of advice for the team as he headed into the arena with friend Conor Meagher, 29. They should "play with their hearts," he said. Tucker and Meagher go way back, having played hockey together as kids when both were living in Moncton, N.B. Politicians of various colours showed up for the game, but few fans took notice. Federal Liberal Party leader Stéphane Dion seemed a little flustered when he arrived to booing at the arena's north entrance, but it was just a cluster of Habs fans greeting some nearby Bruins fans. Amir Khadir, 47, a co-spokesperson of the left-leaning Quebec solidaire party, said he has enjoyed hockey since he moved to Canada from Iran 36 years ago. "It was part of my integration into this city," said Khadir, also a medical doctor at Pierre Le Gardeur Hospital. Although careful to say he does not endorse violence in sports, Khadir said hockey is a healthy way to "exorcise" feelings about conflict. "Hockey is the perfect way to express that." |
| I'm feeling :) right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Mico replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 1:38am |
| Coolness: 151365 | So true. |
| I'm feeling cool right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Trey replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 5:02am |
 Coolness: 103670 | Originally Posted By SCREWHEAD
You know what would be totally fucking sweet? If a team could get kicked out of it's position/standing because it's fans are fucking douchebags that riot when they win. I don't think that would happen. In football( soccer ), we all know about hooligans. The worst thing they would do, it no tickets for upcoming game. That is the teams play to an empty stadium. Anyhow, they should move the Protest against Police Brutality date to be at the same time as hockey playoffs. 
This is only the first round, and we have a small riot. Practice riot for the real one when Montreal wins the Stanley Cup. |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» spotless_mind replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 7:15am |
 Coolness: 38415 | woah.. i came out of the Wu-tang show where the crowd was getting frisky due to a couple wu-members missing, then greeted with riot police and burning cars on the way out..
apparently the foot locker was looted! lmao.. on a related note: |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» Shindy replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 7:55am |
 Coolness: 172745 | bravo gang de moron...
*sigh* |
| I'm feeling palmadaire right now.. | |
| Good [+1]Toggle ReplyLink» No_Comply replied on Tue Apr 22, 2008 @ 8:02am |
 Coolness: 85840 | Originally Posted By TREY
Originally Posted By Screwhead
You know what would be totally fucking sweet? If a team could get kicked out of it's position/standing because it's fans are fucking douchebags that riot when they win. I don't think that would happen. In football( soccer ), we all know about hooligans. The worst thing they would do, it no tickets for upcoming game. That is the teams play to an empty stadium. Anyhow, they should move the Protest against Police Brutality date to be at the same time as hockey playoffs.
Ya, then they could call it hypocrisy fest and maybe realize how fucking stupid they are. |
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