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Originally Posted by Nitrouz
don't judge the entire city by the few. I was in the middle of it last night, and there were maybe 50 - 100 people embarrassing our city,
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Let's be honest, there were hundreds if not thousands of people rioting.
There were over 100 police officers on site, I'm sure they could handle 1000 holigans which would have been a 1:1 ratio.
I was living in Vancouver during their last embarassing 'riots' after last time they lost in the Cup final.
Many excuses can be made, but the problem is Vancouver is a huge epicenter of gangs / organized crime which is something many West Coasters like to neglect to mention when they go on about their great city.
Triads, Hells Angels, and the new emerging East Indian gangs are a major part of the city, and I know from personal experience after witnessing endless contractors and businessmen come to the house with manilla envelopes attempting to bribe my father, and then leaving furious, yelling obsenities and dropping names of other politicians they had in their 'pocket' in order to attempt to intimidate him, that Vancouver/Surrey politicians are some of the most corrupt in all of Canada.
After these attempts failed, my house was lit on fire at 4am with the family inside sleeping, because when bribes fail, intimidation tactics are used.
Vancouver is beautiful for it's coastline, moutains, landscape and cultural diversity but it has many huge demons beginning to emerge....