Vancouver Riot Downtown after Canucks Lose Stanley Cup 2011

Did anybody see Nathan Koltyuk's apology on the news yesterday? As far as him and Camille, its a cop out. Apologize now to get a lighter sentance. The way Camille drags social media in to this is disgusting. If somebody gets swept away in mob mentality, then they have opened themselves up to be the victims of the same mob mentality. She has some nerve to start out apologizing and then ending it like she is preaching from a soap box. Boo!

 

UBC student apologizes for her role in the riot.

 

It's unfortunate that the riot took place and there were several human casualties as well as many targets of mischief. That being said, some of the naysayers are just as bad, if not worst, than the rioters themselves. The boy from Maple Ridge, water polo future prospect, son of surgeon, etc. I won't use his name but I think we all know to whom I'm referring. I read in todays news that his family had to relocate from their home due to threats of violence. The threats were not only towards the boy, but also towards his family and the family home. So who is worst?

Also, I noticed how some ignorant folks tried to redirect the blame to Surrey without any grounds to do so. In fact, the more persons that continue to be identified as being involved, the clearer the picture is becoming. The vast majority thus far are Vancouver residents! It's also sad to see that we have 95% + of the culprits in the pictures clearly of Caucasian descent but there are also a few rioters of ethnic origin. Rather than identify all these people, white or not, as morons and criminals, we enjoy jumping on the keyboard racist bandwagon and focusing in on the Aboriginal, Asian or Indian guy. So really, who is worst? The rioters or the backlashers?

 

Are you serious? Because these spoiled brats can't get what they want you actually condone them breaking shit? They can't afford hockey, new cars...so they pull tantrums and break stuff. You are an absolute idiot...it's not like they are oppressed and fighting for human rights, not that they don't have healthcare or enough to eat...but because they don't have nicer shit, then blame the government. When has it been the governments responsibilty to make sure your spoiled little shit kids get everythign they want. Not all kids are privileged and it's for that reason they should work hard to improve thire lives. Take some responsibility yourself, I'm sure you do your best to feed and clothe them but if for whatever reason you feel bad that they can't have the better things in life, that's your own shortcoming for not being able to provide that for them. You as a parent have failed, not anyone else so stop finger pointing. And as far as stepping away from teh community, this show of force by the public to out these criminals is exactly what community is about, joing together for the better good of our city. They are not turning in neighbors, these are deplorable thugs who deserve no compassion or sympathy, just because other's have more than you, you fell it's your right to loot and riot? I hope you raise your children better than the idiots you are trying to protect

 

Vancouver Riot in 360°

 

She edited her apology and took out all the bitchy rant parts.

Here is the original in full:

Dear City of Vancouver and all its residents,

Yes, this is me in the picture above.
Yes, this is me in the 1:30-1:33 mark of this youtube video.

I am not proud of my actions and have made a visit to the Vancouver Police Department, over the weekend to turn myself in. This blog will serve as a public apology to those that I have offended with my actions, to clarify certain issues, and to address a few peripheral issues that I take as a concern.

My Apologies

I apologize to the City of Vancouver for participating in this riot.
I apologize to the residents of Vancouver for having to deal with the consequences of the event.
I apologize to my friends and family that have been affected by my actions.
I apologize to the Canucks for reacting in a way that is unsportsmanlike.

I apologize to Black & Lee, its employees, and all the customers who have been affected by my actions.

I apologize to Burrard Acura, my managers, my coworkers and its customers. In no way, shape or form does Burrard Acura condone this type of violence or misconduct. It is not necessary to associate my actions with the good reputation of Burrard Acura.

I apologize to Enspire Foundation, its’ volunteers, sponsors and supporters. Enspire Foundation is a reputable non-profit organization that does not condone violence or misconduct behaviour in any way, shape or form. To additionally make things clear, I have not been active with Enspire for quite some time now, so there is no need to associate my actions with the integrity of Enspire Foundation.

I apologize to UBC Athletics and Recreation and to the UBC Rowing Team, the coaches, the athletes, my coworkers and manager, its other employees, its participants and its clients. In no way, shape or form does UBC Athletics or the UBC Rowing team condone violence or misconduct, and should thus not be associated with my actions. To additionally clarify, I have not been a part of the UBC Rowing Team at all during the last term.

Lastly, I apologize to the Faculty of Science. The faculty of science in no way, shape or form condones violence or misconduct. My actions should not be reflective of the good research and work that they have performed.

My Story

I know a lot of you don’t believe me, but the truth is that I take full responsibility for my actions and am sincerely apologetic for what I did. What I did was completely out of character for me, but I did it because I was influenced by mob mentality. I want to shed light onto the thought process that was in my head so that maybe you can all get a little bit of an understanding and sympathize for people like me, who made wrong decisions but have now become victims of this social media form of mob mentality.

Why don’t I think I deserve all this treatment?

Because for one, I’ve admitted to my mistakes, two, I am ready to deal with the consequences in a judicial manner, and three, because (may I remind you that) I am responsible for theft – a fairly minor action compared to vandalism and arson. Please remember and understand that I am not responsible for the riot.

I did not vandalize any buildings.
I did not set fire on anything.
I did not break any glass.
I did not instigate the riot.
I did not physically harm anybody.
I did not jump on any cop cars.
I did not even plan on being in the riot.

On any regular day I would not condone looting.

However, at the time of the riot everything just seemed so right.

At the time, being a part of the riot was simply to fulfill the adrenaline rush I was looking and hoping for – an adrenaline rush that I previously got from post-winning games: hugging randoms, dancing on the streets, honking car horns non-stop, and high-fiving just about everybody. In the same way that everybody enjoyed collectively showing pride in our team, it was enjoyable to express my disappointment in a collective manor.

I had no intentions of defiling the city. I love Vancouver as much as you do – I’ve lived here since I was 7 months old. But in my immature, intoxicated perspective all I saw was that the riot was happening, and would continue happening with or without me, so I might as well get my adrenaline fix.

And what was going on my head about the stealing?

As bad as it sounds, the stealing was purely fun for me. I had no intentions with the product. I just wanted to get a souvenir at the time. I took two sized 42 mens dress pants. I’m a woman’s size 6-8. I don’t have any brothers, cousins, boyfriends, fathers, grandfathers or anything else of the like that are size 42 in mens. I did not plan on selling them either.

*FYI: The pants will be returned, but are not yet returned because the cops want to schedule an appropriate time and date to do so.

I’m a UBC student, and an adult. Shouldn’t I know the difference between wrong and right?

Well yes, I should…but in certain circumstances our perspectives get seriously skewed. It was extremely hard to see the consequences in taking a couple pants, when around me people were lighting up cars, smashing windows and inflicting physical pain on one another. My train of thought at this point was that “the place is already broken into, most of the contents of the store have already been stolen, so what difference does it make if I take a couple things?” Not convinced? Maybe Christopher Schneider, assistant professor of sociology at UBC, can convince you. In his recent quote in the Vancouver Sun he states:

“When the riot started unfolding …you have a lot of law-abiding citizens hanging around downtown who otherwise would’ve got out of Dodge…When you have a mob or riot-like activity, individual accountability tends to go out the window. People see other people setting fires and they think, ‘I’m going to set a fire too, and I won’t get caught.’ These types of people typically wouldn’t set a fire on their own.”​

But still, a lot of you don’t find credibility in the theory of mob mentality

I’ve heard people discredit the theory of mob mentality in the case of the 2011 Vancouver Riot. People say that it is clearly possible not to be influenced by others, because for one, majority of people left downtown right away and didn’t participate. And further, that many people who stayed didn’t do anything but watch/take pictures/film. Therefore anybody who tries to reason out by citing the theory of mob mentality is just finding a scape goat. Not true. I would know. John Tauer, physiology professor of the University of St. Thomas would probably also know. In a Minnesota newspaper he states that “many factors…create a mob mentality — though emotion and alcohol do top the list.”

And that’s really what it was for me. I was immature, intoxicated, full of adrenaline, disappointed in the loss, filled with young rage, and have a “go-out-and-do-it” kind of personality. It had nothing to do with anarchy because I am definitely not an anarchist. I am a law-abiding citizen that has had a clean slate criminal record before this night. I had no intentions on harming the law, the city, any businesses or any people. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing and I just got caught up in the chaos.

As soon as I left the riot I knew that what I did was wrong.

As soon as I left the riot I knew that what I did was wrong. My levels of alcohol and adrenaline in my blood had seriously died down, and I was no longer surrounded by the mob. It’s a little funny to me that that was so, because this is exactly what Schneider was explaining earlier: that people lose their individual accountability when in a mob.

If I knew that I was wrong, then why didn’t I do something about it sooner?

I knew that I was going to return the pants and tell the cops that I made a mistake, but why did I wait 2.5 days instead of .5-1 day? Well, that would be out of pure nervousness…nervous to tell my parents and my sister. I was raised in a good family and I was more nervous to tell them than the cops. I had to be okay with admitting it to them before I could go out to the cops.

The infamous smile

And still, a lot of people will never find remorse for me because I had a huge smile on my face. But like I said earlier, it was fun at the time. I thought it was pretty funny because this is the only time that I would ever do something like this. The smile on my face was an “I’m such a badass I can’t believe I’m doing this!” kind of look.

If you still don’t believe I’m a good person, here’s a little side story for you:

As many of you already know, I am majoring in Conservation Biology at UBC. I strongly belirve in ecological conservation and sustainability. That night, I saw a few people that were trying to knock trees down. So what did I do? I yelled at them, saying “Pleaaseee, not the treees!!!!” And what did they do? They stopped. And I felt like a hero.

The “21st Century Witch Hunt?”

In social media sites such as facebook and twitter, we have seen the following actions regarding the riot:

• mass amounts of people acting in ways that they would not normally act
• people thinking its okay to harm others because everybody else is doing it as well
• ensuring that peoples’ lives are destroyed, by making sure everybody collectively e-mails, phones and spams their families, their jobs, their schools, and all others that they are associated with (do it for your country! no wrath! vengeance is ours! the lives of others are miniscule the actions that they have mistakenly done!)
• trying to ruin the reputation of all organizations that they are associated with
• threatening associations to ruin their reputation if they do not disassociate themselves with that person
• exaggerating what that person did in order to make their actions seem completely unforgivable

Does this sound a little bit familiar? I don’t know about you, but to me this sounds like people are trying to retaliate by yet another form of mobbing – the thing about this form of mob mentality that astounds me is that this time they’re doing it sober. As Beer writes in a recent blog that I ran into, “Let’s hope the guilty are found and punished, but also try to make sure the online search for them doesn’t devolve into a 21st century witch hunt.”

Furthermore, the VPD does not support the negative behaviour that has been so prevalent online. In fact, many of you should even be careful of what you say online, because everything that you say online is basically written in stone. And anything that you say can and will likely be used against you in court. If not in the judicial court, then in this new-aged social media court that everybody seems so happy and willing to partake in.

The judicial court is designed to give accused individuals the punishment that they deserve based on the actions that they have made, and protect them from punishments that they do not deserve. It is made up of people that have received years of education and training. This new social-media court that we see is made up of people who likely know very little about rightful punishments. They make decisions based on emotions and try to incriminate individuals in harsh ways that are extremely unnecessary. We need to leave the decision making to the experts, who can separate themselves from emotional decisions provide just punishments.

The VPD defined harassment for me the other day: that it is multiple attempts of unwanted communication. They further advised me to file harassment on anybody who did not leave me alone.

A Peripheral Aside: Notes on Feminism & Racism

There are a few things that I have seen on social media sites that have come across to me as a major concern. First off, a little bit about racism:

Since I am a Canadian citizen, I am aware of my rights. Let me show you a little insert from the Canadian Charter of Rights:

Equality Rights​

EQUALITY BEFORE AND UNDER LAW AND EQUAL PROTECTION AND BENEFIT OF LAW / Affirmative action programs.​

15. (1) Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.​

(2) Subsection (1) does not preclude any law, program or activity that has as its object the amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups including those that are disadvantaged because of race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.​

Racism is not accepted in my country, so to the following people, and all others of the like, if you are going to make racist remarks, then maybe you should leave our country.



@Mo Hill, I’m glad you own a colour TV. I suggest also owning a time machine. That way you can go back to the 1960's, when colour TVs first started selling in large numbers…and when racist remarks like yours were much more appreciated. Also, Mr. I’m-so-Canadian, learn how to spell colour right. In Canada we spell colour with a ‘u‘. It’s because we are part of the British Commonwealth. Were you aware of that? If not, try reading up on it on Wikipedia. (PS, that is what people in the kom-pyu-ter-world call a hy-per-link – sound it out, it’s not too hard!) You can click on it and it will direct you to the Wikipedia page I was talking about. You can also find other important information on there, such as, articles on stupidity, imbeciles and mental retardation. Hope that helps, xox!!!).

Here’s another thing that bothers me: why is everybody so surprised that a female partook in the riot? What is with this attitude that females are incapable of doing what men can do? Maybe it takes an event like this to show you misogynists that woman are fully capable of anything you can do. And if my actions lead to that revelation in your obscure little heads, then maybe it’s a good thing that I partook in this event.

My Theory & Thoughts on the situation

What do I think of this whole situation?
I think it has been completely blown out of control.
I think that people are all over my case for several reasons:

1) I’ve lived here all my life so I am bound to have made a few enemies along the way.
It seems abnormal how passionate some people are at trying to ruin my life. Well you know what? I think it’s sad how much you all want to ruin my life and how I have become the centre of your worlds.

2) I’m a UBC student that works two jobs, volunteers and am athletic.
Well guess what folks? People who work hard make mistakes too. And to the guy who called me a “disrespectful spoiled little bitch,” you are completely wrong. I was raised by hardworking parents and was taught to work hard for myself. I work hard to pay for my own rent, my own groceries, my own bills, and my hobbies. I have additionally also been fully responsible for financing my own education. I have been working since I was 14 years old – as soon as I was legally able to do so. I have been responsible for obtaining my volunteer opportunities and my work opportunities. So please people, find it in your humane hearts to let the cops deal with the rest of this.

3) I have been dehumanized.
Nobody has sympathy for a picture. I have been painted out as a criminal, and not the person that I really am. Everybody associates me with all the bad things that have happened in the riot. I do not agree at all with how far the riot went. If you must know, I wasn’t even at the riot when it was at its peak. And to the girl that messaged my sister on Facebook, I sincerely apologize that your boyfriend got stabbed, but I had nothing to do with that. I wish him the best and I hope he gets better. But please separate me, and especially my family from these horrible things that have been done. Remember, the only thing that I did was take a couple things from a store. It’s fairly minor compared to the rest of the acts that were done.

4) People don’t know how else to vent their anger
I honestly think that the reason why people are so strongly targeting people like me is because people are upset. They are drunk off of emotions, and want to do everything they can to fix their city. I completely understand that and like I said, am not proud of myself! Collaborating to clean up the city? Excellent way to remediate the mess. IDing people? Very helpful for the VPD – saves time and money for the cops and in the end for our city. Harassing people, ruining their lives, and finding unlawful punishments? Not at all helpful. It gives the cops more things to deal with, and is in a way a form of anarchy. The laws were made for everybody to follow: criminals and spectators alike. So for you to disregard the laws makes it seem like you are an anarchist…starting a mob…based on social media…starting to get the picture yet?

Anyways, long story short, venting your anger on people does not make the situation better, so feel free to ID people and help in ways that you can, but don’t ruin our lives!

My Requests:

In the Canadian society that we all know and love, we are taught to be righteous individuals, to stand up for our rights, and to be loyal to society. Well great, props to everybody for being loyal to society by IDing people. They (we) will get what they (we) deserve. But you guys are completely forgetting that we have rights as well. It is completely unrighteous to be spending your entire day(s) contacting us, re-posting our pictures, and having everybody collaborate to ruin our lives. Not even the VPD spend that much time on us, so please simmer down a tad bit.

Not only that, but Canada prides itself in being a peaceful country. We Canadians are loved around the world because we know how to handle ourselves and we avoid war as much as possible. The actions that I have seen on social media sites are embarrassing to our country and our reputation. These actions do not reflect the kindness that us Canadians are all known and loved for.

So please, give me, my family, my friends, my school, my employers, and everybody else or everything that I am or was associated with a break. It’s called mistakes. I learned from my mistake, I am not proud of my mistake, and I will make sure not to be influenced by people as easily as I was. I will make sure to make proper judgements on all my decisions in life. I am prepared to do community work, pay fines, and if worst comes to worst, even a criminal record. The same goes for Nathan Kotylak, Sienna St. Laurent, Jason Li and all the others who deserve a break.

As angry as this blog is (a natural response after seeing people repeatedly trying to – successfully – ruin your life), I am again very sorry for my actions. I have reported to the VPD, will return the pants when they want me to, and am currently waiting to see what I will be punished with.

I want to save this last paragraph to my friends and family who have supported me through this difficult time. Without your help I may have lost my mind already. To those who know me and have turned their backs on me, please delete me from Facebook and disassociate yourself from me as much as possible because I don’t want to have anything to do with you.

Thank you ever so kindly for your time.

Sincerely,

Camille Cacnio
AKA: “Looter”, “Flip”, “Anarchist”, “Criminal”, “disrespectful spoiled little bitch”, “skank”, “lowlife”, “disgrace”, “POS”, “troglodyte”, “scum of the earth”, and much much more.

 

Camille's apology wasn't much of an apology at all.

The logic of her apology is basically this "I'm sorry for what I did, BUT here is why i am not at fault and oh by the way I would not have turned myself in had I not been caught on TV".

It would have been better (smarter) of her to simply say sorry and promise to try to make amends to everyone that she had let down or embarassed by association with her. The comments she made about the racist comments made about her are cogent, but used by her to deflect, distract or minimize to her advantage.

All around her apology indicates a sociopathic mentality.

 

Spoof of Camille's apology :
http://thestanchionapology.blogspot.com/

 

If she did that, people would still be hating on her. Look at how everybody else's apologies turned out.

She's not wrong about a lot of the things she says. The armchair detectives are, in many ways, a lot worse than the rioters and the irony is that they don't even see the mob mentality in their actions. In particular, the racism is disgusting. Camille et al. are just as Canadian as anyone else. Anyone that thinks otherwise is too stupid to be taken seriously.

What she could have avoided is the condescending tone and the proverbial flipping the bird that she did in the middle portion of her "apology".

There is intense hate on Camille et al. despite the fact that their actions during the riot were minor. People are justifying their misdirected anger by saying "oh, he/she was part of the riot and encouraged the serious offenders". Well, if you're using that kind of logic, why the fuck aren't the bystanders getting their fair share of the hate?

The bystanders were essential to fueling the riot, preventing adequate police intervention and enabling the direct rioters. Think about all bystanders that clogged up the ER at St. Paul's and VGH due to tear gas and injuries they wouldn't have sustained if they had just left the DT core. The people who stood around in the way are as much a part of the riot as the ones who participated directly. How big would the riot have been if people weren't standing around taking pictures?

You might argue that if people weren't taking pictures, there would be significantly less evidence. True enough, but that doesn't excuse the role that they had during the riot. It's like if a looter took pictures of an assault. Even though the looter contributed evidence, it doesn't change the fact that the person looted.

The good thing is that the vitriol from the crowd is starting to dissipate and people are starting to get their senses back.

 

Riot Investigation – Fact Sheet | Source
June 20, 2011

Vancouver Police have received approximately 3500 emails, including tips, from the public at [email protected].

Some of these emails include:

• 53 with videos attached
• 676 with links to YouTube
• 708 with images attached
• 1011 with hyperlinks to other social media sites other than YouTube (mostly Facebook)
• 344 emails contain only text
• 280 Crime Stoppers tips received
• 900 additional emails have been received by the VPD Public Affairs Section. These will be reviewed for content and those with tips or information will be forwarded to [email protected]

To date, 12 people have turned themselves in to Vancouver Police and three others to police in outside jurisdictions.

Charges
A total of 117 people have been arrested for a variety of offences, including breach of the peace, public intoxication, breach of probation, assault, mischief, theft, possession of stolen property and obstructing a peace officer.
Many charges are pending, however, formal charges have been recommended in the following cases:

• Twenty year-old Edgar Ricardo Garcia of Burnaby is charged with aggravated assault stemming from an incident where two men were stabbed in the 700 block of Hornby Street on June 15.
• Twenty-seven year-old Joshua Lyle Evans of Calgary is charged with possessing a weapon dangerous to the public peace. This stems from the same incident in the 700 block of Hornby Street.
• A 21 year old man from Ladner with no previous criminal convictions is facing charges of mischief and participation in a riot. He is alleged to have broken a rear tail light and rear window of a green pick-up truck parked in the 300 block of West Georgia Street.
• A 19 year old man from Surrey, with no previous criminal convictions, is facing charges of break and enter, theft and participation in a riot, stemming from an incident in the 700 block of West Georgia Street. It is alleged that he entered the Hudson’s Bay Company and stole a Coach purse.
• A 17 year old youth from Maple Ridge with no previous criminal convictions is facing charges of participation in a riot and of arson for allegedly lighting a police car on fire in the 100 block of West Georgia.
• An 18 year old man from Delta with no previous criminal convictions is facing a charge of mischief and participating in a riot for allegedly kicking a hole through the window of the Budget Rental Car office located in the 400 block of West Georgia.
• A 20 year old man from Maple Ridge with no previous criminal convictions is facing charges of mischief and participating in a riot after allegedly breaking a window of the Bank of Montreal located at Homer and West Georgia.
• A 22 year old man from Burnaby, with no previous criminal convictions is facing charges of assaulting a peace officer, break and enter, mischief and participation in a riot stemming from an incident at Library Square where he allegedly threw a water bottle at the police, broke a window and then entered a building.

 

VPD Statement | Source
June 20, 2011

In the ensuing high state of emotions following the recent hockey riot, there is a growing danger that the tools of social media will be used to mete out vigilante justice.
The Vancouver Police Department and its integrated investigation team are asking the public to resist the temptation to take justice into their own hands. We ask for your patience and continued shows of responsible good citizenry as the investigation unfolds.

 

Chasing The Riot | Tribute Video to VPD & VFD

 

Full sequence of pictures, from http://davidlang.me/side-b/stanley-cup-riots-11/:

 

Because its Surrey the arm pit of gvrd lol!

p.s I also own property @ 96 & KGH

 

I've watched the coverage of the riots, and the ensuing social media wave that has managed to so far call out many of those who participated, if not responsible for the instigation. I've participated in discussions with family, friends and co workers. But I think it's time I responded directly to at least one of those participants... Camille Cacnio.

This is because I think we'll see a few of these apology letters as those try to make amends to their currently interrupted lives, and rationalize what they were thinking and feeling at the time.

Camille has written an apology letter, that since she abridged it, seems rather appropriate, and aside from wishing she would outline what she has 'learned from her mistakes', it is an acceptable start.

However, reading the entire, unabridged letter i only see someone who is doing everything possible to rationalize the behaviour at the time, and point out what an overall good person she is. Claiming at one point to take full responsiblity for her actions, only to later quote the psychology of mob-mentality which seems to only absolve individuals from actions within a mob. I'm not sure you get to have it both ways Camille.

I am very aware of the psychology of groups, and how research has demonstrated how as individuals, we find it difficult to take action when surrounded by a group. We tend to assume that someone else is already doing something. But a lack of action is not what happened here. You, and many others like you, allowed yourselves to run wild because others around you were. I'm certain there are many other times in your life where you have found yourself keyed up on adrenaline, where you found a more productive outlet for it. Where you took a moment to change where you were and what you were doing before allowing it's release.

Like many others did who were also there, and did not participate. Like many others did who stood and turned back looters and rioters by choosing NOT to participate. Like many others did who suffered violence and damage to themselves by standing up to those that felt they had a right. Things that you, and others like you, chose not to do.

It's terrific you got to feel like a hero for stopping an attack on a tree. It's a pity that in the same moments you couldn't have also used that same resource toward stopping others from other forms of violence and destruction.

To think that you should be absolved from all social backlash because you have admitted to your mistake is rather laughable. I'm not certain you would have been so quick to offer apologies, nor return stolen goods had you not been so 'victimized' by the ongoing shaming process. But that of course is only conjecture. Perhaps you are such a good person that you would have done this anyway. Perhaps your arboreal sympathy would have been extended toward your fellow citizens at some point down the road.

To also think that you should be spared the shame and attention because what you did wasn't as bad as the rest means you quoted those studies on mob-mentality without actually reading or studying them. Allow me to help - you were part of an ongoing issue, and whether you think it was a lesser crime or not, participating in that crime helped to create the environment of acceptability, that in the moment 'anything goes' allowing those others who also felt the need to allow themselves the freedom from civility to continue to steal, burn and tip anything and everything that wasn't permanently affixed in place.

And the fact that you believe that on any regular day you would not condone looting, or rioting leaves me puzzled as to why you would think that this constitutes anything other than a regular day. Most days, the number of people in the downtown core dwarfs the amount there during game 7 of the stanley cup. But you manage to remain civilized. I would guess this isn't the most intoxicated you've been downtown at night, where you have somehow managed to come home without once having broken any law, major or minor. And if the loss of the Stanley cup, by the Canuks, in game 7 is the most disappointment you have ever had to endure, then sincerely, even with all the attention you are receiving right now - I want your life.

No Camille, this was not an extraordinary day. You merely want to believe it, as do others like yourself, in order to help justify your absolutely terrible behaviour.

But I for one, do not want you, or the others, to leave Vancouver. I want you to stay here and do penance for your crimes. I would like to see you all contribute to rebuilding the reputation of the city which you so carelessly sullied. And I would like you to endure comments and criticisms for a yet undetermined amount of time. Our legal system in recent years has become somewhat unsatisfactory... and based on this event alone, it seems like it is time for all of those who can't live in a civilized fashion to be shamed for their behaviour.

Enjoy these times, Camille. No matter how you try to rationalize it, you brought this on yourself.

 

This woman deserves a medal. Look at her standing down a crowd of 50 or more individuals. Some are screaming their so-called rage at her, and yet she is immobile.

I'd like to see her, and others like her, added to a hero's list and celebrated as such.

 

Her name is Chelsea Andrews of Surrey.

 

Her name is Chelsea Andrews http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=616825585

 

Once she realized that she's been identified, she took down her Facebook profile. Before she did that, she had these two profile pictures up. Anyone grab a screen shot?