Riots and fires now at Georgia and Homer... Smoke going up, batons and shields up. #YVR, a photo by VancityAllie on Flickr.
Vancouverite VancityAllie, who's blog posts were featured here during the 2010 Olympics, is back again with a series of dramatic first-person photos from the Vancouver Riots.
In the video, I joked that she had not posted anything on her blog, and so must be out there. I was correct - she was recording what was going on.
She says the photo above the video describes riots and fires now at Georgia and Homer Streets in downtown Vancouver. "Smoke going up, batons and shields up."
The photo gives a good idea of how much of the downtown was impacted by the rioting. Even people in those areas near riot action were affected by the smoke from the burning cars and trash cans.
In that photo above, another fire was set on the other side of Homer Street. You can see the amount of trash on the street, left in the wake of the rioting progress.
Vancity reports that the crowd of downtown rioters has not only converged on the Jeep, but eventually would push it over.
This photo reports another fire on Homar Street, between Robson and Smithe.
As all of the riot action was taking place nearby, the victorious Boston Bruins were being escorted out of the city. You can just see their bus on the left of the photo.
Stay tuned for more photos.
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