kiknkorea
Joined: 16 May 2008
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 Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 9:33 pm Post subject: Habs win turns ugly in Montreal |
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MONTREAL - Montreal police regained control of the downtown core early Thursday after firing tear gas at hundreds of bottle-tossing youths who looted businesses following a stunning playoff victory by the Canadiens.
The vandalism occurred after the area crammed with tens of thousands of jubilant hockey fans had mostly emptied out following the Habs' Game 7 win over the Penguins in Pittsburgh.
Looters wrapped their faces in garments � in some cases the ones they'd stolen � and dashed into a liquor store.
With their identities concealed, they leaped through the smashed front window and emerged moments later with their arms full.
One man warned his lady friend, as they dashed away, to be careful with the loot.
"Hide the bottle," he snapped.
"The police."
He was referring to the line of officers who watched impassively from the closest street corner.
Their reinforcements were on the way.
Rows of black-clad riot cops charged in from the peripheries, rattling their shields as a warning to the crowd.
That's when they began blasting tear-gas canisters into the unruly mob.
As people coughed and scurried away, they followed; the slowest members of the crowd were jammed repeatedly in the ribs to prod them along.
One man complained he'd had a tooth broken. Stragglers who paused and tried to pleacefully explain why they needed to be there received the same reaction: a few swift, painful jabs in the torso.
The evening began as an eardrum-rattling eruption of joy that crested into a sea of red, white and blue in the hockey-mad city. |
I can only imagine the carnage should they win the Cup.
Full story-
http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/news;_ylt=AkEJxSnPeThb1JKlnPCCvjw5nYcB?slug=capress-hkn_montreal_scene-3339825 |
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