Canadians Vow to Expose Hockey Rioters

The Globe and Mail reports:

B.C. Premier Christy Clark has asked spectators who took videos and photos of the looting, vandalism and violence to let the police see what they have.

“I’d like to make this call out to everybody who may have some evidence for police, ” Ms. Clark told reporters Thursday before walking through the streets with boarded-up storefronts and burnt out vehicles. “Make sure we see those pictures of the people that incited this.”

Ms. Clark also had a message for those who were involved in breaking windows and grabbing merchandise from the stores.

“If you were a part of this, and I’m speaking to people who may have been responsible last night, I promise you this. You won’t be able to live in anonymity, you won’t be behind your bandana or under your hoodie.

“We are going to do everything we can to make sure the public understands who you were. Your family, your friends, your employer will know you were a part of it. Because this cannot happen in our city. It isn’t the kind of city that I want to live in,” she said.

Earlier, Vancouver police chief Jim Chu said police believe “criminals, anarchists and thugs,” posing as Canucks fans, were responsible for the riot Wednesday evening following the Stanley Cup game.

Chief Chu also had some harsh words for the hundreds of spectators, who stood around and took video of others smashing plate-glass windows of stores and igniting parked cars, including police cars.

Those who watched and those who cheered the rioters were responsible for the chaos, Chief Chu said Thursday.

Dismissing calls for his resignation and criticism of the police response, Chief Chu told reporters that police brought the disruptions under control in half the time that was required during the 1994 post-Stanley Cup final hockey riot although the riot on Wednesday involved more than three times the number of people.