Internet reports suggest that two individuals have entered guilty pleas in relation to their roles in the Stanley Cup riots. According to this story, one gentleman pled guilty Friday to both participating in a riot and breach of recognizance (the breach charge appears to stem from an unrelated underlying criminal charge). Sentencing has been remanded to [...]
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Interview with CTV News Channel on Vancouver Riots
December 15th, 2011
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Wednesday evening I had the opportunity to speak with Marcia McMillan on CTV News Channel about the Vancouver Stanley Cup riots. This incident has been in the news again as the Vancouver Police have recently laid a number of charges with first court appearances having occurred this week. In the interview I explain the reasoning [...]
Media Challenging Vancouver Riot Production Orders
November 16th, 2011
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The production orders obtained by the Vancouver Police requiring several media outlets, specifically the Globe and Mail, CTV, CBC, Global Television, the Vancouver Sun and the Vancouver Province, to provide police with footage from the June 15 Stanley Cup riots. According to this CTV story, media lawyer Dan Burnett explaineded part of the reasoning for [...]
A Tale of Two Cities: Toronto’s G20 and Vancouver’s Stanley Cup Riots
June 19th, 2011
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This is one of two blog posts I will publish about the June 15, 2011, riots following the Vancouver Canucks 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final and how they compare to the G20 which occurred in Toronto in June of 2010 and the 21st Olympic Winter [...]
Vancouver Riots: Do Pictures Really Tell a Thousand Words?
June 17th, 2011
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There have been a number of photos posted all over the web of individuals who played a role in the riots following the Vancouver Canucks’ Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final on June 15, 2011. These photos are all over Facebook but also on a number of different web [...]
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