Masked & violent Vancouver Olympic rioters should be fully prosecuted under the law, each and every single one of them. From CTV (emphasis added),
Seven protesters were arrested and will likely be charged with assault and possession of a dangerous weapon after 200 anti-Olympic demonstrators marched through downtown Vancouver Saturday, smashing plate glass windows and overturning newspaper boxes.
Police say they recovered a bag with a hammer. One protester had a bicycle chain wrapped around his fist when he was arrested, police also say.
A criminal element mingled with the legitimate anti-Olympic protestors. “The criminal element apparently willing to wield anything that might cause damage or injury marched among about 200 legitimate protestors,” police said in a statement released about an hour after police broke up their march.
These rioters are NOT the same as other peaceful protestors that protest their cause peacefully. The moment someone put a mask on his/her face, carry tools to destroy properties, they become public enemies and shall be prosecuted and punished fully under the law.
These rioters don’t really care about the causes (be it anit-proverty, anti-Olympics, etc), they were there to destroy and gain attention. What should happen is they should get the full attention of the law and be punished according to our judicial system.
News from CBC (with video), CTV, AP.
Filed under: 2010-Olympics, Canada, Law, politics, Vancouver, Video 
