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Breakdown in authority: photos of Vancouver Stanley Cup riots
Jun 16th, 2011
Last night's Stanley Cup riots were purported to have been started by anarchists. During the riots nine officers were reported injured and there were 387 fire incidents reported. Regional police were slow to react due to radio communication problems.
All Photos by Matthew Zylstra Sawatzky
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