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Dugmor · 10-15-2003, 09:17 AM

There wa sa huge riot in front of my house last night !

Cars overturned in the middle of the street. Others charred or sporting smashed windshields. Store windows smashed. In all, at least 19 damaged vehicles.

The war-zone-like scene occurred during a riot that broke out last night following a cancelled punk concert at the Medley Bar at St. Denis and René Lévesque Blvd.

"It doesn't seem possible," said the woman, who didn't want her name published. "You feel like you're elsewhere and not in Montreal. We always feel safe in Montreal."

Mayhem erupted around 8 p.m.

That was when organizers announced that the band Exploited could not make the show.

Hundreds of young people milled around the street for about 45 minutes before the violence began. Several then picked up material from a nearby construction site and hurled the items at cars and windows, said a witness.

Minutes later, cars were overturned and set on fire, flames shooting out the side windows as firemen directed streams of water at them.

Some of the rioters grabbed a computer from one of the stores and hurled it at a car. The windows of one large music store, a clothing shop and a printer were smashed.

"There was a lot of anger," added Sylvain Bouchard, who said the concert was highly anticipated.

"People jumped on cars," said Bouchard, who had a ticket for the show. "They were on the hoods. They broke windshields. They turned cars upside down .... and they set them on fire."

"Let's start a war! We want to riot," is how one bystander described the shouts of the rioters.

The riot squad arrived and police sealed off streets. One police officer suffered a minor leg injury. A few security agents from the Medley were also injured from broken glass. The injuries were not serious, said police.

"Things are stirred up pretty good," said one police officer at the corner of René Lévesque and Sanguinet Ave. as he hopped into his cruiser.

"I find it deplorable," said Bouchard as he watched flames shooting up from two cars on St. Denis St.

"Miraculously, my car wasn't touched," said Amir Khadir, a physician and an unsuccessful candidate for the left-wing Union des forces progressistes in last provincial election. Khadir had attended a forum at UQAM and parked his car across the street.

The UQAM professor was also one of the lucky ones. Only the front lights of her car were broken.

The incident took place after concert-goers were told that the groups wouldn't be performing because some members of the group were refused entry into the country by Canada Customs, the French-language TV channel LCN reported.

Riot police with helmets and shields blocked off a several block area as the young people fled. Several arrests were reported.

Montreal Gazette article

pimplink · 10-15-2003, 09:19 AM

I thought they ran out of poutine (sp?)

TheViper · 10-15-2003, 09:19 AM

BRISK · 10-15-2003, 09:21 AM

Herd behaviour of the unwashed masses

Brad-Wishing · 10-15-2003, 09:21 AM

Mmmmm, poutine. Now I have to go get some.

Tease · 10-15-2003, 09:24 AM

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Originally posted by Brad-Wishing
Mmmmm, poutine. Now I have to go get some.

mmmmm

basschick · 10-15-2003, 09:26 AM

hey, one of my partners lives on that block - i guess you guys are neighbors!

the canadian government wouldn't let members of the bands into the country... since the exploited was one of the bands, would that be waddy?

chowda · 10-15-2003, 09:29 AM

great pr.

DarkJedi · 10-15-2003, 09:32 AM

Nice !! Rioting is cool !!

grogan · 10-15-2003, 09:40 AM

HA, some crappy punk concert getting cancelled causes a riot!

Canada is an exciting place eyy? They need baseball.

magicmike · 10-15-2003, 09:43 AM

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Originally posted by grogan
HA, some crappy punk concert getting cancelled causes a riot!

Canada is an exciting place eyy? They need baseball.

There is baseball in Canada

NetRodent · 10-15-2003, 09:45 AM

Nice pic!

Here's an earlier thread on the riot:
http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=186111

Quotealex · 10-15-2003, 09:47 AM

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Originally posted by DarkJedi
Nice !! Rioting is cool !!

Not so cool when your car is set on fire and your insurance premium rises because of it.

WiredGuy · 10-15-2003, 09:54 AM

Wow, haven't heard about a riot from a cancelled show in a while.
WG

Dugmor · 10-15-2003, 10:04 AM

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Originally posted by WiredGuy
Wow, haven't heard about a riot from a cancelled show in a while.
WG

The last concert riot I was at was Iron Maiden at the New Jersey Medowlands !

Quotealex · 10-15-2003, 10:07 AM

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Originally posted by Dugmor

The last concert riot I was at was Iron Maiden at the New Jersey Medowlands !

You should have seen the riot we had when Guns and Roses (a rock band of the 90) refused to continue their show at the Olympic Stadium.

Greg B · 10-15-2003, 10:16 AM

Notice how they'll riot over a damned punk rock concert but will let their government fuck them stupid.

beemk · 10-15-2003, 10:46 AM

did your car get fucked up dugmor?

Ross · 10-15-2003, 10:49 AM

I ws in town clubbing last night and about 12 guys were beating up one guy. He was shouting racist shit at some black guys and then tons of them appeared and he got his ass whipped. Some of the guys friends turned up but they all got a beating.

Police arrested a few people

roybucks · 10-15-2003, 10:53 AM

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Originally posted by Greg B
Notice how they'll riot over a damned punk rock concert but will let their government fuck them stupid.

wtf are you talking about dinktoucher ?

xxxdesign-net · 10-15-2003, 10:59 AM

Listen to that.. the bands were Total Chaos and The Exploited. Some of their albums are Lets Start a War, Beat the Bastards, Don't Forget the Chaos, Dead Cities et Fuck the System

Once the bar knew the show was canceled... they should have ask police back ups....

PhillipB · 10-15-2003, 11:02 AM

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Originally posted by pimplink
I thought they ran out of poutine (sp?)

LOL.

or maybe Molson Light?

directfiesta · 10-15-2003, 11:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by xxxdesign-net
Listen to that.. the bands were Total Chaos and The Exploited. Some of their albums are Lets Start a War, Beat the Bastards, Don't Forget the Chaos, Dead Cities et Fuck the System

Once the bar knew the show was canceled... they should have ask police back ups....

You got that right....

spamofon · 10-15-2003, 11:06 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by pimplink
I thought they ran out of poutine (sp?)

mijoon · 10-15-2003, 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Greg B
Notice how they'll riot over a damned punk rock concert but will let their government fuck them stupid.

Actually , the way our system works , is that the gouvernment fucks about half the people , for the benefit of the other half .

The people who work and pay taxes were not rioting , they dont have the time or energy for that. It was the scumbag parisites who live off the rest of us , who were rioting .

doober · 10-15-2003, 11:13 AM

lol i read about this this morning hehe, i knew dugmor was gonna have some piX

BlackCrayon · 10-15-2003, 11:23 AM

ha, seems montreal has a riot every few years. didn't they have one after a guns n roses concert a while back? i know it wasn't the first time at least.

Goatse · 10-15-2003, 11:38 AM

Savagely lashing out by committing pointless acts of violence is so endearing, ain't it? Little envious people with pathetic little lives.

crockett · 10-15-2003, 11:42 AM

I thought canadia had no crime.

MetaMan · 10-15-2003, 11:43 AM

french people are inbred indians.

Greg B · 10-15-2003, 11:50 AM

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Originally posted by roybucks

wtf are you talking about dinktoucher ?

Dinktoucher? That's a town in Canada where you were born and grew up right? Just down the road from Sphincternibbler?

Karlitos · 10-15-2003, 07:24 PM

they shouldn't have cancelled it, thats as simple as that!

Punks power! mouhahahahaha

Quotealex · 10-15-2003, 07:33 PM

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Originally posted by Karlitos
they shouldn't have cancelled it, thats as simple as that!

Some member of the band were detained at the customs. The show couldn't have started even if they wanted to....

iroc409 · 10-15-2003, 07:34 PM

haha, i thought canadia was too sophisticated for this kinda stuff.

BuggyG · 10-16-2003, 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by pimplink
I thought they ran out of poutine (sp?)

whoa.. easy on the poutine remarks there pffft!! tha's our national dish. SO you take a swipe at it.. you hitting us below the belt. hehehehe

sweet7 · 10-16-2003, 12:57 PM

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Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

You should have seen the riot we had when Guns and Roses (a rock band of the 90) refused to continue their show at the Olympic Stadium.

Ah the good old days...

EZRhino · 10-16-2003, 01:00 PM

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Steve · 10-16-2003, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Alex from Montreal

You should have seen the riot we had when Guns and Roses (a rock band of the 90) refused to continue their show at the Olympic Stadium.

LOL
I remember that. It was the same show that James Hetfield of Metallica got caught on fire by the botched pyro effects. First Metallica has to stop early, then Axl decides his throat is too sore to scream more than 3 songs. Big ass riot broke out.

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Dugmor The Traffic Cowboy Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: BP4L - Vice Prez Posts: 7,596	Riot in Montreal There wa sa huge riot in front of my house last night ! Cars overturned in the middle of the street. Others charred or sporting smashed windshields. Store windows smashed. In all, at least 19 damaged vehicles. The war-zone-like scene occurred during a riot that broke out last night following a cancelled punk concert at the Medley Bar at St. Denis and René Lévesque Blvd. "It doesn't seem possible," said the woman, who didn't want her name published. "You feel like you're elsewhere and not in Montreal. We always feel safe in Montreal." Mayhem erupted around 8 p.m. That was when organizers announced that the band Exploited could not make the show. Hundreds of young people milled around the street for about 45 minutes before the violence began. Several then picked up material from a nearby construction site and hurled the items at cars and windows, said a witness. Minutes later, cars were overturned and set on fire, flames shooting out the side windows as firemen directed streams of water at them. Some of the rioters grabbed a computer from one of the stores and hurled it at a car. The windows of one large music store, a clothing shop and a printer were smashed. "There was a lot of anger," added Sylvain Bouchard, who said the concert was highly anticipated. "People jumped on cars," said Bouchard, who had a ticket for the show. "They were on the hoods. They broke windshields. They turned cars upside down .... and they set them on fire." "Let's start a war! We want to riot," is how one bystander described the shouts of the rioters. The riot squad arrived and police sealed off streets. One police officer suffered a minor leg injury. A few security agents from the Medley were also injured from broken glass. The injuries were not serious, said police. "Things are stirred up pretty good," said one police officer at the corner of René Lévesque and Sanguinet Ave. as he hopped into his cruiser. "I find it deplorable," said Bouchard as he watched flames shooting up from two cars on St. Denis St. "Miraculously, my car wasn't touched," said Amir Khadir, a physician and an unsuccessful candidate for the left-wing Union des forces progressistes in last provincial election. Khadir had attended a forum at UQAM and parked his car across the street. The UQAM professor was also one of the lucky ones. Only the front lights of her car were broken. The incident took place after concert-goers were told that the groups wouldn't be performing because some members of the group were refused entry into the country by Canada Customs, the French-language TV channel LCN reported. Riot police with helmets and shields blocked off a several block area as the young people fled. Several arrests were reported. Montreal Gazette article __________________ JesusEmpire - The Most Trusted Mobile Marketing Service SMS Verification codes for 345 websites including: Tinder - Bumble - Twitter - TikTok - Instagram - Facebook

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