Dan Burritt | Email news tips to Dan
2/20/2010
A speaker at a housing rally in downtown Vancouver Saturday said protesters who smashed store windows during a violent march last Saturday are not bad people.
Stella August of the Power of Women Group defended the masked vandals who cracked windows at The Bay and the TD building.
"They're angry because of the rich people bringing the Olympics into our country when it wasn't needed. It wasn't needed here. Those kids were not bad. They were only angry because of what they bring to our country - big time poverty," said August.
Earlier this week, Vancouver police arrested two men. One is charged with mischief related to Saturday's vandalism. Another is charged with allegedly assaulting two reporters during a rally last Sunday.
Chief Jim Chu said some of the vandals hid within the ranks of legitimate protesters.
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