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Cars Vandalized During Gold Medal Celebrations in Toronto

Posted by Jerrold Litwinenko / March 1, 2010

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Cars VandalizedHere's a demonstration on how NOT to celebrate the gold medal win by Team Canada last night. Torontonians turn taxi cab roofs into dance floors, smashing windshields and prompting police response outside of Union Station.

And it's caught on video.

Video sent our way by blogTO reader Sean Ward.
Photo by mideast-transplant on Flickr.

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dudefromthestreet / March 1, 2010 at 03:00 pm
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YEAH CANADA WON!

I'm gonna smash in this window...AWESOME!
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Colin / March 1, 2010 at 03:06 pm
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Hey if this were Detroit and the Pistons won there'd have been dozens shot or stabbed and hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage to businesses.
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typical / March 1, 2010 at 03:21 pm
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16-26 yr old males: the dooshbag demographic strikes again.
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Sean / March 1, 2010 at 03:34 pm
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Where do they think they are, Montreal?
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ESM / March 1, 2010 at 03:37 pm
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Typical Woodbridge douchebags.

Now we get to look forward to the World Cup in June.
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J / March 1, 2010 at 04:22 pm
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ESM - I would have guessed Whitby or Oshawa.
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Andrew / March 1, 2010 at 04:24 pm
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WOW! Just imagine when the leafs win a Stanley Cup. I would not want to be a taxi cab or any solid object that can be jumped/danced on in the downtown core!
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Mike W / March 1, 2010 at 04:31 pm
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Reminds me of this http://failblog.org/2009/10/23/epic-fail-phillies-fan-fail/
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j-rock / March 1, 2010 at 05:03 pm
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There will always be some morons who feel the need to ruin what is supposed to be a good time. Alcohol is a hell of a drug. Although that's not being fair to the millions of people who drank many a beer last night (myself included) and didn't smash anything.
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bittles / March 1, 2010 at 05:55 pm
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andrew is right and the author of this video is incorrect. if the leafs win the cup, it will be 1000% more crazy than yesterday.
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Parkdale OG / March 1, 2010 at 06:15 pm
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It was only a Taxi. I would have liked to see that Cop Car get damaged.

& nothing in the video suggests Woodbridge. Maybe Whitby, Oshawa. Then again we are making ignorant comments by assuming where these people are from.

Actually, Jeff Blair has a great take http://twitter.com/GloBlair/status/9803500290
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davak / March 1, 2010 at 06:38 pm
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Yeah it's shitty, but overall I think the crowd and celebration was pretty respectable.

This is nothing compared to, for example, the riots that went down in Montreal a couple years ago when the Habs were in the playoffs.
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The Lam / March 1, 2010 at 06:55 pm
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Craziness. Toronto was a pretty drunken mob last night. What a spectacle.
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W. K. Lis / March 1, 2010 at 07:17 pm
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I have heard that Vancouver had cut off alcohol sales at their beer and liquour stores at 2 PM local time yesterday. During the Olympics the liquour stores were closed at 7 PM. They could still buy drinks at their pubs, but at a more controlled rate.
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christopher / March 1, 2010 at 07:58 pm
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idiot commentary from someone who knows nothing about hockey. if the leafs win the stanley cup it will be 200 times worse.
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handfed / March 1, 2010 at 08:24 pm
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Disgusting behavior by a cretinous nationalists.
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Seshan replying to a comment from Andrew / March 1, 2010 at 08:47 pm
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Cars will be flying by the time the Leafs win a Stanley cup, so they won't have to worry about smashed windows.
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andy replying to a comment from Seshan / March 1, 2010 at 10:12 pm
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hahaha.
i'm a leafs fan and that still gave me a good laugh. well done sir.
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nbd / March 1, 2010 at 10:57 pm
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this isn't vandalism. there's one windshield broken and the guy is then seen negotiating with the driver about it. nbd.
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Mark / March 2, 2010 at 07:35 am
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Love how some comments just assume these guys are from the burbs. Because we don't have douchebags here in Toronto proper. None at all. We're better than everybody.
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DS replying to a comment from Seshan / March 2, 2010 at 08:17 am
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Subtle yet true!
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RBeezy replying to a comment from Andrew / March 2, 2010 at 08:48 am
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By the time the Leafs win the cup, everyone will have personal jetpacks and no cars. Problem solved.
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PZ / March 2, 2010 at 08:49 am
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Half those kids look like their from the Jersey Shore.

Forza!! Forza!!
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RBeezy replying to a comment from Seshan / March 2, 2010 at 08:49 am
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Great minds think alike...lol
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LJ / March 2, 2010 at 10:14 am
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mayhem ensues? some mayhem
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Kate replying to a comment from bittles / March 2, 2010 at 02:08 pm
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We don't need to worry about that happening.
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Shaifa / March 3, 2010 at 10:16 am
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OMG stupid 905ers!!!!!
This is a clear example of the disrespect and impudence for why so many of us local "downtowners" resent the suburbans coming into our hood and causing such disarray every weekend!!!
There is no reason for disregarding social order and authority. Like seriously control yourself.
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Lori replying to a comment from Shaifa / March 3, 2010 at 11:20 am
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Don't blame 905ers, I am sure some of the people causing disarray were 416ers. People from 416 come into 905 sometimes and do shitty things too.
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