The Poverty Olympics torch, made from a toilet plunger and plastic bag.
The same group responsible for this morning’s torch relay disruption in Vancouver staged their first major protest of the 2010 Olympic Games this afternoon downtown. Starting in front of the Vancouver Art Gallery, the crowd of one to two-thousand people marched slowly to B.C. Place before facing a tense stand-off with police that lasted over an hour.
The protesters and the police were at an impasse as the rest of the Olympics crowd filed into B.C. Place for the Opening Ceremonies behind them. There were a few brief skirmishes and push-backs between the two groups but no major violence erupted and the protest groups dispersed willingly around 7:15 pm. Vancouver Police said two officers were injured with flying objects and one was sent to hospital with a shoulder injury. One protestor was taken into custody, facing a charge of assault.
One to two-thousand protesters gathered downtown at the Vancouver Art Gallery to stage the largest yet of the Vancouver 2010 Anti-Olympic protests.
Vancouver Police watch as the protest moves slowly down Georgia street.
Lines of police in front of B.C. Place and the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games Opening Ceremonies are flanked by a row of mounted police on horseback.
The protesters face off with police in a stand-off that eventually ended with the crowd dispersing.
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Tags: Olympics Photos, Protest, Vancouver
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