Riot officers keep a perimeter around two burning police cars in downtown Vancouver June 15, 2011. (JOHN LEHMANN/JOHN LEHMANN/THE GLOBE AND MAIL)
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Year in hashtags: Tweets from the Vancouver riot
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The spontaneity of riots are best captured on Twitter, where reports are immediate and public shaming comes swift. The Vancouver riots were experienced first on Twitter through a flurry of updates from rioters and spectators.
The story is revisited below using the hashtags "#canuks," "#vancouver" and others.
