• http://alturl.com/hvpp2 - Produced by Theatre In the Raw. Actual archive video footage of the Gastown Police Riot August 7, 1971, Vancouver, BC (Canadian Yippies)...
The Gastown Riot Vancouver, BC, occurred in Vancouver, Canada, on August 7, 1971.
Following weeks of arrests by undercover drug squad members in Vancouver as part of a special police operation directed by Mayor Tom Campbell, police attacked a peaceful protest Smoke-In in the Gastown neighbourhood. The Smoke-In, organized by the Youth International Party (Vancouver Yippies) against the use of undercover agents and in favour of the legalization of marijuana.
Of around two thousand protesters, 79 were arrested and 38 were charged.
Police were accused of heavy-handed tactics including indiscriminate beatings with their newly issued riot batons. They also used horse-back charges on crowds of onlookers and tourists.
A commission of inquiry into the incident was headed by Supreme Court Justice Thomas Dohm.
The Inquiry cited the Yippies as instigators of the Smoke-In, calling them "intelligent and dangerous individuals," but was highly critical of the police's conduct and described the incident as a police riot. (Grasstown)...
...Vancouver was the protest capital of Canada, and the Yippies were its most colorful and controversial provocateurs.
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"Yippies In Love" by Bob Sarti,
• Music by Bill Sample
• Directed by Jay Hamburger
• Produced by Theatre In the Raw...
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• Archive video footage courtesy of the CBC - Thank you!
• Video montage...
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with direction by Bob Sarti
• Dumbeck drum track by carol weaver
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