1971 Gastown Pro-Weed Riot
 

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Photos: The 1971 Gastown riot

Looking back: Following a concerted effort by police in August 1971 to infiltrate Vancouver's recreational drug scene with undercover officers, a 'smoke-in' pro-marijuana protest rally held by the Youth International Party was attacked by police officers in what would become known as The Battle of Maple Tree Square. 79 protesters were arrested as police charged civilians on horseback and beat them with riot batons. A subsequent inquiry by a Supreme Court justice would call the incident a 'police riot'.
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That guy in the second picture wanted to kick the policemen on the horse but was probably too stoned and fell down.

im gonna take a wild guess and say all the 420 rallys at the art gallery since then have been violent-free cept that one time some dude got really drunk and started shit

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overnight parking used to be 50 cents downtown!!!!

^ look where we are 40 years later lololo

hippies. lol

Our paddy wagons look like luxury vehicles compared to the cop vans back in the days.

lol at 2nd pic:lol

something tells me 89blkcivic was there

Holy fucking shit, that brings back some good memories. I was like a Vansterdam of the 70's. 420 musician I was. Look where it got me, LOL. If any of my kids ever found out, they'd be like, "Dad, I am disappoint!"

LOL You're basically living a secret life on RS.