RIOTS!?! Video of Vancouver riots being passed off as Miami after Zimmerman acquittal [View all]

[kpete]

The video going around of riots in Miami is FAKE. There are NO mountains in Miami. It is from Vancouver, Canada in 2011 after Stanley Cup.

Video of Vancouver riots being passed off as Miami after Zimmerman acquittal
Clip of 2011 Stanley Cup riots erroneously shared on social media following verdict in Trayvon Martin case

since no actual riots were breaking out in the wake of the verdict, some geniuses decided it would be a good idea to circulate an old YouTube video of hockey fans rioting in Vancouver after the Canucks lost in the Stanley Cup finals, relabeling it “riots in Miami.” (The video has since been taken down.) Astute observers pointed out that Miami is pretty much bereft of mountains. Among those taken in by the hoax was Stupidest Man On the Internet Jim Hoft, who tweeted, hours after Buzzfeed exposed the hoax:
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The link in the tweet ( which is still up at press time) goes to a story that Hoft has since deleted from the Gateway Pundit website, but thanks to the magic of Google cache, we can share Hoft’s excited condemnation of a thing that never happened:
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http://o.canada.com/2013/07/14/miami-riots-not-real/