PNE Riot

• 15 people charged with mischief following PNE Breakout Festival riot

  All but three suspects live in communities outside Vancouver, with some living as far away as Prince George, Vancouver Island and the Okanagan.

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  Sep 19, 2023
  
• Police share photos of 15 new suspects in PNE riot, 3 others still wanted

  While some concert-goers left peacefully, about a thousand rioted on Sept. 18 after rapper Lil Baby cancelled his headliner performance at the BREAKOUT Festival.

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  Nov 24, 2022
  
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• Police identify 5 more suspects in PNE riot, 3 remain on ‘most wanted’ list

  With help from the public, police identified two of the suspects on their 'most wanted' list by Nov. 4. Three of 10 remain, the Vancouver Police Department tweeted Tuesday. 

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  Nov 9, 2022
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• Vancouver police identify 2 of their top 10 suspects in PNE festival riot

  Police unveiled photos of their 10 most wanted suspects in the riot earlier this week, saying they are believed to be responsible for the most dangerous acts during the incident.

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  Nov 4, 2022
• Police release list of top 10 most wanted in PNE festival riot

  Insp. Dale Weidman said these are the people who they believe committed the most dangerous acts that night and put others at risk. 

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  Nov 1, 2022
• ‘Not too late to come forward,’ Vancouver police tell PNE rioters

  "If they've done something they're not proud of ... they can come forward now or we can go through the process of identifying them," said Sgt. Steve Addison.

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  Sep 27, 2022
• ‘We are going to come knocking’: Vancouver police chief vows to hold PNE rioters accountable

  Vancouver police will be taking a page from the Stanley Cup riot playbook as investigators work to identify the suspects responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

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  Sep 26, 2022
• Vancouver police want your photos and videos from the Breakout Festival riot

  The violence started after U.S. rapper Lil Baby cancelled his headline performance at the Breakout Festival in Vancouver at the last minute citing health reasons.

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  Sep 21, 2022
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• PNE stands behind its ‘very good security plan’ for Vancouver concert that ended in riot

  After a scheduled concert ended in a riot, the PNE is defending its security plan for the event. 'You can't look at a crowd of people and say that they're going to riot tonight.'

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  Sep 20, 2022