2 more anti-Olympic protesters charged
Last Updated: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 | 8:40 PM PT
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Vancouver police say they have arrested a man suspected of damaging property during an anti-Olympic protest Saturday. (CBC)Vancouver Police say they have charged two more people in connection with protests that included an anti-Olympic rampage through downtown Vancouver on Saturday.
A small group of people wearing masks and hoodies to hide their identities smashed windows in the Hudson Bay Company's store and spray-painted cars along West Georgia Street.
Guillame Joseph-Marc Beaulieu, 27, of Vancouver has been charged with mischief over $5,000, police said in a news release late Tuesday.
Lliam Brander, 27, of North Vancouver was charged with assault after he was arrested Sunday in connection with an assault on two journalists during a protest march, police said. The release did not specify when or where that protest occurred.
Police said a total of 11 people have been arrested in connection with the series of Olympic protests resulting in charges to a total of five people so far.
An unsigned letter distributed to news media Tuesday from the so-called "Black Bloc" anarchists suggested there would be more protests targeting Olympic sponsors.
The Saturday property attacks were "non-violent" because no people were harmed, the letter claimed.
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