Andrew Perry - Hero

Andrew Perry was one of the heroes of the Vancouver riot.  Perry is the man who attempted to reason with the crowd right before Bert Easterbrook was attacked while attempting to protect a city truck.  Perry yelled to the crowd, "The world is watching!" Perry is shown in the green shirt in the middle of the photo below:

Perry also grabbed some papers that villain Nathan Koylak had lit on fire and thrown into a police car and threw them on the ground.  Perry again attempted to reason with the rioters, showing he has balls of steel.

Cameron Brown - Hero

Cameron Brown is another hero from the Vancouver riot.  He attempted to stop rioters from lighting trash cans on fire and was attacked for doing so.  He was sucker-punched from behind by two rioters, causing him to fall to the ground drop the expensive camera equipment he was holding at the time.  The rioters apparently picked up his camera equipment and then smashed it onto the pavement.  Cameron Brown suffered a concussion and had to get stitches above his eye.  Hopefully the pussies who attacked him are brought to justice soon!

Bert Easterbrook - Hero

Bert Easterbrook is an iconic hero of the Vancouver riot.  After a swarm of hundreds of rioters surrounded and started smashing a city truck, Easterbrook and a couple other men attempted to reason with the crowd.  Easterbrook valiantly attempted to prevent the rioters from lighting the truck on fire as shown in this video.

Eaterbrook is a 32-year-old photographer, care worker for disabled people, and an occassional security guard for pro-marijuana rallies in Vancouver. Easterbrook is reportedly 6'2" tall, weighs 255 lbs, and is a "karate expert."

When he saw a crowd attempting to roll over a green pickup truck, he and some other brave men rose to action and stood around the truck attempting to talk some sense into the rioters. At one point, a rioter threw a wad of rolled papers that had been lit on fire into the truck. Easterbrook grabbed the wad out of the truck, burning his hand in the process.



Another rioter threw another bag or bottle that had been lit on fire into the truck and then Easterbrook had decided he had enough and leveled the rioter with what appeared to be a powerful right hook to the rioter's face.

After the punch, 15-20 rioters swarmed Easterbrook while throwing punches. Easterbrook grabbed another rioter as he fell to the ground and endured a pummeling for about 15 seconds until nearby police walked over and the rioters dispersed.

Bert Easterbrook is a true hero for standing up to the rioters.

John Marchenko - Hero

John Marchenko is the stocky/burly young man in the black Adidas jacket who attempted to talk some sense into rioters who were vandalizing an overturned smart car.  Several rioters were hitting the smart car with metal clubs and skateboards when Marchenko came on the scene and yelled "this is our city! ... What's the point of rioting?" and tried to get the rioters to disperse and leave the car alone.  He also prevented a rioter from setting the car on fire, yelling, "Why do you want to light it up?" and threw a haymaker punch (which missed) at the rioter hell-bent on lighting the car on fire.  Marchenko later attempted to prevent rioters from flipping over a van, proving he has balls of steel.

John Marchenko was a true hero during the Vancouver riot.

* Here is another view of the confrontation between Marchenko and the rioter attempting to light the car on fire.