They were in town for an anarchist fair in the west end (that's sounds like an oxymoron). They are all likely from torrannah, likely a bunch of G20 'Black Block' wannabee posers. Next time have the anarchist fair at the safe injection site. The store windows down there are already broken.
Being born and raised in Hamilton and now living in Toronto for longer than I care to admit, I don't know if I'd agree with that. (Typical Hamilton thinking though.... blame Toronto.)
From what I read, there was some anarchist book festival on in Hamilton, but down on Canon Street. This BS happened on Locke Street. Their target location (Locke Street) was no fluke. It's the one and only gentrified area of Hamilton. If these idiots were from out of town, they had local help.
This kind of shit drives me bananas. You have hard working people trying to run a small business and employ people in the city and I guarantee, none of them is getting rich. You have the people in the area who also work hard to make a living and build something decent for them and their families in their community and then you have losers like this who think it's funny or some sort of cool to hide their faces and smash business, homes and cars. In the name of what? Being "ungovernable". Make me laugh you bunch of little twats. I guarantee every last one of them uses everything that our civilization provides for them and more. Bunch of hypocrites.
All the cops have to do is catch one of these little losers and the rest will fall into place. This was not a spontaneous act, it was organized and it was undoubtedly organized electronically. It will leave a trail.
I can only hope that they get real hard time.