Arrests, Beatings as Saturday Protest Turns Violent

Arrests, Beatings at Olympics.  Black-clad activists smash downtown Vancouver store windows, police crack down.

At least two officers were injured, the Vancouver Sun said.

Local reports said the protesters hurled objects at police, spray-painted cars and buses, intimidated pedestrians and pushed over mail and newspaper boxes.

Riot police moved in to break up the protest, with several demonstrators arrested.

In the evening, around 1,500 people were involved in an angry standoff with police, and despite sticks and bottles being thrown the protesters failed in their bid to disrupt the opening ceremony.