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Sara's Blog: The Truth About The Vancouver Kissing Couple

When the Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup and rioters took to the streets, the most mysterious photo was of the couple laying on the ground and making out during all the chaos. Was it just a young horny couple who had one too many pops? Did riots turn them on? After you see the video footage of the moments leading up to that famous kiss the story takes a completely different turn.

Vancouver Riot-"Kissing Couple" knocked to the ground June 15, 2011 by balquemia on YouTube

The couple in question, Scott Jones and Alex Thomas, were knocked down and roughed up by police. Poor Scott was just trying to comfort his crying and injured girlfriend when they became the subject of the photo seen around the world.

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