Movie critic Roger Ebert has come to the defense of the Canadian water polo megastar accused of trying to set two separate fires all over the recent Vancouver riots, calling the Fb staff “100,000 sturdy to prohibit Nathan Kotylak from the Canada Olympic workforce” a lynch mob.
On Monday morning Roger Ebert, famed film critic, tweeted that “Canadians even have lynch mobs. Facebook brings out the worst in those good folks,” followed with a link to the Facebook group calling on Nathan Kotylak to be barred from representing Canada at the Olympics.
Flashback: See how it all started
The Fb group was created in line with 17-year-antique Nathan Kotylak’s strive at atmosphere a Vancouver Town Police automotive on hearth on June fifteenth throughout the riots that adopted the loss of the Stanley Cup via the Vancouver Canucks to the Boston Bruins in a recreation seven match.
In video that arose the day after the Vancouver riots, Nathan Kotylak is noticed attempting to mild a police automotive on hearth with a lighter after having filled the gas tank with a blouse sleeve, and in a second video released Sunday he’s noticed making an attempt to mild a garbage can on hearth through shifting the contents and fanning the smoking particles within with a work of cardboard.
Nathan Kotylak made a public apology on Saturday calling his movements “dumb” and explaining that he had grow to be “stuck up in the moment” which led to his try at lighting a police automotive on fire at the same time as lots of cameras caught his actions.
Kotylak has been suspended from the Canadian water polo software, and has fled together with his family from their home after the large wave of backlash ended in threats of violence againts Kotylak and his family.
The Facebook group “100,000 sturdy to prohibit Nathan Kotylak from the Canada Olympic workforce” sprung up Sunday night with a clear message and objective describing itself as “A group devoted to helping Canadian values and to denounce the actions of Nathan Kotylak.”
