made the news. Now, the Toronto Police Department says it has a copy of that video.
Ford isn’t going down without a big public fight, no matter how ill-advised that fight may be.
In a Thursday news conference, Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair told reporters
that the police have a video that contains “images that are consistent
with what has previously been reported” in the media. Blair said the
video doesn’t contain enough evidence for the department to press drug
charges, but that it will be used in the extortion trial against Ford’s
friend Alexander “Sandro” Lisi.
He added, “As a citizen of Toronto, I’m disappointed.”
When reporters gathered outside Ford’s home Thursday, the mayor shouted
at them to get off his property, even getting into a physical tussle
with one photographer, before driving away. Sky News has video of that incident.
Ford later held an impromptu press conference in a hallway decorated
with a huge ghost decal and a “Do not enter” sign for Halloween in which
he said he wished he could defend himself, but the decision was “before
the courts.” Ford also said, “I have no reason to resign.”
Thursday night, Ford’s attorney Dennis Morris told the Toronto Sun that Blair should be the one resigning.
“The mayor has been convicted in the public by the police chief,” he said.
Morris challenged Blair to release the video, which Ford has been denying even existed, to the public.
It’s been almost six months since reports of a group attempting to sell a
video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack cocaine
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