Video Shows Toronto Mayor Inhaling From Glass Cylinder - Police

[Hissyspit]

Source: Reuters

Video shows Toronto mayor inhaling from glass cylinder -police

TORONTO | Wed Mar 19, 2014 3:13pm EDT

By Allison Martell

TORONTO (Reuters) - A video obtained by police last year shows Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, who has admitted to using crack cocaine, inhaling some kind of vapor from a glass cylinder, according to police documents unsealed on Wednesday.

The documents also said some of Ford's meetings and calls with friend and occasional driver Sandro Lisi were "indicative to that of drug trafficking" and showed that police asked for a warrant to access some of Ford's phone records.

The mayor has not been charged in the investigation, and allegations in the documents have not been proven in court. Ford did not respond to requests for comment.

Ford, who is running for re-election, made international headlines last May when media blog Gawker and the Toronto Star newspaper said they had seen a video that appeared to show him smoking crack.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSBREA2I1UZ20140319?feedType=RSS&irpc=932

[LiberalFighter]

1. Do residents of Toronto really want a mayor like him?

[OnyxCollie]

2. Could be a fart in a jar.

[christx30]

4. I think it's helium.

He giggles like crazy when his voice goes up high. It's adorable.

[brooklynite]

3. Those allergy-based clogged nostrils are really annoying...

...but the menthol inhalers really work.

[olddad56]

5. A video obatind last year? Is this really late breaking news?

so now we know that the mayor of Toronto was using crack last year. Hasn't he already admitted that? Like last year.

[okaawhatever]

6. You have to read the article. It's an ongoing investigation. Reporters are trying to get the docs

unsealed. His driver, Lisi, was charged last October with a narcotics charge, but just recently charged with extortion. The extortion charge has something to do with the driver trying to get the video back that showed Ford smoking crack. I guess those Canadians are too dang polite to plaster the video of their mayor smoking crack on the TV before it's been used in court. Go figure. More from the article:

The documents are linked to Project Brazen Two, an ongoing investigation by Toronto police that has already resulted in extortion charges against Lisi.

In October, Lisi was charged with extortion for actions police allege he took while trying to retrieve the video, and he has separately been charged with drug trafficking. When he was charged with exhortation, he did not respond to a request for comment on the allegations.

Portions of the documents released last year showed that the mayor had been under surveillance for months, but Toronto Police have not said whether they believe Ford played any role in the scheme.

[MisterP]

7. at this point nobody knows what he's even taking

[Joe Shlabotnik]

8. Today's video of Ford fleeing from the media is hilarious

particularly from :50 onward.