Re: BY By Tommy boy Ford kicked out!!
Once again, people are more concerned with something completely innocent, while real crimes are taking place in City Hall, Police Headquarters, and the House of Commons, but let's keep watching the funny fat guy...eh?!
Why not post a real crime on the front page, like this one perhaps>
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/03/toronto-police-officer-charged-with-impaired-driving
That's today's news, anyone that was driving that night had their life put in danger and didn't even know it, by a guy sworn to uphold the law.
Bump that crap to the top, why in the hell is one of the 1000's of pictures Ford took with fans at the game deemed more important than others?
And the first sheep to suggest he should have recognized them or calls all bikers criminals, is a complete idiot.
Know the facts before you start yapping.
I'll let Donny tell you the rest, cause he explains it better than anyone.
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/12/03/mayor-rob-ford-pictured-with-hells-angels
A photo of Ford with two Hells Angels members and a prospect at Sunday's Buffalo Bills game was posted on the Hells Angels Toronto website Monday. In a statement issued to the Sun Tuesday, the Hells Angels came out saying the "situation was innocent" and lauding the embattled mayor as "a mayor for all the people."
The photo includes captions that denote two men in the photo with Ford are members of the Westridge Alberta Hells Angels club and a third man is a prospect member of the Toronto club.
Ford was asked to explain the photo following the launch of the mayor's toy drive at City Hall on Tuesday.
"I don't even know what photo you're talking about," Ford said.
When told the photo was from the football game at the Rogers Centre where he was wearing a Buffalo Bills jersey, Ford shrugged it off.
"I took probably, and Jerry as my witness, probably close to 1,000 pictures before the game, during the game, at halftime, up in the box that they put me in, after the game," he said. "How am I supposed to know who's who?"
"I don't check for people's credentials and ask for resumes before I take a picture. I took pictures with every single person that wants to take a picture."
The mayor doubted he could stop the bikers from posting the photo on their website.
"If they put it up on the website, what can I do?" he asked. "I wasn't aware that I was taking a picture with a Hells Angel."
In a statement to the Sun, Donny Petersen of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club Downtown Toronto acknowledged some members and a prospect had their picture taken with Ford at the football game.
"Our only comments are that for his various foibles and shortcomings, at least he is a mayor for all the people," Peterson stated. "He will talk to any citizen of Toronto because he is their mayor.
"Others treat us like the plague even though we are taxpayers, have families, and children in our school system. Others say we are a criminal organization when a jury of our peers declared that we are not."
Peterson went on to argue that "with the corruption that exists at all levels of government in various parts of the country, it is refreshing that he is not corrupt.
"With taxes going up all the time, he is the one politician that does not have his hand in our pockets," he stated. "The 'little guy' supports Mayor Ford because he will talk to them, not ignore them like the rest."
He recognized that "some in the media are trying to get us to hurt the mayor.
"He is quite capable of hurting or helping himself," Peterson said. "We are not trying to embarrass anyone nor extort, nor sell a picture. The situation was innocent and he was doing his job, meeting his constituents."
Ford has been under fire for months due to his ongoing crack cocaine scandal.
He has since admitted to smoking crack cocaine. That controversy has included a candid photo of Ford with three people including murder victim Anthony Smith and two other alleged Dixon Road Blood gang members.
It isn't the first time a Toronto mayor has had a run-in with the Hells Angels.
Back in 2002, then mayor Mel Lastman drew criticism when he shook the hand of a Hells member.
At the time, then-Councillor Rob Ford predicted the incident would hurt Lastman in the long-term. But Ford doubted Lastman would face sanctions from council because the mayor controlled most of the votes on council.
"I'm sure he does it purposely. What else could it be? You can't be that dumb," Ford said about Lastman at the time.
