Even before the chief finished his news conference, CTV News, citing “a highly placed source,” reported that police were investigating video footage, allegedly showing Ford smoking crack, weeks before existence of such a video was revealed by the Star and the Gawker website. Project Traveller wiretaps reportedly caught “persons of interest” discussing the cellphone video and the mayor’s depiction in it.
That gives rise to another question: Why would people under secret police surveillance talk about a video among themselves if — as Ford keeps insisting — no such video exists?
In responding to the raids and Blair’s statements, Ford again declined to comment on the video, at one point angrily chiding reporters for failing to get his refusal through their “thick skulls.”
Oblivious to the irony of his statement, should the video eventually emerge, Ford thanked officers “for doing a great job. This is why I support the police often and always . . . that’s what you call good police work.”