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Rob Ford (RIP) Crack Video Revealed at last

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Silexx

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The video that rocked the Canada political world has finally been released for public consumption.

The public can now watch the video that touched off the biggest political scandal in Toronto’s history.

It’s the video the late Rob Ford tried to deny was real, facing an onslaught of questions as mayor of Canada’s largest city in May 2013. Ford said then he could not comment on a video “that I have never seen or does not exist.”

Almost two years later, the video was played in open court as evidence at the preliminary hearing for Ford’s friend and former driver Alexander “Sandro” Lisi, who was charged with allegedly trying to extort a now convicted gang member to get a hold of the cellphone clip.

On Thursday, that charge against Lisi was dropped, lifting a publication ban that previously prevented the video from being published or even reporting the video had been played in court.

Ford died March 22 after an 18-month battle with cancer, having apparently never seen the video of himself.
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Video can be found at link:

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2016/08/11/rob-ford-crack-video-released-after-charges-dropped-against-sandro-lisi.html
 
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OnPoint

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He's dead, this was so far in the past, why release it now?
 
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Zombie James

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So fucking sad. Then you have all the lies and denials that came after this. And people still voted for him. He made a career out of manipulating people.
 
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enzo_gt

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...I need a clearer translation about what this dude said about minorities, right before he scoffed about people calling him right-wing.
 
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LeonSPBR said:
They waited for him to die in order to release the video... these people are pathetic.
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On Thursday, that charge against Lisi was dropped, lifting a publication ban that previously prevented the video from being published or even reporting the video had been played in court.
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?

He is genuinely fucking dazed out of his mind, you can barely understand a word coming out of his mouth for most of the video.
 
Ray Wonder

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enzo_gt said:
...I need a clearer translation about what this dude said about minorities, right before he scoffed about people calling him right-wing.
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I mean, dude was on crack, so I don't know how valuable anything he says in this video is. Sounded like he said "fuck the minorities" though.
 
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Derwind

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I don't really feel one way or another about the video, this doesn't change my opinion on the man, he was a shitty, imbecile of a public servant and got into power in a similar vein as Trump, playing a relatable, average Joe, multimillionaire that comes from old Toronto nobility.

He's dead though so I guess the celebrity in him demands I say something sad and shake my fist at the people who released a video of him that compromises his image. Boo hoo.
 
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gutter_trash

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Canadian Conservatives are so headscratchingly filled with contradictions, LOL

lol the Trudeau hate in that video. I am so happy that Justin crushed it last October

enzo_gt said:
...I need a clearer translation about what this dude said about minorities, right before he scoffed about people calling him right-wing.
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For a Conservative, he did well with working class minorities outside the Downtown core in his city councilor and mayoral elections. He spun it saying that the Downtown core elite were getting all the goodies while people in the outskirts got the shaft.. it worked.
His appeal in surrounding GTA remained strong, dubbed as Ford Nation
 
Ray Wonder

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rashbeep said:
I thought he said "fuckin drivin the minorities dude"
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Yeah, that word inbetween there I don't know what he was trying to get across. Could be jibberish that could be taken out. Idk. You're right though. Does sound like drivin
 
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Darksol

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I know his family must (might? The members he didn't abuse anyways) be sad, but Toronto and Canada as a whole is much better off without him.
 
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Jackpot

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OnPoint said:
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He's dead, this was so far in the past, why release it now?
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The Exploder said:
He's dead. this is sleazy.
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There's this thing called the truth. Especially when the person in question spent so much time lying about its existence. It is important to have the most accurate and public record of what actually happened.

Did you complain when declassified documents showed Nixon had sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks for political gain despite the fact that he's now dead?

Why are you defending a liar?
 
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Angry Grimace

Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I mean, that's pretty indisputably Rob Ford smoking crack and unintelligibly bleating about minorities.
 
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Simon Belmont

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Jackpot said:
There's this thing called the truth. Especially when the person in question spent so much time lying about its existence. It is important to have the most accurate and public record of what actually happened.

Did you complain when declassified documents showed Nixon had sabotaged the Vietnam peace talks for political gain despite the fact that he's now dead?

Why are you defending a liar?
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Basically this. It's in the public interest to know that this actually happened.
 
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Fallout-with-swords

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This video was all anyone was talking about for a Summer in Canada, it's terrible that he past away and I feel for the family, but it doesn't mean we should just sweep everything negative he did under the rug. It's crazy that thats so many CBC commenter's initial reaction.

And if anything the video made me sympathies for him, looks like a very sick man, I feel sorry for him.
 
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Fallout-with-swords said:
This video was all anyone was talking about for a Summer in Canada, it's terrible that he past away and I feel for the family, but it doesn't mean we should just sweep everything negative he did under the rug. It's crazy that thats so many CBC commenter's initial reaction.

And if anything the video made me sympathies for him, looks like a very sick man, I feel sorry for him.
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CBC comment section has been taken over by right wing crazies for a couple years now
 
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jstripes

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Fallout-with-swords said:
This video was all anyone was talking about for a Summer in Canada, it's terrible that he past away and I feel for the family, but it doesn't mean we should just sweep everything negative he did under the rug. It's crazy that thats so many CBC commenter's initial reaction.

And if anything the video made me sympathies for him, looks like a very sick man, I feel sorry for him.
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Those are probably the same people that first denied the video's existence, and then went on and on about how "nobody's perfect" when it was confirmed to exist.
 
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Jackpot

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Ziltoidia 9 said:
Going to start calling this type of "journalism" Clickheads.

Since they want to make money off of someones drug problem.
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The guy used the full weight of his public office to attack and smear the people who claimed this video existed. Why does he get a pass for that?
 
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I don't feel one way or the other about Rob Ford knowing the kind of person he was. You can be a drug addict, and deserve no sympathy. Just indifference.

One thing I know for sure is that within a generation, that family will have no money.
 
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Dr.Acula

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From the Star article in OP. They also released the "reaction video" the guy who filmed Ford made just after shooting the crack vid. Hilarious!

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gutter_trash

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Sapiens said:
I don't feel one way or the other about Rob Ford knowing the kind of person he was. You can be a drug addict, and deserve no sympathy. Just indifference.

One thing I know for sure is that within a generation, that family will have no money.
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the Ford family have $10 million worth in real estate holdings
 
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