No mainstream media are going to say it so we'll say it here: the reason why Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is now coming out to address the issues revolving around the video that's believed to show him doing crack with some gangsta homeys, coming out and aggressively denying any involvement or knowledge of what the whole affair is about is because he now owns the video.
His people will have contacted (or even more likely been contacted by) the possessors of this video and will have bought it and the silence of the characters responsible for filming it. That's obvious, there's no point in hemming and hawing and beating about the bush here. His grubby little fingers now have that video.
The question is, would the filmographers in question here have only one copy or did they keep a copy for themselves? It's a great way to ensure full legal protection if you get caught committing crimes. If arrested just contact the Mayor and warn him you still have a copy so you better get off scot free on whatever charge you're facing. Mayor Ford and his cronies would not be able to take any chances so would have to protect those gangsters if required.
They used to call Toronto 'The Big Smoke', now I guess one could call it 'The Big Crack Smoker!"
