Daniel Dale on what happened near the mayor’s home

[oldjones]

Over beers, one of the coaches at the time seemed to back up the star's story, saying it went further than the usual football coach yelling.

And the Star pointed out, in their story, that other observers had different versions.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

No charges in Ford, Star confrontation: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/09/no-charges-in-ford-star-confrontation

No charges will be laid in the case of Mayor Rob Ford and the scared Toronto Star reporter, Toronto Police announced Wednesday.

The investigation has been closed and no charges will be laid, Const. Tony Vella said.

“There was no evidence to substantiate a criminal charge,” Vella said.

But police wouldn’t say who used Star reporter Daniel Dale’s cellphone almost an hour after he dropped it at Ford’s feet behind the mayor’s Etobicoke home.

“We’re not commenting,” Vella said.

On May 2, Ford confronted Dale after a neighbour alerted him someone was standing on the public land behind his backyard.

Dale claimed Ford yelled at him and approached him with his fist cocked. The City Hall reporter admitted Ford scared him so badly he dropped his cellphone and digital recorder and ran away. In the wake of the incident, Ford repeatedly slammed the Star for showing up outside his home and allegedly peering in his backyard.

“No one should be subject to this,” the mayor said at the time.

Ford and his office didn’t respond to the police announcement Wednesday.

The Star has been adamant Dale didn’t trespass on Ford’s property and was simply investigating a story about Ford trying to buy Toronto and Region Conservation Authority land beside his home.

Dale said the police closing the case was “good news.”

“I was never worried that I was going to be charged, I knew from the start that I had done absolutely nothing wrong,” he said.

The reporter stressed the newspaper did not send him to the park behind the mayor’s house.

“This was my decision,” he said.

Councillor Doug Ford repeated his belief Dale was sent by his bosses at the Star.

“I believe he was sent there by his superiors and that goes back to their credibility,” he said Wednesday. “You don’t go to the mayor’s house without having approval from someone higher up.”

Ford joked if Dale calls ahead next time he’ll leave out a late-night snack for him.

“We’ll leave him some biscuits outside the fence every night,” Ford said.

The Ward 2, Etobicoke North representative also suggested he may leave out granola bars for the Star scribe.

“Since Rob and I are on a diet, it looks like Daniel is going to be on a diet but he has to fight it out with the raccoons out there,” he said

 

[shack]

No charges in Ford, Star confrontation: http://www.torontosun.com/2012/05/09/no-charges-in-ford-star-confrontation

“There was no evidence to substantiate a criminal charge,” Vella said.

But Fuji assured us that Ford had committed a crime or three.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

“There was no evidence to substantiate a criminal charge,” Vella said.

But Fuji assured us that Ford had committed a crime or three.

Ford is still guilty. Cops are covering up his crimes.
Its a conspiracy, maannnnnnnnnnnn


Sin,
Fuji

 

[fuji]

"There was no evidence to substantiate a criminal charge," Vella said.

But Fuji assured us that Ford had committed a crime or three.

I also assured you that there would be no charges, but of course you chose not to mention that part.

 

[Moviefan-2]

I also assured you that there would be no charges, but of course you chose not to mention that part.

All the same, Anbarandy will probably start a thread with a headline that says Ford is now serving a life sentence with no hope of parole.

 

[Rockslinger]

Tempest in a teapot. Making a mountain out of a molehill.

 

[Anbarandy]

Tempest in a teapot. Making a mountain out of a molehill.

Yep, that be it the 'drama queen' mayor.

Now if Daniel Dale, had been a 'coward' he woud have 'fabricated' a bunch of over the top 'drama queen' rantings such as our resident lunstic mayor did, to wit:

- the reporter was bobbing up and down peering into my backyard and windows and photograping my house and the goings on inside, watch the video tape folks
- the reporter was standing up on cinder blocks, my neighbor can corroborate my fabrication of evidence folks
- he was on my property, it's all on the video tape folks
- I have it all on video folks

 

[John Galt 2012]

I am planning to, unless it rains or something. It's always fun to go, especially with a date.

Is Woody in town that weekend?????


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[fuji]

Is Woody in town that weekend?????

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Last year I took immigrant girl, but she's history now. I think I need to find a new one.

 

[shack]

I also assured you that there would be no charges, but of course you chose not to mention that part.

Amazing as it may seem, I have not committed to memory or even archived your posts for referencing.

I just remembered you saying how many laws Ford was breaking and Dale wasn't.

Police did say they would lay charges if any had merit.

 

[oldjones]

Amazing as it may seem, I have not committed to memory or even archived your posts for referencing.

I just remembered you saying how many laws Ford was breaking and Dale wasn't.

Police did say they would lay charges if any had merit.

Not all lawbreaking merits charges.

 

[Nikki2]

Funny to see the Star described as tabloid and the Sun being used to back that view. So what if the Sun dropped out of that responsible media group?

Has the Sun stopped accepting advertising $$ from Escorts and Massage Parlours yet? Are they not supporters of the hard right? Can anyone say hypocrites!

The only benefit the Toronto Sun ever provided the citizens of Toronto was back in the day when strip clubs had their full page advertising, circa 1990's.

 

[oldjones]

What is funny is when The Sun is described as a newspaper.

 

[Nikki2]

What is funny is when The Sun is described as a newspaper.

Whats even more entertaining is when people actually quote them and consider the Sun a reliable news source!

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

Whats also funny is people who say The Star is not a Liberal, union-supporting, left-leaning, biased newspaper

 

[fuji]

Amazing as it may seem, I have not committed to memory or even archived your posts for referencing.

I just remembered you saying how many laws Ford was breaking and Dale wasn't.

Police did say they would lay charges if any had merit.

I also wrote that they would not have enough evidence since Dale wasn't pressing charges. Without his testimony they would have very little.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

I also wrote that they would not have enough evidence since Dale wasn't pressing charges. Without his testimony they would have very little

Err, if cops laid charges (which they have the right to do without Dale's permission), they would then subpoena Dale and Dale would have to show up and testify

 

[fuji]

Err, if cops laid charges (which they have the right to do without Dale's permission), they would then subpoena Dale and Dale would have to show up and testify

Good luck with that. "I really don't remember what the mayor said to me. No, I'm not certain now that he actually did utter any actual threat. Sorry Your Honour, but I just can't be sure what he said, I wasn't able to take any notes that day." Sounds like a bullet proof case they would have against Ford there, without Dale actively co-operating. Under the same circumstances the police wouldn't lay charges against anybody else, so why would they lay charges against Ford?

According to the stories we have from Ford and Dale, what Ford did was criminal, but there appears to be no willingness on the part of Dale or the Star to take it to court--and so no case.

 

[Phil C. McNasty]

what Ford did was criminal

No, it wasnt