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Police files detail alleged crack video extortion
Rob Ford's friend Sandro Lisi threatened to put "heat" on the Dixon Road community in the immediate aftermath of the crack cocaine video scandal, the final batch of court documents related to search warrants issued in Project Brazen 2, the police investigation into Ford, say.
"The whole place is going to get heated up all summer until that fucking phone gets back, the whole place... is going to get lit right up," Lisi was heard telling Liban Siyad, an alleged member of the Dixon City Bloods, in a wiretapped conversation. "Put the message out to your people... that whole place is going to get heated."
Lisi has since been charged with extortion in the case. Earlier today, the Toronto Star reported that the Ontario Provincial Police, who recently took an oversight role in the case, disagree with Toronto police over who was the victim of the alleged extortion: Mohammed Siad, who claimed to have filmed the video, or Rob Ford.
There are also allegations in the documents ordered released today by a Toronto judge that Lisi suggested Ford had power over the police in the area.
In another intercepted conversation, Elena Basso, the owner of the house where the crack video was allegedly filmed, said Mohammed Siad was stupid for filming Ford and ruining the business on Dixon Road. "The fucking goof did it [filmed Ford] at my house," she said.
Basso said she warned the Dixon Road dealers about the mayor.
"I told you guys from the beginning, he's a big fucking idiot."
Despite the endless eye-popping allegations against the mayor, it appears the OPP don't believe there is enough evidence at this time to charge Ford with a crime. The CBC says the case is in a "holding pattern" pending new details.
None of the allegations have been proven in court.
Chris Bateman is a staff writer at blogTO. Follow him on Twitter at @chrisbateman.
Photo by John Steven Fernadez on Flickr
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Mayor Rob Ford, Councillor Doug Ford and Councillor Mike Del Grande all voted AGAINST the deal.
New campaign slogan for Rob: "I'm gonna done you guys!"
Or maybe "You're fucking dead and everybody on your block is dead!"
So hard to choose.
All of the quotes I'm the article are from Lisi and Basso. YAWN.
"I told you guys from the beginning, he's a big fucking idiot."
HUGE WIN FOR THE CITY! Council Voted 39-3.
Kiss my glorious ass, you POS--in a year you'll be laughed out of our city.
In any case, welcome to the blogTO comments jungle, Mr. Kimmel. Big fan of your show.
Keep watching though we've got alot of great guests coming up.
In many cultures and countries its the norm to have multi generational homes and everyone contributes, spends more time together and everyone can work on their successes.
Here for many years its a status symbol to have the big house and nice car whether you can actually afford it or not AND what's this Grandpa and Grandma can no longer survive on their own, well I don't want them cramping my lifestyle let's put them in a home where we can visit them 6 times a year when its convenient for us.
Maybe it's time you saved some money dude and gave your parents a break by LEAVING???
Innocent until proven guilty!
FORD MORE YEARS!!!!!
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April 17th, 6:30pm 650 Dixon Road
show support, show love,Ford more years.
deal with your junkie mayor and stay put
we don't need more of you refugees here in the West
I TOLD YOU SO!
Gary Giroux, I'm disappointed in you. How could you be so deliberately blind? Guess you're not as good as I thought you were. Don't sweat it. I'm used to being disappointed by the TPS. Just wondering now how solid the evidence is in other cases which have crossed your desk. Let this one go. You are so way off. Who the heck have you been listening to? I told you to be careful, because these people will wrap your head around a poll if you choose to believe their lies. Let it go.