Rob Ford crack video hunt drew threats, offers of cash

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Rob Ford crack video hunt drew threats, offers of cash

CBC News

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/rob-ford-crack-video-hunt-drew-threats-offers-of-cash-1.2420035

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The man who tried to broker the sale of the video of Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking what appears to be crack cocaine has told CBC's the fifth estate he and others in the Dixon Road neighbourhood in northwest Toronto were approached by individuals who offered a "suitcase of money" for the video.

"They were some people in the neighbourhood, I would say people that are in organized crime … that drove in and showed people [a] suitcase of money and said, 'Hey, look, whoever has the video, put them in contact with us. This is their cash, their money,'" Mohamed Farah told the fifth estate's Gillian Findlay in a report that will air on CBC-TV at 9 p.m. this evening.

Threatening phone calls seeking video

Farah is a well-known community organizer in the Dixon Road neighbourhood, which has a reputation for gun crime and violence. In an extensive interview with the fifth estate, he said the men in "fancy cars" flashing cash came around soon after the Toronto Star broke the story of the video and after the U.S. gossip website Gawker, which had also been offered the video, started raising money on Kickstarter to buy it.

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"There were phone calls coming in from people claiming to be ex-military, claiming to be a police officer, saying, 'Look, if you guys don't pass the video or find the video, we'll arrest you guys, or we'll have you guys executed or some crazy stuff like that,'" Farah told Findlay of the fifth estate.



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