Ford Knocks Over Woman Councilor (yeah, that Ford, the Toronto Mayor)

[progree]

http://news.yahoo.com/video/raw-ford-knocks-over-woman-232601480.html

Associated Press Videos
Toronto Mayor Rob Ford got into a verbal altercation with members of the public during a heated council meeting, at one point knocking over a woman councilor. The Toronto City Council later voted to strip him of many of his legislative powers. (Nov. 18)

(If anyone can figure out how to embed the video, have at it!)

On Edit (this one has the video too): http://news.yahoo.com/toronto-council-strips-mayor-most-powers-222516321.html

After a tempestuous debate, Toronto's City Council has stripped Mayor Rob Ford of the last of his substantive powers because of multiple scandals, ... The mayor ... is vowing "outright war" to take on his critics in next year's election.

... The council session was one of the stormiest in memory as the burly mayor argued with members of the public and at one point knocked down a petite councilwoman as he charged at one of the hecklers. Cries of "Shame, shame" came from the gallery.

The council voted overwhelmingly in favor of slashing Ford's office budget by 60 percent.

On Edit 325a ET Nov 19 - This is a different video than the above 2 stories' video. However, it clearly shows the knock down. Just 19 seconds. And its embedded!

[Drunken Irishman]

1. I like our Ford better.

At least he only knocked himself over.

[progree]

2. LOL. +100 nt

[tblue37]

3. He wasn't fighting with her, though. He was trying to charge the person

he was arguing with, and he slammed into her because she was in the path he was trying to charge through (like an angry rhino!).

I think he was so intent on getting at that other person that to him the (much, much smaller) woman councillor was essentially just a spped bump.

Notice in the video that his handlers have to be "controlling" him all the time to keep him moving, because what he WANTS to do is to physically attack anyone who argues with him. And they have a lot of trouble controlling him, because he keeps breaking free and heading back after the guy he wants to attack.

To be honest, this video (and a couple of others I've seen of this guy) reminds me of videos of Chris Christie chasing down and trying to intimidate a citizen who verbally challenged him while he was out in public.

People who would consider voting for Christie should keep that in mind: do they really want as president a man who when governor considered it appropriate to actually chase after a citizen, verbally abusing him and essentially threatening him the whole way, because the person dared to say something about his governing practices?

Both Ford and Christi are big men who deliberately use their size to bully and intimidate other people.

[freshwest]

6. Christie and so many on the right - even if politics didn't matter - aren't presidential material.

Extremely unstable people, not able to govern their own actions, much less be of any benefit to govern a nation. To leave control of the lives of millions of people in the present and the future, is frightening. Kim in NK is just as irrational, but has nothing to restrain him. It's scary to watch these fascist bullies having free reign.

[applegrove]

4. His brother Doug, a counsel member, was

in a verbal altercation with people in the gallery. Rob was running to help his brother. That poor woman got a fat lip.

[progree]

5. An embedded video added to the OP

As the "On Edit 325a ET Nov 19" in the OP says, the embedded video is a different video than the above 2 stories' video. However, it clearly shows the knock down. Just 19 seconds.