Rob Ford Arrested

I hope it is...

Thank god, this guy is a huge douchebag.

Why wouldn't it suprise me at all to find out he is a wife beating douchebag?

Rob Ford's an asshole.

I'm guessing this might put his plans to run for mayor on the backburner for a while.

I'm betting he still thinks it's entirely the fault of his wife that he was forced to hit her.

Just remember that he's innocent until proven guilty. There have been cases of women falsely accusing their husbands of various things to get back at them. I like Rob Ford just as little as the next person, but I'm not willing to convict him of beating his wife based on the tiny bit of information that's available.

Look! Kate is the voice of reason around here.

IF this is true, I will be the first to condemn him and demand he step down from his position. (I'm sure he'd be forced to, if not legally, then morally)

Until then, forgive me if I have one of two theories:

1) Wifey knows that filing a charge will bring instant embarrassment, no matter how minor an incident.
2) Miller's cronies, seeing that Ford was seriously mulling a run for Mayor, decided to take a minor complaint, and use the police to blow it out of proportion.

Regardless, the timing of this is VERY suspicious. Remember he was on CityOnline a couple of weeks ago, and people were basically orgasming over him. (I don't remember why. Probably calling Mayor Pansy an idiot)

@Trev
"Wifey" also deserves the respect to have the incident looked at, no matter how MINOR a domestic assault is, it's STILL ASSAULT. Domestic violence is no joking matter and should be treated seriously rather than assumed to be a "ploy" to get back at somebody by embarrassing them.

Amazing. All the facts aren't in yet and everyone's piling up on him. So where's the civility and courtesy in the comments on his situation?

Torontonians can do better than this display of bad mannners. After all, the contributors are sinking to
Bob Ford's level.

"No wonder bike related crap can't get accomplished in this city. Where are our kilometers of Bike lanes that were promised. Well, I blame the douchebag!"

Don't blame Rob Ford for that. No matter how much he doesn't like or want bike lanes, he could not stop them if the mayor, executive committee and staff actually were pushing for them. They're not.

Pure arsehole.

A conviction won't necessarily lead to his removal. Speaking as someone who has worked for the Children's Aid Society, there is no way they would give him those children if he actually assaulted his wife. I've witnessed many situations like these and the police are forced to press charges if someone claims an assault occured, whether or not that is actually the case. The fact that he has custody of the children strongly indicates that no assault actually happened.

The Assassination of Decency by the Douchebag Robert Ford

Hundreds languish in detention centres on charges of spousal assault and threats. He said/she said. How easy to get rid of someone you don't want in your house any more. This law has gone too far in allowing anyone to shout abuse and have another put away and lost in the system. Paperwork goes missing, beatings happen, threats are made, homes and jobs are lost. Then along comes a councillor and preferential treatment is shown and not only that, his kids get to stay with a father charged with assault and uttering death threats???

Full blown discrimination and preferential treatment. Others get banged up he gets showed favoritism and sped through the system and out again in no time.

Who makes that choice to say who gets detention and who doesn't???

More so when there are children involved who could have witnessed the behaviour and then the guy accused of it gets custody of them.

Something stinks here.

The laws should apply the same to all or they should not be applied at all.

He didn't have to worry about being tossed in a detention centre with nothing, family didn't know where he was, where he was going, what was going to happen. Nor did he have to worry about being subjected to ill treatment by people in these detention centres or perhaps from the arresting officers themselves and the detention officials.

Others have to go through it, this is flaunting a position of authority. Others get locked up, he got preferential treatment.

You know,...when is this loudmouth, going to learn to shut his big friggin' mouth and start acting with the dignity that his position demands.
I pity everyone in his riding, that have him as his representive, and bet dollars to donuts they could turn back the clocks.
He is the laughing stock and the embarassment of Toronto City Council all rolled into 1.
I welcome the day I can read the Toronto Star for one entire month, without reading about his drunken or insentivie rants. Does he actually think keeping his spending down to zilch, is actually going to put a feather in his dunce cap?