Rob Ford Denies Connection to Anthony Smith Murder in First Detailed Comments on Infamous Gang Killing | National Post
Rob Ford has broken his silence on the gangland murder of Anthony Smith, the young man in the infamous picture with the Toronto mayor in front of a police-described crack house.
Smith was shot dead outside of a downtown Toronto club last March. On Tuesday, a second man charged in the slaying had his charges stayed. Nisar Hashimi plead guilty to manslaughter in July.
The mayor has been tied to the case since the release of the photo during the crack pipe video scandal, but Ford calls the fact that everyone in the picture, besides him, has been killed or arrested, a “coincidence” and has called for the rumours to stop.