Doug and Rob Ford launch all-out assault against Toronto Police Chief Bill Blair

Strap yourselves in, Toronto. The Ford brothers are on the warpath. And this time, it’s political.

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford and his brother, Coun. Doug Ford, took turns launching verbal attacks against the city’s police chief on Thursday, accusing Bill Blair of breaking the law, politically attacking the Ford family, embarrassing the mayor’s children and wasting taxpayers’ money.

All because the Toronto Police Service launched an investigation into mayoral drug allegations and Blair was offended that a civic leader would call him a “c---sucker” during a drunken late-night public appearance.

The Ford attacks came fast and furiously, with barely a moment to spare between volleys, each brother elevating the rhetoric and accusations against Blair to another level.

"If he's going to arrest me, arrest me. I have done nothing wrong and he's wasted millions of dollars," Mayor Ford said on Thursday in regards to a police investigation launched after Ford’s name was linked to an Etobicoke street gang.

“If anyone owes an apology, he owes an apology to the taxpayers for not telling people how much he spent.”

There’s more. Lot’s more. And it comes as part of a war waged against the police chief, who told a press conference in October that he was "disappointed" when a police investigation uncovered a video purportedly showing Ford smoking from a crack pipe.

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Doug Ford, the mayor's campaign manager, accused Blair of launching a political attack against the family and requested the Office of the Independent Police Review Director investigate the comments.

The OIPRD confirmed earlier this week that they were probing Ford’s complaint against Blair.

Blair spoke openly on the topic for the first time on Wednesday and addressed a separate public video in which the mayor called Blair a "c---sucker" during a publicly-intoxicated appearance at an Etobicoke restaurant called Steak Queen.

Blair told CBC News on Wednesday that he does not respond to personal attacks, but that he was offended by the Steak Queen comments. He added that Ford’s friend, Alexander Lisi, warned police that Blair was going to “get his” when he was arrested and charged as part of the investigation.

The Ford Assault began early Thursday when Doug Ford appeared on AM640 and claimed Blair waited until now to complain about the Steak Queen incident, which occurred in January, because it was a politically opportune moment.

“Why didn’t he come out right away? Why did he wait until his buddy John Tory jumped into the race?” Ford asked. He went on to claim that Blair had violated the Police Act, presumably by speaking about the investigation.

“He’s a political chief, the most political chief I’ve ever seen. And in my opinion it’s time for this guy to go. That’s what it comes down to.”

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A short time later, Rob Ford held a press scrum to discuss keeping ice rinks open later in the year. But the message was quickly derided when Ford said he would happily “get into” Blair’s comment that he was embarrassed to be associated with Ford’s Steak Queen diatribe.

"He's embarrassed? How about embarrassing my family? My community? My friends? Following me around for five months, spending millions of dollars using taxpayer money, coming into my office trying to politicize things, making announcements," Ford said.

"If there is anyone who owes an apology, he owes an apology to the taxpayers… I do not owe him an apology, I will not give him an apology."

Following that, Doug Ford unexpectedly appeared at city hall and reiterated his claim that Blair had broken the law. “I guess the police chief believes he is above the law," Doug Ford said. "He is not accountable to anyone."

Ford said he would forward another complaint to the OIPRD over a comment Blair made referencing a conversation between Doug and Lisi. Doug has claimed he doesn't know Lisi and has never met him.

"He got on his bully pulpit and tried to intimidate myself, our family, based on our complaint," he said. Doug said he would ask for Blair to be removed from the investigation into the mayor.

"Imaging if this was happening to you. Imagine if the police chief was after your family. Imagine he was after you. Who is holding him accountable?"

It was a whirlwind day, but it ends on a very important question. Who is holding them accountable?

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