Reporter 'Frightened' During Altercation with Toronto Mayor

Posted: 5/4/2012  |  By: Emily Senger and Matthew Coutts | ctvtoronto.ca

Toronto Star reporter Daniel Dale says he felt frightened during an altercation with Toronto Mayor Rob Ford outside the mayor's Etobicoke home Wednesday evening.

Speaking to reporters for the first time since the mayor chased Dale away outside the Ford residence, Dale said he was on public property researching a story about a piece of land the Fords hope to purchase from the regional conservation authority.

Dale said he was behind the Ford house, on public property, and had taken a picture of some trees on the parkland with his BlackBerry, when the mayor came out of his home and began shouting.