A 43-year-old man wearing a Rob Ford mask was taken into police custody on Wednesday after a physical altercation took place at the mayor's campaign office.
The man has been identified as Paul Benoit by CP24. The Oakville, Ont., man, who grew up in Toronto, runs a website called Crucial Matters. Benoit told CP24 that he was doing some filming for his website near Ford's Scarborough campaign office, located in the Lawrence Avenue East and Warden Avenue area, when he decided to drop in wearing the mask.
"Right before I left (the area), I decided to walk into the office with a Rob Ford mask just as a joke," he said Wednesday night.
Benoit also had his camera with him.
In the video, a Ford campaign worker can be seen approaching him.
"At ease everybody," Benoit is heard saying in the video. A volunteer responds back, telling him to "get out of here or I'm calling the cops."
Police say a physical altercation took place with a member of Ford's campaign team inside the office. The altercation continued outside and "escalated into an assault," police said in a statement Wednesday night.
Police said Benoit and another man suffered minor injuries. Benoit was taken into custody but has since been released.
