Rob Ford, the mayor of Toronto, Canada, has already faced criticism and media exposure over the fact that a group attempted to sell a video of him smoking crack. Now the Toronto Police Department claims to have a copy of said video, though apparently not enough evidence for drug charges at this point in time. In any case, the news was enough for reporters to gather on the mayor's lawn and for him to later hold a press conference discussing the accusations.
By pretty much any standard, his handling of the situation would have to be called very poor, considering that he first actually got in a physical altercation with a reporter on his lawn, and then said he wouldn't give in without a fight and that he had done nothing wrong. Obviously, getting in fights with reporters is not helpful to having a professional public image to begin with, but further, it's probably a bit late in the game for Ford to claim he's done nothing wrong, as even the Police Department in indicating otherwise.
Probably the only defense that can even be made for his actions is that no matter how well he handled this, it would probably not end well for him, as it probably still won't. However, he could have maintained some semblance of professionalism if he had stepped down far earlier than this, since by now the original allegations seem undoubtedly true.
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