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CityNews' Peter Silverman Attacked During Story Shoot
Wednesday February 7, 2007
You wouldn't think being a TV journalist would be hazardous to your health.
But then, you're not Peter Silverman.
For the past few months, the CityNews ombudsman has been probing the case of a King St. West optician alleged to be selling counterfeit frames bearing the mark of some famous companies.
The Silverman Helps team has received numerous complaints about the product and so Peter went back to the store on Wednesday afternoon to shoot the next segment in this long running series.
And that's when the trouble began. As Peter tried to enter the store, the man inside recognized him and came out swinging.
Cameras captured him taking several swipes at the reporter, opening his door near Silverman's face, hitting him with some papers and then throwing snow at him
"Oh, I'm sorry. Did I hit you? Did I hit you?" he's heard asking sarcastically.
Silverman is now 75 years old but managed to give as good as he got, defending himself with his fists clenched.
His irate attacker then retreated back inside, locking the door and refusing to come out when police arrived.
The standoff lasted several hours before the Emergency Task Force finally coaxed him out. He's been placed under arrest.
The tough as nails Peter survived the onslaught and emerged relatively unscathed.
The suspect remains in police custody.
The entire incident was caught on tape and will be shown on the next installment of Silverman Helps on CityNews at Six airing Thursday.
Way to help out there, camera man.
holy shit!
that's fukked up!
WATCH IT BUDDY!!!
I saw im at my gym at Goodlife at McCaul and Queen last week, getting ready to whoop someone ass playing squash.
He had some knee brace and was limping a bit other than that I've never seen anyone in great spirits!
Definitely a local legend! Go get 'em Pete!
How dumb can you be to assault a guy right in front of a running camera?
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| Originally posted by Skipper Way to help out there, camera man. |
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| Originally posted by Big Boss How dumb can you be to assault a guy right in front of a running camera? |
Hahah I bet that glasses store guy uses a Mac, just look at him (completely off topic, but it was the first thing I thought of).
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Hahah I bet that glasses store guy uses a Mac, just look at him (completely off topic, but it was the first thing I thought of). |
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| Originally posted by fayraree LOL I totally agree! Let's take it a step further...I bet he drives an Ariel Atom! |
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 Hahah I bet that glasses store guy uses a Mac, just look at him (completely off topic, but it was the first thing I thought of). |
i walk by that place every day. from every segment that i've seen covering this story, that optician guy is fucked! serious anger management issues too. like dude - we know you're lying! i don't know who he thinks he's fooling.
ps. i love silverman helps!
My father was on his show a few yrs back
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| Originally posted by VERTiG0 ...no, he probably drives a VW Jetta. Nobody that looks like that would drive an Atom. |
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| Originally posted by fayraree lol oops, I didn't notice that there was an actual link to the vid...now I understand your comment; I thought you were just taking a random shot at Macs so I thought I'd take a shot at you but yet again, I lose. P.S. I think he's more of a Smart Car driver. |
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| Originally posted by polkovnik86 Toyota Prius |
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| Originally posted by fayraree I was thinking that but the guy seems to obnoxious to give a fuck about the environment. Also, I don't think he can afford more than 1/2 a car based on his cheap jacket and retarded tie. |
Optician Story - Part III
Optician Story - Part IV
Someone's interesting story about this guy on their blog (from December)
More reviews of this guy here:
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| I also saw the Silverman piece on the news about this guy selling Fake Oakleys. His response to the allegations was so arrogant and nasty that I felt the need to call the store. Left a message on their machine that I would never use their services and that I was appauled at the man's response. That is all that was said as I know it was taped. Quite polite I thought. The female voice on the machine says they are operated or owned by BOSS LIMOUSINES, another company I won't be using or recommending. The man called me back twice. I told him I said what I needed to on the machine and I had nothing to say to him. I hung up. He called back. Asked me if I was Jewish.I said I wasn't, and what did that have to do with his behaviour. Wait for it. He then said that Silverman was jewish and that is what "they" do, go after people. I said I'd heard enough racist remarks and hung up. |
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| Originally posted by Skipper Way to help out there, camera man. |
charged with assault with a weapon?
what was the weapon? The papers? lol
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| Originally posted by Skipper Way to help out there, camera man. |
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| Originally posted by Chris Allen And if the camera-man stopped filming, you wouldn't have seen what happened, obviously lightening the impact of the story. Not to mention, there are other people around as well that could jump-in if needed. |
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