Its not a matter of targeting. The cops do know who the players are. They may not go after certain ones but they know who is in the game. The officer very specifically stated that the Ford name never came up. Ever. So at worst he may have sold a few dimes to a couple of buddies when he picked up some personal. These so called sources have made it out to be he was a major player even beyond high school. Very big difference. And still no credibility.
Doug Ford was no Scarface or Pable Escobar but he picked enough to supply Hash to the surrounding High Schools in his area...
He wasn't just some guy who just picked up so he could pay of his personal smoke....
He probably picked up a pound or two of hash at a time and dealt it up in half-quarters to ounces...
My friends and I weren't buddies with Ford but just customers (just knew his name and that's it) who would pick up a half-quarter to a quarter at a time....
And you must be kidding about the cops being all-knowing on who the players are....
I have a feeling you must have grown up in the 70s or 60s (or earlier)....because things are way different since those days....
I have seen some guys who can be considered major players and have flown under the cops radar all their lives....
If you dealt the harder drugs like Coke or Heroin there's a chance the cops will know about you but if you just dealt marijuana and hash you could deal pretty easily without the cops picking up your scent (as long as you had some street smarts)....
And once the police have you on your list they will go after you until you're caught or forced to retire....
Why would they after certain ones and not after others?
And if that's the case then the cops probably wouldn't admit they had Doug Ford's name on their list but did nothing....
Though Doug Ford wasn't on their list and he did deal hash more than your average small time dealer....
Luckily for Doug Ford he managed to keep his enterprise