City of Toronto facing extreme backlash after rim removal video goes viral

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The City of Toronto, it’s mayor and other constituents were put into scramble mode and forced to apologize after an absolutely disgusting and sickening video of a city staff removing a basketball rim at a local Toronto park — while a young kid was shooting and dribbling went viral for all the wrong reasons.

Absolutely sickening display @cityoftoronto let the kids play!!! pic.twitter.com/myjsOvZEc0— Mitch Robson (@_mitchrobson) June 26, 2019

The video tweet has amassed worldwide attention, getting retweets from NBA players, national media outlets, outraged tax paying citizens and various other political organizations — prompting the City of Toronto to quickly issue an apologize and reverse its actions.

Below is our statement on the removal of basketball hoops in some parks. This practice has been suspended effective immediately. pic.twitter.com/pdt2zDWiNW— City of Toronto 🇨🇦 (@cityoftoronto) June 27, 2019

The City should be putting basketball nets up not pulling them down. I’ve delivered that message to our parks staff tonight – they agree. We should absolutely be encouraging kids to play in our city.— John Tory (@JohnTory) June 27, 2019

BREAKING: The rim is back up and looking majestic at Phin Park, according to my sources. Let's hope it stays up past 6:00pm! @cityoftoronto #RimsUp pic.twitter.com/GdSBhHRSel— Mitch Robson (@_mitchrobson) June 27, 2019