*[https://www.rebelnews.com/lockdown_reports Update: Rebel News Face-off in Montreal] at Rebel News</ref> Rebel News head Ezra Levant reported that the police raid on the hotel was vindictive revenge by the SPVM in response to Rebel News reporting on and publicizing the police force's misconduct (including incidents of assault and anti-Semitism by officers that were caught on-camera) and announced that there are plans to sue the SPVM for its illegal harassment of the Rebel News staff. It was later reported that there had been attempts by the SPVM to get warrants to search the hotel the Rebel News staff was staying at prior to the raid, but they had been denied by numerous judges on the grounds that the hotel was not the location of an "illegal gathering", confirming the illegality of the SPVM's actions.<ref name="Montreal Police"/> | *[https://www.rebelnews.com/lockdown_reports Update: Rebel News Face-off in Montreal] at Rebel News</ref> Rebel News head Ezra Levant reported that the police raid on the hotel was vindictive revenge by the SPVM in response to Rebel News reporting on and publicizing the police force's misconduct (including incidents of assault and anti-Semitism by officers that were caught on-camera) and announced that there are plans to sue the SPVM for its illegal harassment of the Rebel News staff. It was later reported that there had been attempts by the SPVM to get warrants to search the hotel the Rebel News staff was staying at prior to the raid, but they had been denied by numerous judges on the grounds that the hotel was not the location of an "illegal gathering", confirming the illegality of the SPVM's actions.<ref name="Montreal Police"/> |