MONTREAL, Quebec, April 13, 2021 (LifeSiteNews) — Last weekend, reporters for popular Canadian news website Rebel News were arrested after confronting police for attempting to raid the team’s temporary office located on a boat.
“Montreal police have raided the Airbnb where Rebel News reporters have been staying to report on the curfew and the lockdown in Quebec,” stated Rebel News in a report published Saturday.
According to Rebel News, two of their reporters, Keean Bexte and David Menzies, were arrested because of a conflict that took place with police near the news team’s Airbnb houseboat.
The Rebel News team was onsite in Montreal to cover ongoing COVID lockdown protests, as well as to report on how the local police force has been enforcing a curfew which has been in place for months.
Ezra Levant, the founder of Rebel News, was present at the confrontation on Saturday. He said that dozens of police showed up at the team’s Airbnb HQ.
“Montreal police have raided our Airbnb and are arresting and handcuffing our journalists. As I told the cops, we will be getting to know each other very well as we sue them,” tweeted Levant on Saturday.
Bexte and Menzies were eventually
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