Montreal’s mayor stands by police chief amid outcry over journalist surveillance
Montreal’s mayor is standing by the city’s police chief amid new reports of police surveillance of journalists’ phones.
Denis Coderre says asking Chief Philippe Pichet to resign without a full inquiry would amount to a “public lynching.”
La Presse reported Saturday that police obtained a warrant to listen to two journalists’ phone calls.
Pichet responded by saying the department only tapped the phones of its own officers who were under investigation for alleged crimes, although anyone they spoke to may have been overheard.