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The mayor affirmed that municipal leaders continue to work alongside the police brotherhood and the SPVM to craft a city bylaw explicitly prohibiting verbal abuse against officers during interventions.
"This bylaw is important, but it must be done well, and we will have time to work with the Police Brotherhood and the SPVM," said Martinez Ferrada.
"We need to find a way to do it right so that it is not challenged in court and is easy to apply."
A June online Léger survey conducted for the Police Brotherhood showed that 70 percent of Montreal residents support the proposed anti-insult regulation.
Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière also supported the measure on social media platform X.
Following public outcry over the original viral video, Bekkali defended his actions on social media as an exercise of free speech to highlight police misconduct.
"My words, what did they do?"
written statements from Bekkali stated as he cited the death of Nooran Rezayi during a September 2025 police intervention in Longueuil.
Bekkali questioned the public focus on his comments relative to incidents of physical force involving authorities.
"So freedom of expression bothers you more than police brutality, whose victims are either traumatized for life or no longer in this world, as in the case of little Nooran Rezayi?"
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Bekkali wrote.
