Victoria councillor accuses police of campaign to discredit protesters – CTV News

February 12, 2020

VICTORIA — As Victoria police search for witnesses to alleged assaults at an anti-pipeline protest at the B.C. legislature Tuesday, one Victoria councillor is lashing out at the police department, accusing it of waging a campaign to discredit protesters.

Coun. Ben Isitt took to social media Wednesday, the day after police said they were investigating reports of assaults the legislature, to accuse senior police brass of straying from their public safety mandate and into the realm of politics.

“I stand by my comments, which respond to a growing problem of ‘mission creep’ with VicPD management, engaging in a PR campaign against peaceful demonstrators, city councillors & others advocating for change,” Isitt tweeted. “These kind of political communications are outside of VicPD’s mandate.”

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