You know casual misogyny has got out of hand in Montreal when a young man feels entitled to spew sexist, degrading filth at a female police officer to her face, film it, and post it on TikTok for all to see.

That’s how Mohamed Bekkali earned his 15 minutes of fame last week.

Bekkali is a foul-mouthed 24-year-old Anjou resident who pulled out his camera during a recent traffic stop. Doing his best Andrew Tate impression, Bekkali wanted to show that ” in Montreal, you can insult the police, you can put them in their place. You just have to be intelligent about it.”

Bekkali is right. It isn’t illegal to insult the police in Montreal, although it is in some other municipalities. But it could be soon, thanks to him.

Because Bekkali wasn’t so “intelligent” about the choice of slurs he used to try to prove his point in his now notorious viral video.

The invective Bekkali hurled at the officer went beyond insult. It was so vile, so vulgar, so degrading toward the female officer (who showed remarkable grace under pressure) that it prompted disgust, outrage and alarm. He was outed in the media and some very powerful people took note.

Police Chief Fady Dagher, the rest of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal, the police brotherhood, Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada and media pundits all called out his tirade as a disturbing case of misogyny. Ninety-two members present in the National Assembly on Wednesday from all parties unanimously voted on not one but two motions condemning the misogynistic rant. As they should.

Bekkali deserves to be publicly shamed until his mom washes his mouth out with soap and he can’t get a date for the rest of........

© Montreal Gazette