Instagram anti-police pic sharing tied to Montrealer's arrest

A 20-year-old woman has been accused of criminal harassment against a high-ranking Montreal police officer after she posted a photo of anti-police graffiti online.

Jennifer Pawluck was picked up by Montreal police at her home Wednesday, questioned for several hours and then released on a promise to appear in court.

The allegation is tied to a photo she posted to the social media site Instagram depicting a drawing of Montreal police Cmdr. Ian Lafrenière.

Pawluck posted this photo of graffiti on a commercial building on March 26. (Jennifer Pawluck/Statigram) The image, which she snapped a picture of after spotting it on a brick wall in Montreal's Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood, shows the police commander with a bullet hole in his forehead. His name is also written beside the image.

Lafrenière is the head of the service's communications division and frequently appeared in the media during the student protests.

Pawluck said that when the picture was taken, she didn't know who Lafrenière was, but she found the image interesting.

Montreal police confirmed that a young woman was arrested at her home Wednesday and brought to the police station to be questioned by investigators. They did not name Pawluck.

Spokesman Const. Dany Richer said their concern extended beyond just the posting of the photo, but could not go into further details.

"There are circumstances that surrounded the publication of this image, circumstances that we can't reveal because it is still under investigation," said Const. Dany Richer.

Pawluck said none of it was intended to be threatening and she's never contacted Lafrenière directly.

A supporter of the student movement, Pawluck has been taken into custody before as part of mass arrests during demonstrations.

According what appear to be police documents posted by the 20-year-old after she was released from custody, she is prohibited from communicating with Lafrenière and cannot go within one kilometre of Montreal police headquarters.

That document also says that Pawluck refused to respond to the majority of the officer's questions while she was being detained by police.

Pawluck insists that she's done nothing wrong and the actions of the Montreal police amount to harassment.

She has not been formally charged, but is scheduled to appear in court on April 17.

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