Salon.com > Occupy Montreal http://www.salon.com Wed, 30 May 2012 06:12:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Occupy protesters “branded” with UV ink http://www.salon.com/2011/11/30/occupy_protesters_branded_with_uv_ink/ http://www.salon.com/2011/11/30/occupy_protesters_branded_with_uv_ink/#comments Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:12:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=10275709 (UPDATED BELOW)

Occupy protesters in Montreal were dismayed to find they had been marked by police with a special ink that is only visible in UV light after being arrested during a raid of Victoria Square Friday.

Police told CTV Montreal they borrowed the technique from bouncers at clubs and bars and it is meant to mark protesters who might return to the square.

But they apparently weren't so forthcoming with at least one protester.

"They wrote on my hand with a permanent marker and then after I felt something pointy and metallic scraping across my skin," wrote protester Nina Haigh on Facebook, continuing:

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