Video shows Terrace RCMP officer repeatedly punching youth in head

by Charlie Smith on October 10th, 2014 at 9:28 AM

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The Terrace Standard has posted a disturbing video on YouTube.

It shows a young man being struck in the head by an RCMP officer.

The video was captured on a cellphone on Lazelle Avenue in Terrace on May 28, 2014.

The newspaper has reported that the detachment's commanding officer, Insp. Dana Hart, became aware of the video on October 7. He has ordered a code of conduct investigation and asked the Independent Investigations Office of B.C. to do its own probe.

Yesterday, the IIO announced that it has "asserted jurisdiction over an incident in Terrace" after being contacted by the Mounties on the previous day.

"The IIO and the RCMP will work within the terms agreed upon in the Memorandum of Understanding that was signed by the Chief Civilian Director and B.C.’s police services in July 2012," the IIO declared in a statement on its website. "The IIO’s goals are to conduct fair, unbiased, timely, thorough and competent investigations and ensure transparency through public reporting."

Police were reportedly responding to a fight behind a theatre.

A youth under the age of 18 faces charges in connection with the event.

The Terrace Standard stated that it does not know who filmed the incident.