By The Canadian Press

No jail time for Mountie in violent arrest, assault of youth in Terrace, B.C.

Dec 21, 2016 | 3:38 PM

TERRACE, B.C. — A RCMP officer will not spend time in jail for assaulting a youth in Terrace, B.C., during a violent arrest more than two years ago.

Const. Bruce Lofroth has been handed a suspended sentence and must serve 12 months probation, 100 hours of community service and pay a $200 fine.

Lofroth pleaded guilty in August after footage of the arrest in May 2014 surfaced online.

The video shows two Mounties kneeling beside the teen who was lying on a sidewalk in the northwestern B.C. city.

An officer wearing black leather gloves appears to punch the young man’s body and head and then once the boy is handcuffed, the same officer strikes him in the face.

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