FOG BLOG NB NEWS LOG: INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF RCMP OFFICER'S ALLEGED MISCONDUCT:

Independent review to be conducted after video of alleged police misconduct in Campbellton........Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes will investigate incident......New Brunswick RCMP have sought an independent review after a video of what appears to be an officer striking a man he was arresting was posted to social media.

Sgt. Mario Maillet confirmed the officer in the video is a member of the Campbellton RCMP.

He said the incident took place during an arrest on Friday after the RCMP responded to calls of a man entering a business while wielding a stick.

"When police arrived, the man resisted arrest and an altercation ensued between an RCMP member and the man," he said.

Maillet said the suspect refused treatment and is still in police custody.