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Cellphone video showing a Winnipeg police officer allegedly hitting a 12-year-old boy was a key piece of evidence used to charge the officer with assault.
The original raw video, obtained by CBC News, is just over a minute in length and shows two police officers arriving at a city home on Aug. 7 asking to talk to the boy and although you can't see the officer touch the boy, a loud slap can be heard.
The boy's mother told CBC News she called police for help when her son was acting erratically throwing garbage and recycling around during a temper tantrum.