HALIFAX—The Halifax police force says it has placed two officers on administrative duty after a Black teenager’s recording of his own arrest was posted online.

The 15-year-old’s mother is criticizing the force over the arrest Friday at a mall in Bedford, N.S., just north of Halifax, which she says left her son with a concussion, cuts and bruises.

It is the latest incident to place the Halifax police force’s treatment of Black residents under scrutiny.

“When is this going to stop,” mother Troylena Dixon wrote in a Facebook post that included the video. “This needs to stop!”

At the beginning of the clip, the teen says to police officers, “I can go outside if I want to.” One officer responds, “You’ll get arrested.”

“Really, for what?” says the teen. “For speaking my mouth? For speaking?”

Police begin to walk toward the teen, and he says, “Don’t you touch me,” as one officer reaches out to him. At that point, the camera is jostled and then goes black as the officer says, “You’re under arrest.”

There are sounds of scuffling. “Don’t you touch me,” the teen can be heard to say. “You’re under arrest. Don’t move,” says an officer.

“What are you doing?” says the teen. “You’re under arrest,” says an officer again.

“For what?” asks the teen. “For resisting,” says an officer.

Dixon said in her Facebook post that her son suffered a concussion, a cut and bruises to an eye and finger, as well as bruises around his wrists in the incident.

He was later released without being charged, according to several media reports.

The Halifax Regional Police issued a brief statement.

"Police received a call to assist security at the Sunnyside Mall ... regarding an incident involving a male and female youth. Two officers responded to the incident and located the two youth. ... In the process of making an arrest, the male youth suffered an injury.”

Police said Nova Scotia’s Serious Incident Response Team, a civilian watchdog agency, will be investigating the incident. In the meantime, both officers have been placed on administrative duty.

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There have been long-running tensions between Halifax police and the city’s Black community.

In late November, Police Chief Dan Kinsella formally apologized for street checks based on racial profiling.

In one of several subsequent incidents, Santina Rao suffered a broken wrist, a concussion and injuries to her neck and arms in January after being arrested in front of her children by police at a Walmart. That case, which has drawn protesters court proceedings, is also being investigated by the civilian police watchdog agency.

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