The mayor of Montreal and a member of the National Assembly of Quebec are both calling for an investigation and seeking answers after footage showed a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a 14-year-old Black boy.

The video is about a minute-and-a-half long and was obtained by Radio-Canada. According to CBC, the footage was taken on June 10 when officers responded to Georges Vanier Secondary School, where more than a dozen students from different schools were involved in a fight. The footage doesn’t show what led to the controversial restraint of the boy, which some have said is reminiscent of the death of George Floyd.

National Assembly of Quebec member Frantz Benjamin said multiple constituents called him and said the video evokes “collective trauma” and reminded them of Floyd’s death. He’s calling for an investigation into the incident.

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is also seeking answers about what happened and said there is an inquiry in place.

Video showed a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck of a 14-year-old Black boy. (Photos: Frantz Benjamin video screenshot)

The video, filmed in city’s Villeray district, shows two white officers kneeling on the boy while one officer’s knee rests on his neck as his head is pinned to the ground. When the officers adjusts, one knee remains on the boy’s neck while the other is on the his back for about 40 seconds. The teen did not appear to resist and could not be heard saying anything. A small crowd of bystanders stood nearby watching the encounter.

Insp. David Shane of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal said the officer who put his knee on the boy’s neck is still working while the incident is under review.

“If the use of force is not justified, the administration will take the required actions,” he told Radio-Canada. Two minors were charged with carrying weapons, and an investigation remains underway. The boy in the video was arrested for having a stungun.

According to Shane, before the recording started, the teen and another minor refused to identify themselves to officers. Officers found bear repellant in the possession of one teen, and after the other teen started acting strange and pushed officers away he was restrained.

The teen has not been identified because of his age, but his mom spoke out to CBC.

“Is it because my son is Black?” she asked. “It’s not because we’re Black that we have to experience those kind of things. We’re humans. Poor child.” She said her son has been afraid to leave the house since the encounter and that she is seeking help and support from a nonprofit for the Haitian community

Majorie Villefranche, director of the organization Maison D’Haiti, criticized officers’ restraint of the teen. “Really? Knee on the neck? Really? Right now?” she said, speaking to CBC. “After George Floyd, you think you can do that again?”

She said the boys were playing in the street, not fighting.

Although kneeling on a detainee’s neck is not prohibited by the SPVM, Ensemble Montréal in August proposed a motion calling for the end of police tactics that obstruct a person’s ability to breathe. The Montreal City Council adopted the motion, although it is not binding.