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Charges against Virginia student (Martese Johnson) injured in violent arrest to be dropped
Source: The Guardian
Charges against Virginia student injured in violent arrest to be dropped
Joanna Walters in New York
Friday 12 June 2015 02.28 BST
Criminal charges against a University of Virginia student who was injured in a violent arrest at a bar in March are to be dropped on Friday morning, the Guardian has learned.
Martese Johnson’s arrest was filmed on another student’s cellphone, after Johnson was stopped by alcohol beverage control (ABC) agents on 17 March. Blood poured down his face while officers handcuffed him as he lay prone.
The footage, which showed Johnson yelling to the officers as they restrained him that he attended the university and that they were being racist, went viral.
The decision by the prosecution to drop the charges was confirmed by Johnson’s lawyer Daniel Watkins on Thursday evening.
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Joanna Walters in New York
Friday 12 June 2015 02.28 BST
Criminal charges against a University of Virginia student who was injured in a violent arrest at a bar in March are to be dropped on Friday morning, the Guardian has learned.
Martese Johnson’s arrest was filmed on another student’s cellphone, after Johnson was stopped by alcohol beverage control (ABC) agents on 17 March. Blood poured down his face while officers handcuffed him as he lay prone.
The footage, which showed Johnson yelling to the officers as they restrained him that he attended the university and that they were being racist, went viral.
The decision by the prosecution to drop the charges was confirmed by Johnson’s lawyer Daniel Watkins on Thursday evening.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jun/11/charges-against-virginia-student-injured-in-violent-arrest-expected-to-be-dropped