ABC agents say Martese Johnson not cooperating
The two remaining ABC officers being sued by University of Virginia graduate Martese Johnson are asking a federal court to order Johnson’s compliance in turning over documents and answering their questions.
It’s been two months since a court ruled that the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and one of its agents should be removed from the lawsuit filed by Johnson, the man bloodied in a controversial arrest by three enforcement agents in March 2015. The two agents still embroiled in the lawsuit allege that Johnson’s counsel has not been forthcoming with documents relevant to the case.
A 20-year-old, third-year UVa student at the time of his arrest, Johnson was apprehended by the agents after being turned away from a Corner bar by a bouncer nearly two years ago. The interaction quickly escalated, and resulted in Johnson being taken to the ground, arrested and charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice.
Photos of the arrest, depicting Johnson on the ground with a bloodied face and the agents over top of him, quickly circulated online, drawing calls of police brutality and discrimination, as Johnson is black and the officers are white. A passerby also captured video of the incident, which showed Johnson calling the officers racist and shouting that he was a student at UVa.
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