UVA Student Beaten By Police Falsely Charged

[orangeblossom]

Lest, we forget which beating this was, here's a picture of the aftermath.  


richmondfreepress.com/news/2015/may/01/state-police-find-uva-student-falsely-charged/


State ABC agents charged University of Virginia honor student Martese Johnson with public intoxication even though they knew he was not drunk, according to a state police report on the controversial and bloody arrest of the 20-year-old African-American that shocked the state.



The finding that Mr. Johnson was falsely charged was disclosed Wednesday by Mr. Johnson’s attorney, Daniel Watkins of Williams Mullen law firm in Richmond.



It also confirms what Mr. Watkins and the university reported just a few days after the U.Va. junior was injured by white Alcoholic Beverage Control agents during his March 18 arrest outside a pub in downtown Charlottesville.



He was slammed to the brick sidewalk by the ABC agents and his head was gashed. Ten stitches were required to close his wound.



Mr. Watkins has seen the thick investigative report that is now in the hands of Dave Chapman, the Charlottesville commonwealth’s attorney. Mr. Chapman is studying the report and has not yet to decided to release it.



The case drew wide attention when photos of Mr. Johnson’s bloody face spread through social media. Outrage over the agents’ treatment of Mr. Johnson prompted Gov. Terry McAuliffe to order the State Police to conduct the investigation.



The governor also ordered changes in training, policy and procedures governing ABC agents, whose reputation has been tarnished by repeated allegations of brutality.



Mr. Watkins noted the State Police report runs several hundred pages and details, among other things, several hours of interviews, including one with Mr. Johnson on March 26.



The report also contains statements from the ABC agents involved in the early morning arrest and from University of Virginia and Charlottesville police officers who responded after the fact, Mr. Watkins said.



According to Mr. Watkins, the report states that ABC officers targeted Mr. Johnson after he was turned away from a bar to find out if he might be using a fake ID.



Along with public intoxication, Mr. Johnson also was charged with obstruction of justice without force for allegedly resisting as agents tried to handcuff him.



Mr. Watkins stated that Mr. Johnson cooperated with the agents and showed them his ID before he was grabbed suddenly and slammed to the sidewalk.



Mr. Johnson is due in Charlottesville General District Court on May 28. There is a possibility that Mr. Chapman will decline to prosecute based on the findings in the report.

[downtoearth]

Whoa, that is terrible. He showed them is ID and then they decided to just take him down no matter that he didn't have a fake ID or was intoxicated.

[anonymous]

May 5, 2015 9:03:39 GMT -5 orangeblossom said:

Lest, we forget which beating this was, here's a picture of the aftermath.  


richmondfreepress.com/news/2015/may/01/state-police-find-uva-student-falsely-charged/


State ABC agents charged University of Virginia honor student Martese Johnson with public intoxication even though they knew he was not drunk, according to a state police report on the controversial and bloody arrest of the 20-year-old African-American that shocked the state.



The finding that Mr. Johnson was falsely charged was disclosed Wednesday by Mr. Johnson’s attorney, Daniel Watkins of Williams Mullen law firm in Richmond.



It also confirms what Mr. Watkins and the university reported just a few days after the U.Va. junior was injured by white Alcoholic Beverage Control agents during his March 18 arrest outside a pub in downtown Charlottesville.



He was slammed to the brick sidewalk by the ABC agents and his head was gashed. Ten stitches were required to close his wound.



Mr. Watkins has seen the thick investigative report that is now in the hands of Dave Chapman, the Charlottesville commonwealth’s attorney. Mr. Chapman is studying the report and has not yet to decided to release it.



The case drew wide attention when photos of Mr. Johnson’s bloody face spread through social media. Outrage over the agents’ treatment of Mr. Johnson prompted Gov. Terry McAuliffe to order the State Police to conduct the investigation.



The governor also ordered changes in training, policy and procedures governing ABC agents, whose reputation has been tarnished by repeated allegations of brutality.



Mr. Watkins noted the State Police report runs several hundred pages and details, among other things, several hours of interviews, including one with Mr. Johnson on March 26.



The report also contains statements from the ABC agents involved in the early morning arrest and from University of Virginia and Charlottesville police officers who responded after the fact, Mr. Watkins said.



According to Mr. Watkins, the report states that ABC officers targeted Mr. Johnson after he was turned away from a bar to find out if he might be using a fake ID.



Along with public intoxication, Mr. Johnson also was charged with obstruction of justice without force for allegedly resisting as agents tried to handcuff him.



Mr. Watkins stated that Mr. Johnson cooperated with the agents and showed them his ID before he was grabbed suddenly and slammed to the sidewalk.



Mr. Johnson is due in Charlottesville General District Court on May 28. There is a possibility that Mr. Chapman will decline to prosecute based on the findings in the report.

There is a possibility?  They need to prosecute the damn ABC cops

[pixy0stix]

In the "we knew this and it's too bad it had to be proven" news...

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This isn't the first (or second) time ABC agents in this area have abused their power.

www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/07/02/198047492/felony-arrest-of-student-who-bought-water-riles-many-in-virginia

[marriedfilingjoint]

So, to the idiots who are all "stop committing crimes and you don't have to worry about police brutality!", here's the response. Awful.