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Charges against a Maryland student were dropped yesterday after video was released showing three unprovoked police officers violently beating him to the ground with batons following a basketball game last month.
As the video reveals, John McKenna, 21, was celebrating a Maryland basketball victory on the evening of March 3rd.
As the student walks down the street close to the university's College Park campus, he is seen waving his arms and dancing jovially. He then slows, stops and backs away upon seeing several horse mounted police ahead of him.
McKenna is then set upon and viciously
Originally posted by zarlaan
It's seeing things like this that just pisses me off and makes the common public fear and resent the police. I'm all for making it mandatory for all police to wear some sort of camera that records what they're seeing. It will help keep them honest.
Video: Police helmet-cam in action