Gov. McAuliffe 'Concerned' By Reports That ABC Officers Abused UVa. Student Martese Johnson
By Scott Wise, Jerrita Patterson and Alix Btyan, Mar. 19, 2015, WTVR.com
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — University of Virginia student Martese Johnson was bloodied in a St. Patrick’s Day incident outside Trinity Irish Pub in Charlottesville, according to a statement issued by the Black Student Alliance, a non-university supervised student group. Johnson, who chairs the group’s Leadership Development Committee, was “brutalized” by Virginia ABC officers outside the bar early Wednesday morning, according to the statement.
Uniformed state ABC special agents approached Johnson, a third-year student, after he was refused entry into the establishment. Johnson, who has retained a lawyer from Richmond, issued a public statement that said he was not accused of possessing false identification. Johnson said that his head was struck on the pavement when police took him to the ground. He received ten stitches.
By Scott Wise, Jerrita Patterson and Alix Btyan, Mar. 19, 2015, WTVR.com
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — University of Virginia student Martese Johnson was bloodied in a St. Patrick’s Day incident outside Trinity Irish Pub in Charlottesville, according to a statement issued by the Black Student Alliance, a non-university supervised student group. Johnson, who chairs the group’s Leadership Development Committee, was “brutalized” by Virginia ABC officers outside the bar early Wednesday morning, according to the statement.
Uniformed state ABC special agents approached Johnson, a third-year student, after he was refused entry into the establishment. Johnson, who has retained a lawyer from Richmond, issued a public statement that said he was not accused of possessing false identification. Johnson said that his head was struck on the pavement when police took him to the ground. He received ten stitches.
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