Authorities investigation amazing video recording of Maryland student

A Prince George's County, Maryland, patrol officer has going supported, and public prosecutors are investigations an secondary -- taken on television -- in which ship's officers maintaining batons tick a University of Maryland scholar, officials very Tuesday.

Offices also are seeing into papers filed by laws in the case that appear to controvert the video recording recording, Prince George's County laws Lt. Andy Ellis same.

The video was shot Border 3 Later On the Maryland men's hoops team unsuccessful Duke. In the telecasting, educatee can be seen celebrating the win as police officers in riot gear and on hogback are nearby. Many Another scholars are holding up their cellphones, taking pictures or telecasting of the military officers and the celebration.

The TV shows a educatee identified as John "Jack" McKenna skipping down the street and approaching zero policemen on ahorseback. Later a brief exchange, zero ship's officers on foot slam McKenna against a bulwark and he falls to the found. A third ship's officer links the first zero, and the three hit McKenna with nightsticks while he is on the ground as different students scatter.

McKenna experienced a cut on his head that required eight staples to close, same Sharon Weidenfeld, a internal investigator good for McKenna's attorney, Chris Griffiths. In increase, he made a concussion, a poorly swollen weapon system and bruises elsewhere on his body. Griffiths' office mentioned interviews to Weidenfeld on Tuesday.

Another man identified as Benjamin Donat was also beaten, although that parenthetical was not shown on the video recording, Weidenfeld read. On Donat's body, the imprint of the military officers' nightsticks could be seen, she same. He also suffered a head injury that caused him Much memory loss for a few days, although he will be all right, Weidenfeld same. "He really given his bell rung," she very.

Weidenfeld discovered the telecasting recording and would say only that it was shot by another University of Maryland pupil.

Government arrested Donat and McKenna on suspicion of assaulting an police officer and disorderly deal. written documents filed by patrol allege that the zero were causing a disturbance and that they struck mounted police officers and their horses, causing minor injuries, when Self-confidence intervened.

"Arrested 1 and Arrested 2 were both given up by the horses and sustained minor injuries," the charging papers very.

The television does not show McKenna striking the mounted officer or horse, and the horses were not nearby while the ticking was taking place. The documents tell a "totally fabricated story," Weidenfeld same Tuesday.

prosecuting policemen dropped charges against Donat on Friday and McKenna on Monday, she very. Griffiths is representing both youths, and a lawsuit is planned against the officers, Weidenfeld identical.

"The charging documents certainly do not appear to be supported by the television," Ellis told. But he same, "I'm sure it's a stretch to say it's a cover-up," saying it's likely the ship's officer who wrote the written documents got a "miscommunication" with military officers involved in the parenthetic, who provided information.

Read the charging written documents from CNN affiliate WJLA-TV (PDF)

The department's internal affairs unit is investigation and will assist Prince George's County prosecuting police officers in their probe, he same.

Ellis read he did not know whether the military officer suspended wrote the charging papers. Because the ship's officers on the TV were in full riot gear, they could not be readily identified, but Government are attending into who was on duty that night and where military officers were at the time to determine who was involved.

"We didn't know about this videotape until it came out yesterday morning," he same. "We experienced no idea. It's kind of caught us by surprise. As evidence comes out, or we learn more information, we'll suspend police officers as they turn identified."

He added, "Not only is the conduct of the police officers on tape extraordinary -- and clear it's far -- there are gone issues here we need to work through to make sure we're more organized" in such situations.

The officers on ahorseback were from the Maryland-National Capital Park police force. Department spokesman Lt. Stanley Johnson very the mounted officers were there for crowd control purposes. While "there were a lot of activities" going on that night, he very, no department horses or military officers were wounded and there were no reports of people being given up by horses.

In a statement Monday, McKenna's house told CNN affiliate WJLA-TV in Washington that "Some of these references ought to go to jail. ... Many Another ought to only be booted off the force, and the remnant should be properly developed to discover that force is not always necessary, and brutality is always wrong."