Sergeant suspended amid uproar over student beating

POLICE authorities in the Maryland town of Prince George have suspended a sergeant who was at the scene of a beating last month of an unarmed University of Maryland student that occurred after crowds took to the streets to celebrate a basketball win.

A video taken by a fellow student has appeared on the internet showing University of Maryland basketball player John McKenna, 21, being battered by Prince George’s County police officers.

McKenna needed eight staples in a huge wound on his skull. The video shows that the attack occurred without any apparent provocation by McKenna. Prince George’s County police have dropped their charges against the young man.