Black student’s injury during police altercation prompts university protests

Police under fire for reportedly injuring black college student during arrest on charges of “obstruction of justice”.

US college students call for #JusticeForMartese after a black student at the University of Virginia (UVA) was bloodied and injured during an altercation with police. Agents from the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) arrested Martese Johnson, 20, in front of a bar on Wednesday morning and charged him with resisting arrest, public profanity and intoxication. A video and images of the incident were circulated online, showing Johnson on the ground with his head covered in blood.