In a widening investigation, Prince George’s County Police have suspended a sergeant who was at the scene of a beating last month of an unarmed University of Maryland student as crowds took to the streets celebrating a basketball victory. The beating was caught on video and surfaced publicly Monday.
In response to questions from The Washington Post, police spokesman Maj. Andy Ellis confirmed the supervisor’ suspension, which occurred Tuesday night. Action against the sergeant follows an earlier suspension of the officer who had filed charging documents about the incident. The sworn charging documents made no mention of the beating and wrongly said two students had assaulted police on horseback who were controlling the throngs near the College Park campus on March 3.
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