it really bothered me. >> reporter: cole said mckenna was fist pumping and skipping on the sidewalk in a goofy display of celebration and on a cell phone video cole took jurors heard mckenna singing the notre dame fight song. >> even though they tried to say he was doing in and that could be threatening, any reasonable person can tell that's absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: but defense lawyer arguably called mckenna yippy skippy arguing the student approached police horses with clenched fists and said the video shows mckenna was an aggressive agitator. many of the blows were struck to force mckenna to show his hands after being taken down in a display of by the books police tactics brennan said. despite the celebrating in the streets a friend of mckenna's testified they had no idea police were out there until they literally ran into them. scott broom, 9 news now. >>> a former army ranger will spend the next 28 years behind bars for killing a fellow soldier. today gary smith was sentenced for the murder of his roommate michael mcqueen who was found shot to death in 2006 after the two

it really bother med. >> reporter: cole said mckenna was fist pumping on the sidewalk in a goofy display of celebration and on a cell phone video cole took jurors heard mckenna singing the notre dame fight song. >> even though they tried to say he was doing this and that could be a threatening manner, any reasonable person can tell that's absolutely ridiculous. >> reporter: but the defense lawyer called mckenna yippy skippy arguing the student approached police horses with clenched fists and that the video showed mckenna as an aggressive agitator charging the police line in the midst of the riot. many of the blows were struck to force mckenna to show his hands after being taken down in a display of by the books police tactics brennan said and the attorneys want the jury to know the context of the night. the police had been there more than an hour trying to clear route 1 and knox road? n college park and ha they'd been giving command -- that they'd been giving commands there. had been a lot of confrontation that evening, but mckenna's friends said he came from a completely different direc

officers said mckenna was targeted under a zero tolerance order that night against anyone leading what they called a riot. >> he wasn't leading it whatsoever. >> reporter: outside court a witness nathan cole said he took his own cell phone video of the incident and remained stunned more than two years later. >> i loz lost days of sleep over it. it really bothered me. >> reporter: he said mckenna was fist pumping and skipping on the sidewalk in a goofy display of celebration. and on a cell phone video he took, jurors heard mckenna singing of all things the notre dame fight song. >> even though they tried to doing fists, any reasonable person could tell it's ridiculous. >> reporter: the defense lawyer called him yippee skippy arguing that the student approached police horses with clenched fists. friends say the video shows mckenna as, quote, an aggressive agitator who is charging a police line in the midst of a riot. many of the blows were thrown to force mckenna to show his hands. despite all the celebrating going on in the streets, a friend of mckenna's testified they had no idea that police were out there until they literally ran into them. in upper marlboro, scott broom, 9news now. >>>

they say jack mckenna was waving his fists as he approached the police line and tried to throw a punch. they said he disobeyed clear commands. but nathan colet differently. >> he was skipping, singing, clearly nothing in his hands. even though they tried to say he was doing this, and that could be a threatening manner, to any reasonable person, that is ridiculous. >> reporter: a lawyer for the police officers told the jury that college park has a history of violent disturbances. that these police officers did not want to be in riot gear that night, they wanted to be home with their families, and they were actually rooting against maryland because the lawyers said, because when maryland wins, the police lose. chris gordon, news4. >>> a woman who was pulled from her burning home in prince george's county earlier sunday morning has died. the victim's name has not been released. she was found unconscious inside her burning two-story house on peach leaf court in upper marlboro. she was suffering from burns and smoke inhalation. investigators believe the cause of that fire was accidental. >>> new ads going up in metro stations today in response t