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. >> reporter: outside court a witness nathan cole said he tookly own cell phone video of the incident -- took his own cell phone video of the incident and remained stunned two years later. >> i lost days of sleep over it. i really did. 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
. >> reporter: outside court a witness nathan cole said he tookly own cell phone video of the incident -- took his own cell phone video of the incident and remained stunned two years later. >> i lost days of sleep over it. i really did. 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...
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. >> 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. >>> a gallaudet university administrator at the heart of t
. >> 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...
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. >> 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 tell you i lost days of supreme over it. i really did. it really -- sleep over it. i really did. 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 tha
. >> 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 tell you i lost days of supreme over it. i really did. it really -- sleep over it. i really did. 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...
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but nathan cole saw it differently. >> he was skipping, singing, clearly nothing in his hands.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 to controversial ads that went up last week. the new ads are being sponsored by
but nathan cole saw it differently. >> he was skipping, singing, clearly nothing in his hands.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...
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another student, nathan cole took the stand and say he video taped part of the incident. footage shown to the jury which included audio of someone singing the fight song. mckenna skipped down the sidewalk and never confronted police. joseph rutty told the court that the two officers on trial abused their power and must be held accountable. but defense attorneys both told the jury the officers didn't know if mckenna was an aggressive agitator, perhaps high on drugs or drunk sand disobeying police act. they called it police authority not brutality. mckenna suffered a concussion that night. he said he was drinking that night but does not remember after being hit by the shield on knox road. the officers say based upon their -- what the lawyers told the jury, that they were operating within their training and that they are certainly not criminals. back to you. >> paul wagner. it will come down to the tape. thank you. >> turning to weather. after a gorgeous weekend, kind of a mixed bag today. the temperatures mild but it has been a gray and damp day with heavy rain in some plac
another student, nathan cole took the stand and say he video taped part of the incident. footage shown to the jury which included audio of someone singing the fight song. mckenna skipped down the sidewalk and never confronted police. joseph rutty told the court that the two officers on trial abused their power and must be held accountable. but defense attorneys both told the jury the officers didn't know if mckenna was an aggressive agitator, perhaps high on drugs or drunk sand disobeying...