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Open mouth. >> he couldnt see me. he smelled fish in the water and he felt something on his face. he did what any shark would do, and that reaction is to bite something that he thinks is food. its just an instant of mistaken identity. >> thinking dave is a tasty treat, the shark sinks 500 razor-sharp teeth into his puckered lips. the pain is excruciating. but for some reason, the sea creature lets go. daves lip dangles like a worm from his face. >> sharks dont like people. sharks dont like the w...

A national outcry after video surfaced showing alcohol control agents arrested 20-year-old marteese johnson. he needed ten stitches and has since been re-admitted to the hospital because of some swelling on his head. cnns brian todd reports. >> hey, hes bleeding. yo his head is bleeding. >> [ bleep ]. >> stop fighting. >> resist. >> reporter: the arresting agents describe him agitated beling rant and intoxicated but marteese johnson said he did nothing wrong, that virginias alcohol beverage cont...

>> i didnt hear a peep out of him. i thought he was dead. >> but remarkably kevin is alive. he suffers a cracked rib, two broken vertebrae, a broken ankle, and swelling in his brain, but seven days later, hes in good spirits, talking about his dramatic flight on national television. >> joining us now live is kevin kearney. how are you doing this morning? >> doing great from south florida, good to see you, new york. >> his voice is a little scratchy because doctors placed tubes down his throat du...

I go to uva. i go to uva. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: thats johnson on the ground yelling. but we go to uva. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: in virginia the state enforces liquor laws and alcohol control agents say the 20-year-old johnson, a member of uvas honor committee, was detained after being denied entry to the bar. according to the arrest warrant johnson was agitated and blinlg rent and now charged with obstruction of justice without force and public intoxication. >> about 1,000 students protest ed j...

Look, anytime alcohol is involved and the doctor was saying he believes the breathalyzer was taken and that alcohol wasnt found and police certainly seemed to have indicated that they believed he was drunk at the time or under the influence. how do you see this? >> well, i think there are two important issues here. anderson, the first being, were overcriminalized as a society. being a former law enforcement officer and honestly being a young kid who tried to sneak into bars, i can say on your te...

It seems excessive. >> they also say he wasnt drunk. martese johnson says he wasnt drunk. probably was drinking but not officially drunk. trying to get into the bar there. does that justify the pounding that he seemed to be taking there, the stitches? >> no. >> thanks so much for being here. we were checking our brackets march madness is living up to its billing on opening day of the ncaa tournament. madness reigned, huge bracket busters, five games decided by just a single point. all the dram...

But however, he was charged on obstructing justice, to my knowledge, as well as being drunk in public. near of neither seems to have occurred. even so no one should have been treated this way that brutally pushed down on the hard walk pavement and sustained trauma like he did. he had a vertical laceration forehead into the scalp, which i saw and where the stitches were placed. bruising redness, abrasions about his face that should not have happened. this should have been deescalated and officers...

The fbi joining the investigation in mississippi into the death of the african-american man found hanging from a tree. 54-year-old otis bird was missing for more than two weeks. he was found with a bed sheet around his neck and skull cap on his head. the exact cause of death is not determined. authorities cannot say if it was a suicide or homicide. following developments over allegations of police brutality over the university of virginia student outside a bar in charlottesville this week. the...

We are back with new details about the controversial arrest of an african-american student at the university of virginia. law enforcement officials, including a representative from the states alcoholic beverage control will meet with students today to talk about their concerns over police brutality. all of this comes after this video surfaced showing the arrest of a 20-year-old, martez johnson. it left him covered in blood and needing stitches to the head. two investigations are under way. nbcs ...

How -- there was a dispute over an i.d. on st. patricks day. he ended up with ten stitches. different take on this talking to black students who are angry about what they describe as a culture of racism. they bring up michael brown in ferguson. different reaction from white residents and white students who think this is all being overblown. the question im trying to ask is, why is this a national story? why has there been -- there are so many unanswered questions about how he went from this what...