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South korea. a horrific incident in seoul he was slashed across the face with a knife. needed something like 80 stitches. security very much has been tightened here in japan for caroline kennedy. but you know what in saying that brianna, she has been going about her duty. she has been escorting first lady michelle obama here in country pushing her girls education initiative, partnership the united states is working with japan. so it is very much business as usual and she addressed the media earl...

Saying in a statement, a determination was made by the agents to further detain the individual. based on their observations and further questioning. in the course of an arrest being made the arrested individual sustained injuries. >> thank god martese is able to stand here today. [ applause ] >> reporter: overnight, about 1,000 students gathered on uvas campus demanding justice for johnson. in a protest that was mostly peaceful with a few isolated incidents. >> yo, get out of the street! >> repo...

Virginia. the incident involves 20-year-old martese johnson, a third year student at the university of virginia. blood coming from a gash in his forehead you can see during an arrest outside a pub near campus. his head injury required ten stitches. virginias alcohol control agents say that johnson is charged with public intoxication and obstruction of justice. some of the incident was captured on cell phone video. take a look here. >> i go to uva! i go to uva! [ bleep ]. >> [ bleep ] racist. how...

Stitches in his head. it led to 1,000 students gathering in protest on the campus overnight. with more on the developments around this story, heres nbcs willie geist. >> hes bleeding! his head is bleeding! >> his head is bleeding! >> reporter: this video obtained by student newspaper "the cavalier daily" shows officers with the alcohol beverage control arresting university of virginia student martese johnson outside an irish pub early wednesday morning. >> i go to uva. i go to uva. >> reporter: ...

Or not intoxicated and doing anything to provoke the officers to cause him to have ten stitches or was he not? after the investigation concludes well see whether the use of force was proper, appropriate or excessive. >> couple things to put in here, as well. the charges hes facing are intoxication and profanity and obstruction without force and im paraphrasing what they are. different verbiage in the code in virginia. but dr. martin also said that he didnt believe that martese was legally drunk....

Not present a fake id. of course, this is another gap of information. from what really happened. we know they approached and tried to arrest and then we see this information at the end of the day. he was charged and we have the booking information now. obstruction of justice without force, which is interesting, and public swearing and intoxication and went to the hospital to get 10 stitches and then hes released. >> the one thing we do know. theres a lot of information to come out about the circ...

Investigation is under way to determine whether authorities used excessive force arresting a uva student. the altercation left the student bloodied and needing ten stitches in his head this. cell phone video obtained by the student newspaper shows him being arrested outside the bar. they said he was agitated and belligerent. hes charged with public swearing or intoxication and both virginias governor and the university president called for the investigation. the states alcohol control agency are...

But he ends up getting ten stitches hes released and here are the charges. we obtained this recently so the official charges are obstruction of justice without force, public swearing and intoxication and his hearing is a week from today. >> obstruction of justice without force. what does that mean? >> i dont know exactly what that means, but its definitely you know cop speak, but it does tell us that its without force, which raises questions. so why is he pinned to the ground? >> is he resisting...

Going on into their conduct. this as we are learning more and more about this investigation. here we can show you martice johnsons blood still on the sidewalk almost 48 hours after that incident occurred early wednesday morning. this is an incident the treatment of which -- martice johnsons treatment is being called brutal and animalistic by the black student alliance of the university. a disturbing scene on the sidewalk just a few feet from the university of virginia campus. martice johnson, a ...

Do you think and this is maybe a touchy position for you as a member of faculty at the university, do you think the university has reacted properly? do you think the university is doing enough? >> no, i think the university has reacted properly. i worked with president sullivan, i worked for president sullivan. ive been in communications with there. i was in a crisis management meeting with her this morning. i participated with students at the office of african-american affairs for a couple of h...