On the heels of indictments this week filed against two Prince George’s County police officers who allegedly beat a University of Maryland, College Park, student during a post-basketball game celebration in 2010, the student’s attorney is questioning why more officers haven’t been charged and said he plans to file a civil suit.

Prosecutors allege that Special Operations Division officers Reginald Baker and James Harrison assaulted student John McKenna of Kensington on March 3, 2010, during a celebration in College Park after the Maryland men’s basketball team defeated rival Duke University.

Video released after the incident shows McKenna being beaten by three officers.

Baker and Harrison have each been charged with first- and second-degree assault and misconduct in office, according to the indictments.

McKenna’s attorney, Terrell Roberts, whose office is in Riverdale, said Tuesday he and his client were gratified that charges had been brought against the two officers but didn’t know why the third officer had not been charged.

State’s Attorney Angela Alsobrooks, who announced the indictments Tuesday afternoon in Upper Marlboro, did not mention if charges would be brought against additional officers and declined to take questions after the announcement.

Roberts also said he did not know why charges had not been brought against a fourth officer who alleged in charging documents that McKenna and another student struck two park police officers and their horses statements that contradict what was shown in the video.

Charges against both students were dropped.

Attorney information for Baker and Harrison was not listed in District Court records.

“I take absolutely no pride in today’s announcement,” Alsobrooks said Tuesday. “But when there is evidence of potential wrongdoing by a police officer, it would never be appropriate for me to look the other way.”

Officers from the police department’s internal affairs division began investigating the incident almost immediately after it occurred, she said.

Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark Magaw said his department respects the grand jury indictments and is committed to professional and ethical policing.

“We continue to collaborate with [Alsobrooks] on this incident and on other matters impacting public safety,” Magaw said in a statement. “Maintaining the trust of our community is the focus of my administration.”

In a statement Tuesday, UM spokesman Millree Williams said “it is unfortunate that this situation occurred.

“It is now a matter for the criminal justice system to decide, and we will, of course, respect what the investigations and due process reveal.”

dleaderman@gazette.net