Watch: Intense New Video Reveals What Happened Before Cops Arrived at Texas Pool Party [+videos]
Photo Credit: Western Journalism By Ashley Fantz, Holly Yan and Catherine E. Shoichet. Just days after a video that went viral online showed him yanking a 14-year-old bikini-clad girl to the ground and kneeling on her back, Eric Casebolt has resigned from his post as a corporal for the Police Department in McKinney, Texas.
[Here’s the original video that led to officer Casebolt’s resignation:]
The video posted to YouTube showing the police response to reports of fighting at a pool party sparked swift allegations of racism. Critics decried the white officer for cursing at several black teenagers, slamming the girl to the ground and unholstering his gun.
Protesters marched Monday over the incident in the Dallas suburb. Outraged parents demanded the officer’s firing.
At a press conference Tuesday announcing Casebolt’s resignation, the city’s police chief called his actions in the video indefensible.
“Our policies, our training, our practice, do not support his actions,” Police Chief Greg Conley said. “He came into the call out of control, and as the video shows, was out of control during the incident.” (Read more from this story regarding the police officer’s resignation following the Texas pool party incident HERE)
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New Video Shows What Happened Before Police Arrived
By James Beattie. A video has surfaced showing violence breaking out before police intervened at a McKinney, Texas, pool party Friday.
NBC News details what happened the night the event occurred:
Police were called to a disturbance on Friday night at a pool in McKinney. Police said several calls reported that teens were fighting, and Conley said officers encouraged a large crowd that refused to comply with police commands.
Twelve officers responded in all, the police chief said. Video of the encounter appears to show an officer wrestling the girl in the bikini to the ground and using his knees to pin her. The officer is also shown pointing his gun at the teens and cursing . . .
While the original video shows the officer acting in an unsympathetic manner, recently revealed footage shows a fight between a teenage girl and two adults:
When @Keef_Cakez beat that ass pic.twitter.com/EhB5mY2aus
— Miles (@k1dmars) June 6, 2015
One resident of the neighborhood where the infamous pool party took place said she supported the officer and his actions. (Read more from “Watch: Intense New Video Reveals What Happened Before Cops Arrived at Texas Pool Party” HERE)
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