Texas Patrol Supervisor Eric Casebolthas been suspended after video posted online showed him breaking up a pool party by drawing his gun
On Friday, units from the McKinney police department were called to a pool party, at Craig Ranch North Community Pool in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, over reports of a fight. Police said the incident involved,
Multiple juveniles at the location, who do not live in the area or have permission to be there, refusing to leave.”
On Sunday, McKinney police chief Greg Conley spoke to reporters about what followed.
“Several concerns about the conduct of one of the officers at the scene have been raised,” local ABC affiliate WFAA8 reported him as saying. “The McKinney police department is committed to treating all persons fairly under the law. We are committed to preserving the peace and safety of our community for all our citizens.”
Conley did not name the officer in question, who was not named when his suspension was announced.
According to WFAA8, Conley added:
A 14-year-old female was temporarily detained by one of the officers. She was ultimately released to her parents.”
The video of the incident posted to YouTube on Saturday showing one officer sprinting past the camera, falling and losing his flashlight, then running again.
Teenagers are seen returning the flashlight to another officer, who responds politely, before the first officer returns and shouts:
On the ground! I told you to stay! Get your asses on the ground. I told you to stay!”
He then forces a group of bystanders to leave. One, a girl, does not comply and the officer wrestles her to the ground. When other teenagers surround him he draws his gun. Two other officers move to restrain him, and the officer re-holsters the weapon. He then slams the girl back to the ground, shouting: “On your face!”
The officer then sits on the girl to keep her subdued, a voice from the footage of the incident, says the officer pulled a gun on the girl.
As seen above this could of all easily been avoided. Why must the very authority figures that are supposed to maintain the peace, make matters worst by being excessively aggressive?
-Infinite Wiz (@InfiniteWiz)
