Update
- Officer Cpl. Eric Casebolt, the McKinney officer seen aggressively handcuffing and pulling a bikini- clad, 14 year-old by her hair, drawing his weapon and cursing at a group of black teens following a local pool party has resigned
- McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley told reporters at a news conference Tuesday that Casebolt’s actions were “indefensible.” “Our policies, our training, our practice do not support his actions,” Conley said.
- Hundreds of people rallied in McKinney, Texas, Monday after the viral video hit social media
via instagram.com @iammikelowe
A viral video caused social media to erupt over the weekend. The video shows a McKinney officer aggressively handcuffing and pulling a bikini- clad, 14 year-old by her hair, drawing his weapon and cursing at a group of black teens following a local pool party.
- Twelve police officers responded to a disturbance call on Friday night at a suburb in McKinney. The called stated that teens were fighting.
- Earlier in the day police released this statement:
“First responding officers encountered a large crowd that refused to comply with police commands. Nine additional units responded to the scene. Officers were eventually able to gain control of the situation,” police said.
- After the video made it way online and turned viral, individuals began to look deeper into the actions of the police officer and the alleged fight
- Below is the viral video of the police officer now identified as Eric Casebolt, a veteran police officer of 10 years in the city of McKinney
- Dajerria Becton, the teen who was aggressively pinned down in the video told Fox 4 Dallas “He grabbed me, twisted my arm on my back, and shoved me in the grass and started pulling the back of my braids,"Him getting fired is not enough."
- A video of the host of the pool part emerged explaining what led to the fight.
| | Tatiana said the police were called after a fight broke out between adults and youths at the pool after the adults made racist comments telling the black children to leave the area and return to “Section 8 [public] housing.” |
- Officer Eric Casebolt, seen in the video, has been placed on administrative leave pending the investigation
- Brandon Brooks, a white teenager who filmed the incident explains what happened before the incident and during
| | “I was one of the only white people in the area when that was happening. You can see in part of the video where he tells us to sit down, and he kinda like skips over me and tells all my African-American friends to go sit down.” |
This story is developing...
Written By: Lauren B. I @laurenbeal
RSS Feed
