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Title: McKinney chief: Eric Casebolt was 'out of control'
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URL Source: http://www.wfaa.com/story/news/loca ... signs-from-the-force/28760035/
Published: Jun 9, 2015
Author: Rebecca Lopez
Post Date: 2015-06-09 19:15:24 by nolu chan
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Views: 18173
Comments: 89
McKinney chief: Eric Casebolt was 'out of control' Rebecca Lopez McKINNEY — The McKinney police officer whose actions at a pool party disturbance last Friday went viral in a YouTube video resigned from the force on Tuesday. "The actions of Eric Casebolt are indefensible," police Chief Greg Conley told reporters at a news conference late Tuesday afternoon, saying the officer was "out of control during the incident." "I had 12 officers on the scene, and 11 of them performed according to their training," Conley added. Casebolt's resignation was confirmed about one hour earlier by attorney Jane Bishkin, who told WFAA that the decision was made after a meeting with the department's internal affairs unit to review possible charges her client could face. Casebolt, a 10-year veteran of the McKinney Police Department, was placed on administrative leave Sunday after a 7-minute video of the incident at a Craig Ranch community pool gained traction on the Internet. That clip has now been viewed almost 9.5 million times. The footage shows Cpl. Casebolt, who is white, aggressively responding to the disturbance call, using profane language with black teenagers, unholstering his service weapon and pointing it toward the unarmed teens, and restraining a 15-year-old girl in a swimsuit by forcing her to the ground and placing his knee on her back. Casebolt has not made any public statements since Friday's incident. His lawyer said he has been in hiding with his wife and family at an undisclosed location after they allegedly received death threats. Chief Conley said he was encouraged by community support in the wake of what happened. "McKinney is a wonderful city," he said. "It is a great place in which to live, work and visit. We are committed to keeping it that way." Casebolt's attorney said she would have more to say about why her client resigned at a news conference on Wednesday afternoon.
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I'm glad they arrested the punk and charged him. You can't allow people to interfere with police making an arrest. You don't challenge a cop on the street that way. "Comforting the girl", my ass. Since when does the public have a right to "comfort" people being arrested? And the punk was dancing around trashtalking the cop, not talking to the girl.
Was the punk charged, or did the Chief drop the charge?
AFAIK, the girl had her charges dropped but the punk was arraigned on interfering with police and flight to avoid arrest. Hopefully, he'll spend the summer in jail. These mobs are out of control in many places in the country. Letting this kid get away with it sends a bad message. I'm seeing a piece on this right now on FNC.
Thanks, I read somewhere that the charges had been dropped against the punk who did the “rooster dance” circling around to the cop like he was engaging in a cock fight. I assumed that was correct and didn’t bother to check it. I am glad to see that he is being charged. I am still not sure the bikini girl was being placed under arrest when the cop laid hands on her off camera and pulled her back on camera. Consequently, I have not formed an opinion on the action by the cop because I don’t know what went, on or what was said, while they were off camera. I don’t know what his intent, or objective, was when he approached the bikini girl for the third time, this time off camera. Therefore, I am left with an “if” situation. If he were placing the bikini girl under arrest and had informed her of that, then I have no problem with the way the cop forcibly handled her because she was resisting arrest. On the other hand, if he were simply trying to control her and have her sit on the ground….then he may I have overreacted. I say may because I studied the video a number of times and I pretty much came to the conclusion that she caused the first fall on the grass as she pulled away from the cop. And it looks like a toss up on who was the “puller” or the “pullee” the second time when she went down on the sidewalk. She was definitely pulling away from him and he was pulling back. I don’t know what action should be (or have been) taken against the cop, if any. I do know that the chief said he had an intensive investigation going on that would be completed before the weekend. It would be easy for me to form an opinion should I have access to all that information. I saw the initial news conference held by the chief, and I could easily determine after his opening remark that he was going to throw the cop under the bus. He did. I would not be surprised to learn of a “cop slow down” in McKinney. I agree with you. The young adults are now empowered by Ferguson and Baltimore. There will be more, perhaps many, challenges to the police forthcoming. And each will make major headlines, which will in turn empower more young adults to combat the police.
From another article: "Apparently, the pool was hosting an end-of-the-school- year party for teenagers in the subdivision, when dozens of uninvited guests showed up. The pool is semi- private as it is only open to residents of the subdivision and guests." "But the event was promoted on Twitter and apparently non-residents began crashing the party by climbing the fence. When asked to leave by residents and pool management, they refused. They also refused to refrain from smoking pot and drinking." “This was a Twitter party that turned into a mob event. Jumping pool fence. Assaulting 2 security guards, attacking a mother with three little girls. The video doesn’t show everything.” He continued saying the kids were drinking and “smoking weed” and they would not listen to any of the adults around the pool." Gestner wrapped up his post alleging that these same kids came back into the neighborhood Saturday night. They were “kicking in people’s front door, stole a truck and crashed it into many vehicles. They vandalized dozens of cars and were stealing things.” This wasn't simply a bunch of "rowdy" teens. The cops were called into a fairly nasty situation.
I saw the video of the two women fighting, one definitly was not a "teen." It was this fight that prompted a resident to call the police. So the cops responding to the information were already "pumped" to get into the middle of melees or fights. That is why the cop was obviously running at the beginning of the video....he thought he was goint to break up a fight. The more I read these articles and study the situation, the less respect I have for the police chief and mayor based on actions and statements. Furthermore,when Deckard is not condemning them....the more I have proof positive the cops were right.
"15 year old Tatyana Rhodes and her mother Lashawna ... Both ladies are residents of ‘Craig Ranch,’ a community with McKinney, Texas that has a public pool open to residents." "The party was advertised on social media ... some of the neighbors did not agree with the party and some of its guests, who are not residents of the community, but rather, friends of Tatyana’s." OK. What about these two idiots, inviting non-residents to the pool? Why aren't they liable for the situation THEY caused?
If they have the one-time $15 pool pass, they can bring two guests to the pool with them. I think it is two guests per household, not per housing resident. So they would be entitled to two guests total, not four. Apparently, the verbal altercation that started this whole mess did occur with multiple persons inside the pool area. The actual advertised party was across a walkway or street from the poolhouse, as I understand the situation. The party itself was never a pool party at all. But it was near the fenced pool area. You would think that with all the hoopla on these stories, we'd get better physical descriptions of the exact locations of the party and the poolhouse fenced area. As we saw in the Zimmerman case where it took months before media sources produced aerial maps of the condos and the street layout and the route of Z and Trayvon, the media does a poor job of explaining the most fundamental facts of a case and exactly what had happened and where that led to a conflict with police. This has been true with Ferguson and Baltimore coverage too. The quality of reporting seems to be hitting an all-time low. These reporters seem to mostly sit on their asses, tweeting each other all day instead of doing any investigative reporting on major stories.
Maybe not. It was advertised as a cookout with a DJ (who never showed). But the tweet certainly gave the impression it was a pool party with the picture:
Again, information is all over the place on this. He did show, according to a couple of articles. He was on the public proerty next to the pool and the homeowners who were int he pool area and in their homes around the pool area were complainint about the extremely loud "F-Bombs" int he music he was playing. I "think" the daughter made the arrangement for him to show.
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#3. To: nolu chan (#1)
#4. To: TooConservative (#3)
I'm glad they arrested the punk and charged him.
#5. To: Gatlin (#4)
#6. To: TooConservative, GrandIsland, misterwhite (#5)
#7. To: Gatlin (#6)
#8. To: misterwhite (#7)
(Edited)
This wasn't simply a bunch of "rowdy" teens. The cops were called into a fairly nasty situation.
#9. To: Gatlin (#8)
#13. To: misterwhite, Gatlin, GrandIsland (#9)
OK. What about these two idiots, inviting non-residents to the pool? Why aren't they liable for the situation THEY caused?
#16. To: TooConservative (#13)
"The party itself was never a pool party at all."
#27. To: misterwhite, TooConservative (#16)
It was advertised as a cookout with a DJ (who never showed).
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