Officer caught on video in Texas pool party incident resigns

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Officer caught on video in Texas pool party incident resigns
DAVID WARREN, Associated Press
TERRY WALLACE, Associated Press

MCKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The white police officer who was recorded on video pushing a black girl to the ground at a Texas pool party resigned from the police force Tuesday.

Officer David Eric Casebolt resigned from the McKinney Police Department after almost 10 years on the force, said his attorney, Jane Bishkin of Dallas.

Police Chief Greg Conley confirmed the resignation at a news conference later Tuesday, saying Casebolt had not been pressured.

A video recorded by another teenager and posted online showed Casebolt pushing a bikini-clad black girl to the ground on Friday and brandishing his gun at other black teens after he and other officers responded to complaints about the pool party at a community-owned McKinney swimming pool. The 41-year-old former Texas state trooper was put on administrative leave after the incident.

Conley said a review of the incident video showed Casebolt's actions were "indefensible," and that "our policies, our training and our practices do not support his actions."

In all, 12 officers responded to the report of fights and a disturbance at the pool party at the Craig Ranch North Community Pool in an affluent area of western McKinney. "Eleven of them performed according to their training," Conley said. Casebolt did not, he said.

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Despite Casebolt's resignation, his actions remain under investigation and no decision has been made as to whether charges will be filed against him, Conley said. Charges of interfering with an officer and evading arrest against the only man arrested during Friday's incident have been dropped, Conley said. Everyone else was released.

Bishkin declined to say where Casebolt is now and said the officer had received death threats. The attorney said she would release more information at a news conference Wednesday.

The incident has prompted criticism of the affluent suburb of McKinney north of Dallas, which is among the nation's fastest growing cities, has highly regarded public schools and was ranked by one publication as America's best place to live.

People who demonstrated this week at a McKinney school compared the city to Baltimore and Ferguson, Missouri, where use of force by police triggered widespread protests and violence.

The NAACP is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to review the procedures of the McKinney police force, stopping short of asking for a formal investigation. A review of department policies is needed to ensure officers are responding appropriately to calls involving minorities, the local NAACP chapter said.

Casebolt had been accused of excessive force in a 2007 arrest as part of a federal lawsuit that named him along with other officers. The officers arrested Albert Brown Jr., who authorities said was found with crack cocaine during a traffic stop. Brown, who is black, accused the officers of forcibly searching him after pulling down his pants and slamming his head against a car hood. A defense attorney denied Brown's accusations. The lawsuit was dismissed in 2009.

The city of McKinney also has been the target of lawsuits accusing it of racial segregation in public housing.

A lawsuit in 2008 accused the McKinney Housing Authority of restricting federally subsidized public housing for low-income families to older neighborhoods east of U.S. 75. The lawsuit said that in the Dallas area, 85 percent of those receiving so-called "Section 8" housing vouchers are African Americans.

In 2007, 2,057 of the 2,485 housing units run by landlords willing to accept federal rent subsidy vouchers were on the east side. The lawsuit was settled in 2012 with a consent decree, which is an agreement to take specific actions without admitting guilt.

A message left with the housing authority seeking comment wasn't returned Tuesday.

The scrutiny contrasts with McKinney's high ranking for its quality of life. A Time Inc. publication last year said the city was the best place to live in America, with a median family income in excess of $96,000 and job growth projected at 13 percent. Crime is comparatively low and like other metropolitan suburbs in Texas, McKinney has seen unprecedented expansion. Its population has tripled in the last 15 years to approximately 155,000. About 75 percent of residents are white while nearly 11 percent are black.
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Wallace reported from Dallas. Associated Press video journalist Jill Craig in McKinney and Juan A. Lozano in Houston also contributed to this report.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-06-10

[Publicus]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

[alfalfa19]

Social media and the fact that almost everybody nowadays is carrying a video camera (cell phone) is starting to make some of these oafs accountable for their actions. This is not new or isolated behavior, this has been going on for many decades. It's just beginning to be exposed to the light of day now.

[Just1Voice]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

"....obviously well mannered kids..."

OBVIOUSLY you didn't read all the reports, which CLEARLY stated that the overwhelming majority of those kids were NOT invited, but had climbed over a fence to "join the fun", and that fights had broken out.

Please try to get your facts straight the next time you set your fingers to keyboard so that you don't show your ignorance to everyone.

[thaibeachlovers]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

Referring to your related post on the other thread, please stop telling untruths. The cop did not pull his gun on the out of control hoodlum girl, he pulled it on two boys that were harrassing him. Those kids were not well mannered at all, as several calls were made to 911 to report the out of control little thugs that were invading the party to which they were not invited.

One of these days all you anti cops are going to get your wish and the cops won't bother to turn up when you are in trouble with criminal thugs. Seeing that already in Baltimore with a huge increase in murders because the police won't work proactively any more.

Be careful what you wish for.

[thaibeachlovers]

The scrutiny contrasts with McKinney's high ranking for its quality of life. A Time Inc. publication last year said the city was the best place to live in America, with a median family income in excess of $96,000 and job growth projected at 13 percent. Crime is comparatively low and like other metropolitan suburbs in Texas, McKinney has seen unprecedented expansion. Its population has tripled in the last 15 years to approximately 155,000. About 75 percent of residents are white while nearly 11 percent are black.

Perhaps I'm a bit slow, but it seems that certain people want to put social housing in to that area which will result in that area becoming just as bad as the low socio economic areas. Is that a good thing?

[Seastallion]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

So, the power-hungry, navy seal wannabe has resigned, (an admission of his abominable behaviour), and his boss says his conduct was entirely unprofessional, and yet some members here maintain that he acted appropriately.

Anyway, it's a good ending to a bad situation. Perhaps he can get a job as a security guard; He can get officious and order people around there....maybe even carry a gun.

[thaibeachlovers]

Social media and the fact that almost everybody nowadays is carrying a video camera (cell phone) is starting to make some of these oafs accountable for their actions. This is not new or isolated behavior, this has been going on for many decades. It's just beginning to be exposed to the light of day now.

Once all cops have to carry body cams, people will realise just what thugs the cops have to deal with all the time.

[Seastallion]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

Referring to your related post on the other thread, please stop telling untruths. The cop did not pull his gun on the out of control hoodlum girl, he pulled it on two boys that were harrassing him. Those kids were not well mannered at all, as several calls were made to 911 to report the out of control little thugs that were invading the party to which they were not invited.

One of these days all you anti cops are going to get your wish and the cops won't bother to turn up when you are in trouble with criminal thugs. Seeing that already in Baltimore with a huge increase in murders because the police won't work proactively any more.

Be careful what you wish for.

Please get YOUR facts right.

Martin, the boy arrested and the one whom had the gun pulled on him WAS an invitee to the party, as was the girl, who was in no way an "out of control hoodlum". She only started having hysterics after she had been wrongfully man-handled by the Rambo-wannabe racist cop.

The boys were not harrassing (sic) in any way.

Just a question to all those that support this now ex-cop; What would you feel if your daughter was wrongfully smashed to the ground by a crazy guy? His badge does not give him rights to bash people because he doesn't like them.

What I wish for? I wish for law-abiding cops with more than half a brain and less TV cop aspiration.

[Seastallion]

Social media and the fact that almost everybody nowadays is carrying a video camera (cell phone) is starting to make some of these oafs accountable for their actions. This is not new or isolated behavior, this has been going on for many decades. It's just beginning to be exposed to the light of day now.

Once all cops have to carry body cams, people will realise just what thugs the cops have to deal with all the time.

True. And also what thugs police themselves can be.

[thaibeachlovers]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

Referring to your related post on the other thread, please stop telling untruths. The cop did not pull his gun on the out of control hoodlum girl, he pulled it on two boys that were harrassing him. Those kids were not well mannered at all, as several calls were made to 911 to report the out of control little thugs that were invading the party to which they were not invited.

One of these days all you anti cops are going to get your wish and the cops won't bother to turn up when you are in trouble with criminal thugs. Seeing that already in Baltimore with a huge increase in murders because the police won't work proactively any more.

Be careful what you wish for.

Please get YOUR facts right.

Martin, the boy arrested and the one whom had the gun pulled on him WAS an invitee to the party, as was the girl, who was in no way an "out of control hoodlum". She only started having hysterics after she had been wrongfully man-handled by the Rambo-wannabe racist cop.

The boys were not harrassing (sic) in any way.

Just a question to all those that support this now ex-cop; What would you feel if your daughter was wrongfully smashed to the ground by a crazy guy? His badge does not give him rights to bash people because he doesn't like them.

What I wish for? I wish for law-abiding cops with more than half a brain and less TV cop aspiration.

We must have watched a different VDO. On the one I saw an out of control hoodlum that refused to follow police orders and quite rightly got wrestled to the ground by the cop. No way he "smashed" her- you are making that up. At no point did he hit her.

If my daughter had refused to follow police orders and got man handled as a consequence, I'd have been shaking the cops hand and giving her a severe punishment. I don't believe in spoiling children by indulgence.

As for "Martin" and the other, being an invitee does not excuse behaving like louts.

[Publicus]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

"....obviously well mannered kids..."

OBVIOUSLY you didn't read all the reports, which CLEARLY stated that the overwhelming majority of those kids were NOT invited, but had climbed over a fence to "join the fun", and that fights had broken out.

Please try to get your facts straight the next time you set your fingers to keyboard so that you don't show your ignorance to everyone.

Vague, sweeping, unsupported assertions along with a personally pointed remark.

There was a local group of black kids with passes and invitations and there was a second group that entered the scene uninvited. Trouble began when the whites there wrongly and wrongfully considered the two black groups to be a one and the same group of black kids.

The flying cop did nothing to identify this problem, to resolve it, or to address it at all. He simply started rounding up black kids to include handcuffing some of 'em. Consequently, the Lone Ranger Cop is no more.

While the flying right wing is still looking for its non-existent riot, the cop is the story and the now resigned cop is the whole story,

Facts matter.

[Baerboxer]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

So, the power-hungry, navy seal wannabe has resigned, (an admission of his abominable behaviour), and his boss says his conduct was entirely unprofessional, and yet some members here maintain that he acted appropriately.

Anyway, it's a good ending to a bad situation. Perhaps he can get a job as a security guard; He can get officious and order people around there....maybe even carry a gun.

The police chief also noted that the 11 other officers who attended behaved correctly and were not out of control. You can clearly see one officer on the video dealing calmly and professionally with things till the corporal rushes across, yelling and stirring things up and making matters worse.

The guy lost it. No idea if he's racist, anti-teenagers, depressive, an row with the wife or whatever. But he lost it that day, and displayed behavior which suggests resigning is probably the right decision. He needs professional help.

[mike324]

The cops actions were extreme, but the girl did not obey the cops orders. He should have handled her better still. I can see why he pulled out his gun, he was being surrounded and who knows if the others kids will start ganging up on him and maybe hit him. They did not back up when he asked them to as he felt threatened. There is no easy way to handle a situation like that.

[Publicus]

The cops actions were extreme, but the girl did not obey the cops orders. He should have handled her better still. I can see why he pulled out his gun, he was being surrounded and who knows if the others kids will start ganging up on him and maybe hit him. They did not back up when he asked them to as he felt threatened. There is no easy way to handle a situation like that.

Best way to handle a situation like that is not to cause it.

This airborne hit the ground running cop is a one man riot.

The cop is the story here. The cop created the story, is the central character to it, had almost all the speaking parts, had almost all of the action parts, he got the girl in his own strange and bizarre ways, showed everyone his firearm, the works.

It was a one man show and it is the story of the one guy, a cop gone berzerk.

I suspect he's not the only one in the country either.

Edited June 10, 2015 by Publicus

[Just1Voice]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

"....obviously well mannered kids..."

OBVIOUSLY you didn't read all the reports, which CLEARLY stated that the overwhelming majority of those kids were NOT invited, but had climbed over a fence to "join the fun", and that fights had broken out.

Please try to get your facts straight the next time you set your fingers to keyboard so that you don't show your ignorance to everyone.

Vague, sweeping, unsupported assertions along with a personally pointed remark.

There was a local group of black kids with passes and invitations and there was a second group that entered the scene uninvited. Trouble began when the whites there wrongly and wrongfully considered the two black groups to be a one and the same group of black kids.

The flying cop did nothing to identify this problem, to resolve it, or to address it at all. He simply started rounding up black kids to include handcuffing some of 'em. Consequently, the Lone Ranger Cop is no more.

While the flying right wing is still looking for its non-existent riot, the cop is the story and the now resigned cop is the whole story,

Facts matter.

You're right, facts do matter. Unfortunately, you're missing a few. You're correct in your "fact" that there were two groups of blacks; the invited and the uninvited. But the cops didn't just show up and start busting heads. There were more than a few 911 calls made when fights between invited and uninvited broke out. So, you're a cop, a 911 call comes in, you arrive on the scene, and then you're gonna ask: "Ok, who was invited, and who wasn't?" I hardly think so. You're going to react to the situation - numerous kids fighting, even adults getting involved. There's no time for questions, only time for action. Some who were there at the time, said the girl the cop took down was being belligerent and defiant, refusing to obey the cop. Half my friend back in the states were City and County cops, and the LAST thing you want to do is give them any shit, or you will suffer the consequences. Did this cop get out of line. Perhaps he did. I wasn't there, so I don't know. But I do know that a cop arriving on the scene, seeing people fighting, isn't just going to stand there and ask questions. He's going to act and react. Period.

[Just1Voice]

The cops actions were extreme, but the girl did not obey the cops orders. He should have handled her better still. I can see why he pulled out his gun, he was being surrounded and who knows if the others kids will start ganging up on him and maybe hit him. They did not back up when he asked them to as he felt threatened. There is no easy way to handle a situation like that.

Best way to handle a situation like that is not to cause it.

This airborne hit the ground running cop is a one man riot.

The cop is the story here. The cop created the story, is the central character to it, had almost all the speaking parts, had almost all of the action parts, he got the girl in his own strange and bizarre ways, showed everyone his firearm, the works.

It was a one man show and it is the story of the one guy, a cop gone berzerk.

You miss the parts where the girl was being belligerent and defiant, refusing to do what the cop told her?

You miss the parts where a group of blacks began threatening the cop?

Or do you just "cherry pick" the parts you want?

[rijb]

The worse person to be a policeman is the person who wants to be a policeman, for the wrong reasons. They're in it for the power and the power goes to their head.

Kind of like some generals...

[Publicus]

Those who can't find a riot because there was no riot have decided to try to create one.

A berzerk cop is the story here, the whole of it, all of it.

Everyone agrees the 11 other cops on the scene did a "good job" and were responsible.

There was a one man show which has since been closed down for good.

I just wonder how many more cops there are same as this one who would indeed need professional counseling.

[NeverSure]

The scrutiny contrasts with McKinney's high ranking for its quality of life. A Time Inc. publication last year said the city was the best place to live in America, with a median family income in excess of $96,000 and job growth projected at 13 percent. Crime is comparatively low and like other metropolitan suburbs in Texas, McKinney has seen unprecedented expansion. Its population has tripled in the last 15 years to approximately 155,000. About 75 percent of residents are white while nearly 11 percent are black.

Perhaps I'm a bit slow, but it seems that certain people want to put social housing in to that area which will result in that area becoming just as bad as the low socio economic areas. Is that a good thing?

There is a school of thought that says that if all of the low income housing is grouped together the area becomes a slum. Some jurisdictions are trying to mix them in with other new neighborhoods. I'll stop there because each will have is own opinion as to whether low income areas become slums and if they do, why.

It was apparently mentioned that these kids or some of them came from Section 8 housing. Whether that was just a slur or true I don't know. Whether the kids were bad kids I don't know. I'd love to see a tape of the ten minutes before the cops got there to see how the kids were acting. What I gather is that there were too many kids for the bylaws in the neighborhood and owners wanted them to go. I don't see climbing over a wall in itself more than stupid kid stuff lacking anything else and at most it's misdemeanor trespassing or a similar petty crime.

Edited June 10, 2015 by NeverSure

[mick01827]

Resigned my arse.......he's been pushed because the powers above are worried about more problems with the 'black community', slightest thing and black people think it's ok to riot, if a white person gets roughed up while being arrested by police do you see a group of whites burning buildings or rioting......NO! Get a grip and stop playing the race card every time!

[Publicus]

Resigned my arse.......he's been pushed because the powers above are worried about more problems with the 'black community', slightest thing and black people think it's ok to riot, if a white person gets roughed up while being arrested by police do you see a group of whites burning buildings or rioting......NO! Get a grip and stop playing the race card every time!

McKinney Texas had no riot. Not so much as a brawl.

Everyone agrees the other 11 cops at the peaceful scene did "a good job" and acted responsibly, as we saw unmistakable evidence of during the seven minute video.

The berzerk flying one man riot cop is gone from the police force and rightfully so.

I just have to consider it's likely there are more of the same kind of over stressed cops out there throughout the country.

Edited June 10, 2015 by Publicus

[NanLaew]

The cops actions were extreme, but the girl did not obey the cops orders. He should have handled her better still. I can see why he pulled out his gun, he was being surrounded and who knows if the others kids will start ganging up on him and maybe hit him. They did not back up when he asked them to as he felt threatened. There is no easy way to handle a situation like that.

Ah yes, the old "he felt threatened" excuse, better known as the Brelo Defense.

"A judge found Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo not guilty Saturday morning for the fatal shooting of two unarmed black victims fleeing police in their car. Brelo was part of an unauthorized 59-car police chase in which 137 shots were fired, leaving Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams dead. Protests were immediate in the wake of Judge John O’Donnell’s public announcement.

Investigators found that 13 officers had fired shots in what started as a routine police drug patrol. But Brelo, who fired 49 of those shots, was the only one charged because prosecutors said he stood on the hood of his car and opened fire even after other officers had stopped shooting. He faced charges of voluntary manslaughter.

The judge who acquitted Brelo reasoned, in part, that he could not determine beyond a reasonable doubt that Brelo had caused Russell and Williams’s deaths, because some of the dozen other officers who fired open the two victims could have also contributed to their deaths. Judge John O’Donnell also claimed that the officers’ actions were justified by a reasonable fear of death or bodily harm, despite the fact that Russell and Williams did not have a gun in their car."

Yes, after all the other cops had stopped firing, "He climbed onto the hood of the Malibu and shot 15 rounds into the windshield, striking Russell, who was driving, and Williams, who was in the passenger seat."

Seems to work in Cleveland.

And they aren't rushing out to buy body cams either so I hear.

Edited June 10, 2015 by NanLaew

[arend]

Obviously, a bad day for the guy. He was baited, lost it and over-reacted. True, he was trained to act professionally but something pushed him over the top, burn-out, bill collectors, wife wanting a divorce? who knows? But, given the climate and expectations, no excuse is acceptable. Maybe this was his wake-up call to move on. Teens bent on challenging authority is a tough scenario. You've got to be very calm and centered. He wasn't this day. On the other hand, maybe this was his MO (modus operandi) and was not fit to do this job....

[chuckd]

All of you liberals can relax.

The young bikini babe was lawyer'ed up within 24 hours.

The only question remaining is how much the city of McKinney is going to have to pay her.

[MaeJoMTB]

Some who were there at the time, said the girl the cop took down was being belligerent and defiant, refusing to obey the cop.

And yet the video shows a young girl in a bikini crying and begging to phone her mother, as she has been thrown out in the street, by the police, with all her clothes and belongings back at the pool.

Would you think it was OK for your 14 year old teenage girl to be forced to walk miles home wearing just a bikini?

[F430murci]

From the OP quoting the McKinney chief of police:

"He came into the call out of control and the video showed he was out of control during the incident," Conley said.

Everything about the cop with those obviously well mannered kids at a summertime pool party in McKinney Texas was unjustified. None of the kids were ever arrested or charged, and the only outlier one who had been arrested has been freed. The burned out cop and his provocations are gone, the peace has been restored, and this is a good example to the country.

This is where and why you lose all credibility. You refer to these kids as "obviously well mannered kids." If going to try and weigh on a subject in an unbiased manner or be credible, every once and in while you have to take your rose colored specs off and acknowledge facts that are contrary to your belief system.

According to the families living in that neighborhood, there were about 100 kids. Not all were acting like animals, but about 7 to 10 were from the very beginning. Then some stupid red neck white girl made the comment about Section 8 housing. That set a bunch of these so called well mannered kids off. Several groups of these well mannered kids then jumped a couple of white people and started beating them.

BTW, your little video posted on the other link showed the after math or break up of one of those skirmishes, but as is usual you and what you post leaves out the beginning or portions of the video that are country to your position. This is why you and these mother jones type of sites you link have no credibility.

The cop was definitely hyped up and full of adrenal. i completely get why he drew his weapon when those two black dudes approached him, one of which was exhibiting some bizarre body language jig type of moves. WTH was that?

Cop perhaps should not have done what he did to the bikini girl when she was just sitting on the ground, but again. He did not take anyone, use deadly force or hurt anyone. He subdued the situation and acted pretty much like one has to do when dealing with certain youth these days.

Cop's resignation perhaps is more about the current global situation and politics of this bs than about his actions.

[sdanielmcev]

Some who were there at the time, said the girl the cop took down was being belligerent and defiant, refusing to obey the cop.

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And yet the video shows a young girl in a bikini crying and begging to phone her mother, as she has been thrown out in the street, by the police, with all her clothes and belongings back at the pool.

Would you think it was OK for your 14 year old teenage girl to be forced to walk miles home wearing just a bikini? [/quoteIf she acted like the kid in the video, yes.

[chuckd]

Some who were there at the time, said the girl the cop took down was being belligerent and defiant, refusing to obey the cop.

And yet the video shows a young girl in a bikini crying and begging to phone her mother, as she has been thrown out in the street, by the police, with all her clothes and belongings back at the pool.

Would you think it was OK for your 14 year old teenage girl to be forced to walk miles home wearing just a bikini?

Would you think it was OK for your 14 year old teenage girl to be forced to walk miles home wearing just a bikini?

How could you possibly know this to be a fact?

Nowhere that I have seen has indicated how far it is from the swimming pool to her home, nor does anything I have seen indicate she might not have a change of clothing available.

I've been to McKinney. If she has to walk "miles" to get home, she lives in East Dallas.

[sdanielmcev]

@maejo. Yes. If she acted like that.

Ignore previous post.