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Embattled McKinney police officer resigns following pool party video
Washington Post ^ | June 9, 2015 | Peter Holley and Elahe Izadi

Posted on 06/09/2015 4:14:16 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative

The Texas police officer at the center of a controversial video that showed him forcefully handcuffing and drawing his gun on a group of black teenagers at a pool party last weekend has resigned, the city’s police chief announced Tuesday.

McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley called Cpl. Eric Casebolt’s actions “indefensible” and noted that the officer, who was under investigation, “resigned on his own will.”

“As the video shows, he was out of control during the incident,” Conley said, “I had 12 officers on the scene and 11 of them performed according to their training.”

He said the internal investigation into Casebolt’s actions is now over.

“I do not condone the actions of those individuals who violated the rules of the community and showed disrespect to the security personnel on the scene and officers,” he added.

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To: Conscience of a Conservative
About this police chief:

Everywhere that authorities agreed with those looking to cause trouble, there has been major chaos. The protest organizers took those signs of weakness, and exploited it to the point of burning cities down.

What is this police chief thinking, not defending his officer? This is the best TEXAS can do? Does he want his town to be the next Ferguson or Baltimore?

21 posted on 06/09/2015 4:34:17 PM PDT by grania
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To: gaijin

Who threw him overboard? He resigned.


22 posted on 06/09/2015 4:34:21 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

ain’t no world outside ...


23 posted on 06/09/2015 4:35:29 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... It causes liberal heads to explode!)
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To: Jonty30

“2. No other officer, at least until this point in time, was in a situation where they were being targeted by multiple individuals simultaneously.”

I was referring to his conduct BEFORE the arrest. The other officers are seen standing around, talking to people, trying to calm the situation. This guy was running around, screaming at people, ordering them to get on the floor, etc. Generally escalating the situation.


24 posted on 06/09/2015 4:35:36 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Fair enough.


25 posted on 06/09/2015 4:37:37 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: gaijin
I hate cops

Mom was a Cop. I Hate Mom!

26 posted on 06/09/2015 4:38:09 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... It causes liberal heads to explode!)
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To: ansel12
LOL, if that still taken from the video is a shooting stance, it sure is different than mine, there are a lot of stances as young bodies move around in a video.

But the still image captured and posted on the Conservative Treehouse was CLEARLY captioned "assumes shooting stance." So, obviously, the guy assumed a shooting stance.

27 posted on 06/09/2015 4:38:13 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

Mom was a ‘gambler’ and ate at ‘buffets’


28 posted on 06/09/2015 4:40:07 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... It causes liberal heads to explode!)
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To: ansel12

Officially he resigned.

Eh...with such a politically charged situation, I would wager he was under a very lot of pressure to “resign”.

There is an expansive grey fire/resign area, even for routine cases in which a person stops working some entity.

I don’t have first-hand knowledge of this case, but I am suspicious.


29 posted on 06/09/2015 4:45:01 PM PDT by gaijin
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To: gaijin

truly understand ‘suspicions’ truly I do ...


30 posted on 06/09/2015 4:46:40 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (Do what is Right ... It causes liberal heads to explode!)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
“I had 12 officers on the scene and 11 of them performed according to their training.”

According to training? Like letting the first guy go in, take the major shit, and then go in with force of numbers?

31 posted on 06/09/2015 4:46:48 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

The `piece a chaleef’ sounds like a political weenie. But I repeat myself ...


32 posted on 06/09/2015 4:50:35 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: WilliamofCarmichael

“According to training? Like letting the first guy go in, take the major shit, and then go in with force of numbers?”

Casebolt arrived at the scene WITH two other officers. Have they resigned? Are they being criticized?

No. Because they handled themselves with professionalism and composure.


33 posted on 06/09/2015 4:52:05 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: Blue Jays
I envision more emboldened lawbreakers this summer.

Don't doubt it. The political climate has been set at the top through various campaigns, Ferguson, Baltimore. Also, police will step back. Unless directly witnessing major felonies, why get involved when youths behave badly? Its just not worth it.

34 posted on 06/09/2015 4:52:39 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
McKinney resident video
35 posted on 06/09/2015 4:52:45 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: gaijin

He wasn’t under pressure, he is a cop, and he resigned quickly, it could be that he sees himself as I see him, too emotional and Barney Fife like, for street work.

While everyone else was doing their job, he managed to turn this into a fiasco, he was obviously in over his head, and overwhelmed.


36 posted on 06/09/2015 4:53:17 PM PDT by ansel12
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
"I had 12 officers on the scene and 11 of them performed according to their training.”

I wonder how those eleven will react. Do they have the courage to back a fellow officer?

Or can they explain why they refuse to back him? Is the Chief right?

37 posted on 06/09/2015 4:58:05 PM PDT by WilliamofCarmichael (If modern America's Man on Horseback is out there, Get on the damn horse already!)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative

The cop was screwed on this one. Right after he has to shove two aggressive women away,he has two guys dart behind him. Good for the cop on not killing a few.


38 posted on 06/09/2015 4:58:27 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Video surfaces of ‘not so innocent’ pool party before cops showed up in Texas
39 posted on 06/09/2015 4:59:50 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: gaijin
Eh...with such a politically charged situation, I would wager he was under a very lot of pressure to “resign”.

I don't know about "pressure," but I do know that the department was conducting an internal investigation into the incident, and now that he has resigned, that investigation has been terminated. My guess is that he figured it would be better to resign now and halt that investigation, rather than take his chances of being fired following the internal investigation (if he was ultimately found at fault). Better for his future employment prospects, at least.

40 posted on 06/09/2015 5:00:10 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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