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Wednesday, June 10, 2015
Texas Police Officer Resigns From Job After Suspension For Excessive Force Against Unarmed 14-Year-Old Black Girl At Pool Party (Video)
Texas police officer, David Eric Casebolt, who was suspended
for grabbing an unarmed 14-year-old black girl, flinging her to
the ground, pulling her hair, placing his knee in her back and
on her neck, then pushing her face into the grass, has resigned
from his post. This comes in the wake of widespread domestic and
international outrage over
his abusive treatment of the minor.
Casebolt was responding to a call
of overcrowding at a pool party in suburban McKinney, Texas. A
white witness stated he targeted the black teens at the party
and not the white kids, who were present. Casebolt also drew his gun at an underage
black boy for trying to stop
him from engaging in police brutality against the teenage girl.
