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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That’s a fantasy world. Police will always behave unprofessionally at times.
The answer to the problem of the ubiquitous phone camera [yes, you don’t even see the problem] is not to change the standards for police to an unaffordable and unattainable one but to adapt the same standard:
A history of several errors- not just of one.
Real police can meet that standard as they always have- and we can afford it.
The cop didn't take a shooting stance. Your bias is showing.
Fair enough. A single error should not be enough to sink an officer’s career, unless that mistake is particularly egregious. I happen to think this particular officer’s conduct in this particular incident—taken as a whole—was pretty egregious, and demonstrated an utter lack of professionalism and fitness for duty. You clearly disagree. It’s a moot point now, I guess, so I’m not sure there’s anything left to do other than agree to disagree.
At least stretch your mind enough to realize what we are disagreeing on.
You want to adapt an unrealistic (in the basic sense) standard because of the new technology of the cell phone.
I would keep the proven realistic standard.
I suppose that’s very modern of you.
Interestingly enough, I also found on Twitter that the girl who was taken down by police was also selling tickets for Tatiana’s next event.
That fact may serve to explain her extreme hostility towards the policeman who was ordering her to leave.
All about the Benjamins.
Oh that’s horrible!
Around here, at least (I can’t speak to any of the lib/”black lives matter”-type sites), supports the McKinney police officers — the 11 officers who responded to the scene, acted professionally, and worked very hard to de-escalate a tense situation. What I and others have a problem with is the 12th officer, who did precisely the opposite. Nothing you wrote changes that. Not one bit.
Obviously, you're an anarchist! /s
Besides that, the guy still charged the scene of the arrest and appeared to reach for something around his waist.
Or, he was pushed forward by his buddy, then pulled his pants up.
I guess when you are a chicken $hit, everything is threatening.
Also see :37-:57
Calm cop has his situation under control and rogue reignites.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=5f9_1433649879
Happened to me once. My '63 Chevy Impala was stolen. I reported it to a police station. Next day a friend who worked for the police department said he saw it towed into the police impound lot. He said it was intact, my mag wheels, tuck 'n roll interior and everything else looked good. So I go to the police station, inquire, and get a release slip. At the impound lot, the employees tell me I'll need a flatbed truck to tow it home, that it was stripped - engine parts, wheels, etc. gone.
I told them that I had proof it came in intact, had friends on the inside, and I would be back in several hours and my car better be good to go or the D.A. would hear about it. I came back late in the afternoon and my car was all together, mags and all. Some cops are corrupt (not all but a few are, as I discovered after working with the department for a couple decades).
Exactly.
But we get back to the fact that there were eleven other officers there, all of whom were almost certainly facing the same kind of teens that this one was facing, and none of them saw the need to draw their weapon or abuse suspects. So on, we don't have the same point of view as this officer had. But he fellow police officers did and their actions are further evidence that this one overreacted.
“Obviously, you’re an anarchist! /s “
Well, supporting good police work must make me either an anarchist or an anti-police troll. /s
You do NOT have the evidence to support your claim.
Again.
Go out and be a cop and see how long you would last.
A lot more than video is occurring here and cops must make split second decisions or become funeral applicants if they guess incorrectly.
They should ALWAYS respond to protect themselves first.
and I fervently hope you never make a jury pool as your mind appears predisposed to sentence someone without knowing all the facts.
It was a dynamic situation and perhaps could have been handled better, but he was in the midst of making an arrest. What I see is a cop not handling the situation perfectly, then feeling threatened, he draws his gun not knowing if those guys are part of it, he keeps his gun pointed down and then holsters it as soon as he realizes that the potential threat is gone.
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