The McKinney police officer who was recorded in the now-viral video pulling his weapon on a group of black teenagers and pushing a female to the ground has resigned from the force.
The Associated Press noted that McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley made the announcement during a press conference and called Officer Eric Casebolt’s actions “indefensible.”
"Our policies, our training, our practice, do not support his actions," Conley said. "He came into the call out of control, and as the video shows, was out of control during the incident."
As previously reported, Casebolt and several other police officers responded to calls about a disturbance at the Craig Ranch Community North Pool in a Dallas suburb last Friday. The video shows Casebolt cursing at the teens, throwing a girl in bikini to the ground and pulling his weapon on them.
The video sparked public outrage and prior to Casebolt’s resignation he had been placed on administrative leave while Internal Affairs conducted an investigation.
Casebolt, who is white, has been accused of using excessive force against African Americans in the past. A lawsuit filed in 2007 by a black man claiming that he was forcibly searched and had his head slammed on the hood of a car named Casebolt and other officers. That suit was dismissed in 2009.
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