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Texas Police Officer Resigns over Pool Party Incident

HeadlineJun 10, 2015

A Texas police officer caught on video aggressively confronting African-American teens at a pool party has resigned. Widely viewed footage shows
Eric Casebolt wrestling an African-American teenage girl in a bikini to the ground, pulling her hair and sitting on top of her. Casebolt also pulled his gun on other teens. On Tuesday, McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley apologized for Casebolt’s actions and said he had stepped down.

McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley: “Eric Casebolt has resigned from the McKinney Police Department. As the chief of police, I want to say to our community that the actions of Casebolt, as seen on the video of the disturbance at the community pool, are indefensible. Our policies, our training, our practice, do not support his actions. He came into the call out of control and, as the video shows, was out of control during the incident.”

The incident remains under police investigation, meaning Casebolt could still face charges.

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