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Title: Bikini-clad girl thrown to ground by McKinney officer speaks out
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Yahoo News
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Published: Jun 8, 2015
Author: Yahoo News By Dylan Stableford13 hours a
Post Date: 2015-06-08 21:44:01 by GrandIsland
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Views: 3301
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'I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad' The bikini-clad teenage girl who was forcibly restrained by a police officer responding to a disturbance at a pool party in a Dallas suburb over the weekend says she was an invited guest and was obeying his orders to leave when he grabbed her. "He told me to keep walking," Dajerria Becton, 15, told Fox 4. "And I kept walking and then I'm guessing he thought we were saying rude stuff to him." Becton was then thrown to the ground by Eric Casebolt, one of 12 McKinney Police Department officers who responded to the disturbance call at a private community pool Friday night. He grabbed me, twisted my arm on my back and shoved me in the grass and started pulling the back of my braids," Becton said. "I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad." In a video of the incident taken by a fellow teen and posted to YouTube, Casebolt, who is white, can be seen shouting obscenities and ordering some black teens to lie on the ground while telling others to disperse. He then pulls his gun on a pair of black teenagers who appear to be coming to Becton's aid. released to her parents. After the footage surfaced, Casebolt was placed on administrative leave. "This video has raised concerns that are being investigated," the McKinney Police Department said in a statement Sunday. "The McKinney Police Department is committed to treating all persons fairly under the law," McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley said at a press conference Sunday afternoon. "We are committed to preserving the peace and safety of our community for all of our citizens." Conley added: "As the chief of police, I am committed to a complete and thorough investigation into this incident." "I am disturbed and concerned by the incident and actions depicted in the video," McKinney Mayor Brian Loughmiller said in a separate statement. "Our expectation as a City Council is that our police department and other departments will act professionally and with appropriate restraint relative to the situation they are faced with." The video quickly sparked outrage on social media, as many drew comparisons to recent high- profile cases of police bias in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore.
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#1. To: All (#0)
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When I see a story that gives LE a black eye... I'll post it. No need for YELLA written stuff... there are enough bone head officers to not need YELLA.... I'm fair and balanced. Here is a well written story... Discussion time. Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
Cop Who Brutalized and Pulled Gun on Kids at a Pool Party was ‘Officer of the Year’
I think that is the purpose of this exercise. To stir the pot about a non-event. I heard about it earlier today and everyone has their opinions. I won't stir the pot too much. I won't be sucked into the media programming your minds.
Good Point, Fred.
I am not convinced LE gets a black eye. Let’s discuss it. There was some interesting information on this incident presented on Fox News - The Five this evening. I cannot find a transcript (maybe it will come later) and there is no video of the program posted. I will try from memory to relate what was said and shown. First Point: Look at the video beginning just before 3:00. The bikini girl is almost off camera on the right side. She did or said something that caused the cop to walk from the left and go all the way over to her. A video of a girl was right there and did not want her face to be identified was shown on The Five. The witness said the cop attempted to place the bikini girl’s arm behind her to cuff her. The bikini girl started pulling away and resisted the entire time the cop was trying to arrest her. The unidentified witness said everything probably would have been okay had the bikini girl not resisted the arrest and just let the cop cuff her. Second Point: Continue watching the video beginning at 3:00. The officer was being surrounded while he was trying to make an arrest. The guy in the blue baseball cap moved very aggressively towards the officer and kept coming ever closer to the officer, while screaming at the officer. Almost surrounded and threatened, the officer felt threatened and then drew his weapon. The aggressive guy quickly decided to retreat and leave the scene. He was chased by another cop arriving on scene. A witness said the bikini girl was always resisting arrest. Based on your experience, GI….what did the cop do wrong/right?
As Warner Wolf says: “Let’s go to the video."
One resident, Benet Embry, stated on Facebook: Another resident posted in Facebook: “This isn’t about race. This is about outside kids invading our neighborhood and had no respect for authority or the residents here. I have a target on my back now and I have been threatened by these punks that they are gonna shoot up my house when all I did was try to control the mob and actually tended to the girl and the boy that had a bloody lip.” “Y’all don’t know the whole story. I commend the officer for handling this situation.”
"After the incident, the trespassing teens came back into the neighborhood, where they allegedly kicked in people’s doors, stole a truck, and crashed it into many vehicles. They also vandalized dozens of cars and and stole things." "This is precisely the kind of violent behavior which is engendered when people grow up with no boundaries, believing endless liberal propaganda that they are entitled victims of a society which has done them wrong. Hopefully, the real aggrieved citizens who must live surrounded by this behavior will come to the realization that they need to change the dialogue in order to stamp out the growing cancer of violence in their midst."
McKinney Pool – Initial Fight
Mom, Daughter Who Hosted Texas Pool Party Explain What Happened Moments Before Cops Arrived:
Casebolt goes up to the group of girls, and warns them not to “keep standing there running your mouths,” and tells them to leave “now.” The video shows a 15-year-old black girl, Dajerria Becton, walking away with the group. She then stops and turns back towards Casebolt and it’s not clear if she says something to him. Casebolt charges after her and grabs her by the arm, dragging her to the ground.
Dajerria Becton, who was released to her parents without charges, spoke to the local Fox affiliate about the incident:
It has been reported that the officer was trying to arrest the girl. It also has been reported that the male who “cane close as he tried to arrest a black teen female” was an adult. This is interesting for two reason. First, he was arresting the girl. Secondly, adult(s) were also involved. The adult who was interfering and had the gun pointed at him was arrested.
FROM THE HOME OWNER : A DJ setup in a public space next to the private pool in our neighborhood on Friday and played loud explicit (F-bomb) music for multiple hours (it is unclear if he was invited by a resident as no one has claimed responsibility). The teenagers (both black and white) were being brought into our neighborhood by the carload because the DJ was tweeting out invites to a “pool party” for $15 (obviously unauthorized by our neighborhood). The teens began fighting with each other and pushing their way into our private pool. Some were jumping our fence. The security guard was accosted when he tried to stop the beginnings of this mob scene. Some residents who live around the park/pool area tried to come out and settle things down. The teens started yelling racial slurs at our neighbors and started assaulting people and property (throwing bottles at cars and attacking a mother at the pool with 3 young children). The first officer on the scene was by himself. At that time, the party had grown to a large, aggressive crowd. As the officer arrived, many teens started running through our neighborhood. Many of the teens were being very aggressive and yelling at the officers as more arrived. This was a very dangerous situation for the officers AND the teens/residents not involved. The news media has refused to hear the neighborhood’s side of this story. The video being distributed is only a very small segment of what happened. This information being distributed by the media and others is extremely distorted and in some cases outright lies. PLEASE HELP US STOP THE BROADCASTING OF THIS IGNORANCE. The media is trying to make it look like our neighborhood is a white’s only, racist area. Anyone who has spent even a few minutes in our area knows this is an outright LIE. The unfortunate result is that our neighbors are now being threatened. We have also had cars and property in and around the park area vandalized this weekend. Unfortunately, the press and social media are trying to enflame the situation. I am asking for your help for my family and my neighbor’s safety…PLEASE, PLEASE do not rebroadcast any of these lies.
“Community activists are calling for a Department of Justice investigation.”
I read that article. It makes it all the more clearer what kind of dysfunctional zoo atmosphere the first responding officer had upon arrival... it appears our peers were acting like Ferguson wild animals. I do acknowledge that while outnumbered, OFFICER MUST DISPLAY AN ALPHA DISPOSTION... to subconsciously give the animals the mindset who's in charge (for officer safety).... but using more force than needed to get someone in custody should never be tolerated. That's the question... Did he, considering the potentially dangerous crowd around him? As far as the gun drawn, the need for self defense is subjective and the officers perspective out trumps any perspective here... Every society gets the kind of criminal it deserves. What is equally true is that every community gets the kind of law enforcement it insists on. Robert Kennedy
After the footage surfaced, Casebolt was placed on administrative leave.
#2. To: GrandIsland (#0)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
Americans who have no experience with, or knowledge of, tyranny believe that only terrorists will experience the unchecked power of the state. They will believe this until it happens to them, or their children, or their friends.
Paul Craig Roberts
#3. To: GrandIsland (#0)
The video quickly sparked outrage on social media, as many drew comparisons to recent high- profile cases of police bias in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore.
#4. To: Fred Mertz (#3)
I won't be sucked into the media programming your minds.
#5. To: GrandIsland (#1)
When I see a story that gives LE a black eye... I'll post it.
#6. To: GrandIsland (#5)
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'I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad'
May be, or may not be, true about “hurting.” He was on her back during the final struggle. Whether the officer was attempting to arrest her is unknown at this time. The bikini-clad teenage girl who was forcibly restrained by a police officer responding to a disturbance at a pool party in a Dallas suburb over the weekend says she was an invited guest and was obeying his orders to leave when he grabbed her.
Video places this statement in dispute. "He told me to keep walking," Dajerria Becton, 15, told Fox 4. "And I kept walking and then I'm guessing he thought we were saying rude stuff to him."
Yes, she did keep walking….until she stopped. Becton was then thrown to the ground by Eric Casebolt, one of 12 McKinney Police Department officers who responded to the disturbance call at a private community pool Friday night.
It appears that she caused herself to fall the first time. As then continue to struggle and try to pull away from the officer, he may have caused her to go down the second time in the struggle. Look at the video and decide. It was definitely not a body slam to the ground. He grabbed me, twisted my arm on my back and shoved me in the grass and started pulling the back of my braids," Becton said. "I was telling him to get off me because my back was hurting bad."
Bunch of inconsistencies here. She is backtracking. Again, look at the video and see if it does not appear that she caused herself t fall on the grass while pulling away. I could see no braid pulling, there may have been. He definitely was NOT on her back during any portion of this, at this time. In a video of the incident taken by a fellow teen and posted to YouTube, Casebolt, who is white, can be seen shouting obscenities and ordering some black teens to lie on the ground while telling others to disperse. He then pulls his gun on a pair of black teenagers who appear to be coming to Becton's aid. released to her parents.
What the Hell has being “white” have anything to shooting the video or being there? The author make it sound like a contradiction. Normal crown control would be to isolate the trouble makers to lie on the ground and break up groups. The guy who was challenging the officer was later apprehended. After the footage surfaced, Casebolt was placed on administrative leave.
I think this would be normal procedure. "This video has raised concerns that are being investigated," the McKinney Police Department said in a statement Sunday.
“PC.”
"The McKinney Police Department is committed to treating all persons fairly under the law," McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley said at a press conference Sunday afternoon. "We are committed to preserving the peace and safety of our community for all of our citizens."
Conley added: "As the chief of police, I am committed to a complete and thorough investigation into this incident." "I am disturbed and concerned by the incident and actions depicted in the video," McKinney Mayor Brian Loughmiller said in a separate statement. "Our expectation as a City Council is that our police department and other departments will act professionally and with appropriate restraint relative to the situation they are faced with."
“PC.” The video quickly sparked outrage on social media, as many drew comparisons to recent high- profile cases of police bias in Ferguson, Mo., and Baltimore.
Of course it has… The video shows: The bikini girl is all over the place. At 0:19, she is running down the sidewalk. She could easily have left the area at that time. She did not. At 2:14,she is in a group. At 2:26, the officer starts casually walking over to the group she is with. At 2:51, the officer is talking with the group the bikini girl is with. This may be the time, as she said, she is told to leave. At 3:05, she is walking away from the officer and the officer seems not to be interested in any way to detain her. At 3:16. it iis obvious that she stops and apparently says something to the officer. At 2:49, the officer obviously ignores her and moves in the opposite direction from her and towards the street. At 2:52, it is again obvious that she has attracts the officers attention, he points at her and begins to slowly move toward her. At 2:57, the officer is with her and they both are just off the right of the screen. At 3:02 he is attempting to restrain her, apparently to arrest her, and she if resisting. At 3:11, the officer is trying to place her arm behind her back to apparently cuff her, she is resisting. At 3:04, she is pulling away from the officer and she falls to the grass. She continues to resist and the crowd assembles with the guy in the blue cap becoming aggressive.
#7. To: GrandIsland (#6)
“Look, I LIVE in this community and this ENTIRE incident is NOT racial at all. A few THUGS spoiled a COMMUNITY event by fighting, jumping over fences into a PRIVATE pool, harassing and damaging property. Not EVERYTHING is about RACE. WE have other issues that NEED our attention other flights of made up make believe causes.”
In another post he excoriated the media coverage of the incident. “I’ve never seen such irresponsible reporting and miss management of media resources in my life,” he said. “This was a Twitter party that turned into a mob event. Jumping pool fence. Assaulting 2 security guards, attacking a mother with three little girls. The video doesn’t show everything.” He continued saying the kids were drinking and “smoking weed” and they would not listen to any of the adults around the pool.
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#14. To: Fred Mertz (#3)
I won't be sucked into the media programming your minds.
Facebook friends and family – PLEASE HELP! That (now viral) video of the officer in McKinney subduing a girl in a bathing suit was in OUR neighborhood. The situation was NOT what is being reported…
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