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The McKinney officer's attorney said on his behalf that he let his emotions get the best of him

Posted: Jun 10, 2015

The McKinney chief of police, Greg Conley, called the police officer's actions in the video, which included pulling his gun out and pointing it at a group of teens and restraining a 15-year-old girl on the ground, "indefensible" and said he was "out of control." The attorney for the McKinney police officer, Eric Casebolt, held a press conference today and said that her client let his emotions get the best of him when he responded to the disturbance call at the Craig Ranch community pool. She explained that he was sorry and that he had already been called to two suicide calls that Friday -- one involved having to console the wife of a man who had just ended his life. During the second call, he managed to talk a teenage girl off her parents' roof. The teenager he assaulted was indeed there with her friend who lived in the Craig Ranch addition and he was singling out minority teens. Oh, no! It doesn't fit the Fox News rhetoric for the cop to admit he was at fault and apologize! Now how will Fox News spin this one where the guy admits he was wrong? All that spinning and spinning and spinning only for the cop to apologize. Fox will figure out a "white victim angle" and push it to their followers; you can count on it. LOL.;

Question for those of you so against the police - anonie

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Okay what if we didn't have police. Those two men would endanger anyone who got in their way without anyone to stop them.

This is all so ridiculous. Yes, there may be officers who are not going by the book but this officer should have been put on something else. He did have two unfortunate issues. Don't you think these people suffer from post traumatic stress like they did on 911. I mean a horrible murder scene, etc. will get to all the first responders.

I just do not see why you seem to think that all police are corrupt and condemn them before you know all the facts. They showed the clip and it did not show the young guys behind this officer when he drew his gun. Not once did he aim it at the girl.

These kids had no business being out there and why isn't anyone coming down on the DJ who said come on to the party. Who was he to invite someone. There was a certain amount of people who could be at a party as well. I'd look that up and see what it says. I can't remember now.

Everything seems to come down to race nowadays, - doesn't it? I think it's

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just going to get worse.

I just read about the FBI in Balimore busting 14 gang members, - of the Black Guerilla Family,

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BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The FBI has gone after what it says is the biggest and most violent gang in Baltimore. Wednesday, 14 members of the Black Guerilla Family have been charged with a string of crimes in the city.

Alex DeMetrick has more on the case against the BGF.

The indictment was filed Wednesday afternoon in federal court. Among the 14 Black Guerilla Family members charged, one name stands out.

“The case we’re bringing today involves the lead defendant by the name of Michael Gray, who was allegedly the city-wide leader of the BGF gang,” said U.S. Attorney Rod Rosenstein.

And according to the U.S. attorney, 13 BGF members carried out murder, attempted murder, racketeering, including extortion and drug trafficking, allegedly under Gray’s command.

“Violence, drug trafficking, murder—that’s what they do. That’s what we listened to for months over intercepts,” said FBI Special Agent in charge Stephen Vogt.

(VIDEO-AT-LINK)

The FBI investigation and wiretaps into the Black Guerilla Family took more than a year. Like the scandal inside Baltimore’s jail, where Tavon White controlled smuggling, extortion and bribery, the Black Guerilla Family is a criminal organization with a hierarchy and rules.

“And when people don’t have approval and seek to sell drugs in a BGF-controlled area, the BGF will either tax them or retaliate against them,” Rosenstein said. “That’s what’s alleged in the indictment.”

But it isn’t the only federal investigation working. The DEA is actively hunting looters who stole drugs during April’s rioting.

“We will identify and we will prosecute the members and people that were involved in any of those 30 pharmacies that we’re dealing with today,” said DEA Special Agent in charge Shawn Ellerman.

And the ATF says it continues to develop leads on arsonists that hit homes and businesses—but it’s the spike of shootings and murders since the riots that have federal law enforcement focused on gangs, especially the Black Guerilla Family.

“If you’re in the BGF and you’re in the city, we may be coming for you next,” Vogt said.

The FBI is offering up a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest of 20-year-old Daquan “Day-Day” Burman. He is 5’10” tall and weighs about 175 pounds.

Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at 410-265-8080.

If tried and convicted, all 14 defendants named in the indictment could receive a maximum prison sentence of life.

Wednesday’s indictments bring the number of BGF members indicted in federal court to 118 since 2009.

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There are still murders going on in Baltimore, after all this time.

You're making an awful lot of assumptions there. - OP

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You said: "For those of you so against the police."

Really? If someone disagrees with the actions of one of the dozens of police officers at the Craig Ranch altercation that is really reason to suggest that this somehow makes them "against the police." FYI: Criticizing stupid behavior of one police officer doesn't mean someone is against all of them and is really no reason to question "what if we didn't have police." We have them; they are employed by us, and their salaries are paid for by us taxpayers. Contrary to what some might think, we do not live in a police state. The Constitution of the United States of America guarantees every citizen rights and freedoms that were seriously compromised by this police officer during this altercation. Casebolt is a Navy veteran of 10 years, 3 of those years as military police, and also an instructor at a police academy in McKinney so believe me when I tell you that he knows all this and that is precisely why he is now apologizing. His inept escalation of the altercation is on video and tells the story for anyone to see.

Casebolt yells at a group of teens he had detained, saying "Don't make me ____ing run around here with 30 pounds of god____ gear on in the sun cause you want to screw around out here." After delivering that lecture, Casebolt goes up to the group of girls and warns them, "If y'all keep standing there running your mouths, you're going to go too" and tells them "you are leaving now." The video then shows a 15-year-old black girl, Dajerria Becton, walking away with the group. She then stops and turns back towards Casebolt. She's standing on a public sidewalk, and Casebolt charges after her and grabs her by the arm, dragging her to the ground and screaming at her "on your face" as he wrestles her to the ground forcefully as groups of kids run back from many directions to help her. Then the officer draws his gun on the kids running back to help her. They are all unarmed teenagers except the white adults from the neighborhood that the police are allowing to push the kids around and corral them--totally unacceptable to allow non officers to manhandle the citizens you are sworn to protect; this is why the idiot is now apologizing. He knows his actions are not okay, and he admits through his attorney he let his emotions get the best of him.

Try to imagine if black adult citizens were allowed to corral white children while the black police officers were cursing at them for having to perform their duties and then beating the crap out of the white kids while ignoring the black kids standing around filming the incident; I believe we'd be hearing a whole different line of rhetoric coming out of the Fox News and right-wing propaganda machine if that simple reverse of color were applicable here. But honestly, I personally do not think the irresponsible cop did what he did because he was a racist; however, I do think he was absolutely doing a bit of racial profiling and transference, where in this country we have two kinds of policing going on where white communities and groups are treated as those who need to be protected and served, while black communities and groups are treated as those who need to be criminalized and controlled. For those reasons, it is not at all unusual for police officers to treat white youth and black youth in an entirely different manner. What white people would find totally acceptable treatment of black teens by police officers would otherwise be considered outrageous if white children were subjected to the same treatment.

You said: "Those two men would endanger anyone who got in their way without anyone to stop them."

And you know this how? The kids ran back from several directions to help the 15-year-old girl getting beat up by the stupid cop. This is easily verifiable when watching the video. The McKinney Chief of Police agreed, and all charges against the teenager arrested by Casebolt were dropped.

You said: "Yes, there may be officers who are not going by the book but this officer should have been put on something else."

This officer resigned willingly. Casebolt serves as second vice president of McKinney Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #107. As a police union officer, he is acutely aware of the taxpayer funded pension he will receive and how his resignation versus his being fired would affect the payout of said pension so he naturally resigned as a corporal and called his union lawyer to defend him, which she has commenced to doing, apologizing for his actions and making excuses for his improper assault and battery of the citizens who pay his salary and pension to protect them. His union lawyer did a nice job laying the groundwork for his "in defense of my stupidity that day" criminal assault or excessive force defense, whatever he ends up getting charged with for his violently detaining a teen for talking when he told her not to.

You said: "I just do not see why you seem to think that all police are corrupt and condemn them before you know all the facts. They showed the clip and it did not show the young guys behind this officer when he drew his gun. Not once did he aim it at the girl."

I just do not see why you seem to think that my comments about one irresponsible cop means I am condemning every single one of them. I also just do not see why you seem to think you have any knowledge whatsoever about what I know when you know absolutely nothing about me.

"They showed the clip." Who is "they"? Actually, no, I don't give a hang who "they" happens to be. The officer grabbed the unarmed teenager in a bikini by the hair, yanked her to the ground, shoved her face into the grass while screaming "on your face" and forcibly holding her down while repeatedly pushing her face into the grass every time she tried to lift her head. As her friends tried to come help her from many directions during the middle of all that, the officer drew his gun on two other unarmed teens while level headed cops gently and swiftly encouraged the idiot to put his lethal weapon back into his holster. Of course the young guys weren't "behind the officer when he drew his gun" because they were actually in front of the officer and directly across from the barrel of the gun being pointed at them, but, thank God that "not once did he aim it at the girl."

You misinterpreted what I was trying to say - anonie

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I believe I also said why aren't they looking at the DJ who told everyone to come to that pool party.

I was not necessarily saying it was just this incident that people were condemning police actions for.

I just think you who constantly come down on the police without all the facts are going to be sorry when we really need them like with those two escaped prisoners. Those are the two I was referring to.

You obviously have not seen the slowed down version of what went on in the incident regarding the pool party.

I think it is awful when you get on this board and nearly every section there is someone who comes down hard on a poster. I wish the monitors would take that person off. They have ruined the faith board and the prayer board. People don't want to bare their souls and have someone come back at them with a stupid opinion and in most cases I would bet that it is someone not a Christian.

You're still making assumptions about people you don't know. - OP

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You said: "I just think you who constantly come down on the police without all the facts are going to be sorry when we really need them like with those two escaped prisoners. Those are the two I was referring to. You obviously have not seen the slowed down version of what went on in the incident regarding the pool party."

I'm a military veteran with extensive training and find that anything my local police can do that I can more often than not do much better. You obviously have a preconceived notion about what I believe and what I know when you have absolutely no way of knowing what I actually know or what I actually believe other than what I've posted in the OP or follow-up posts. I criticized one police officer and his handling of one altercation, and a conservative comes along to naturally assume I'm criticizing every single police officer and that I "constantly come down on the police without all the facts."

Repeating for effect: You have no idea what I know nor should you assume that if only I had seen a slower version of what you've seen that I would then agree with the right-wing rhetoric. Speed that video up, slow it down, splice it together and loop it in a continuous repeating example of extreme stupidity, but I don't need to watch the Sean Hannity "white victimization" routine and "living embodiment that ignorance is alive and thriving" on a nightly basis to know that this police officer was totally out of line and violated the Constitutional rights of some of these teens at that pool party. I disagree that the officer's actions were racially motivated, but I do believe he was racially profiling that group of teens in a manner unbecoming. Believe me that as an ex Navy MP, he knows better. That is why he is now apologizing and making excuses. People who have done nothing wrong do not generally apologize in the manner he did and begin making excuses for their wrongdoing if they have done nothing wrong. He knows what he did, and he has resigned and started the defense process.

You said: "I think it is awful when you get on this board and nearly every section there is someone who comes down hard on a poster. I wish the monitors would take that person off."

Conservatives often want free speech for those who agree with them and censorship for those who don't; I can't say I'm surprised in the least to see you write that.

You said: "They have ruined the faith board and the prayer board. People don't want to bare their souls and have someone come back at them with a stupid opinion and in most cases I would bet that it is someone not a Christian."

It sounds to me like you expected the "Faith" board to be the "Christian" board and the "Politics" board to be the "Conservative" board. Obviously not all people of faith are going to agree with everyone else's interpretations of religious dogma, just as people will disagree with others' interpretations of political issues, even within the same faith and the same political party.

I've met a lot of Christians that I thought had stupid opinions and didn't resemble Christ in the least and met a lot of Christians that I didn't agree with as well as some that I did, and some of them probably thought I was stupid too. Obviously, we're all made by our creator with certain unalienable rights and deserve to speak our mind whether or not someone else agrees with our opinion or thinks it is stupid.

I may not like what someone says about me, but I will defend their right to say it whether I like it or not. Christ tells us that the greatest commandments are to love God with all our heart and soul and to love our neighbors as ourselves. We do not have to agree with other people's beliefs and opinions or condone their actions or even agree with their actions, but Jesus calls us to overcome our prejudices and show our kindness to all people of the world and consider them our "neighbors"..... and not just the ones who live in our same housing addition like Craig Ranch in McKinney, Texas. :)

Ah, the not Christian enough. - Sick...of...that...as well

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Not Christian enough because we criticize a police officer for brutalizing a teenage girl and his behavior seemingly ignoring any white participants, making him look as though his actions are racist. He was out of control. Maybe, since he had had such a hard day, he should have manned up and said, psychologically, I need to go back to the station and write some reports. He didn't seem to like it when his fellow officers tried to slow down his reactions either.

Texas officer apologizes to all who were offended by how he - handled teens at the pool party,

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attorney says

▼Texas police officer was upset by handling two suicide calls before responding to pool party, lawyer says

▼Dallas-area police union official denounces 'those set on creating racial tensions' over pool party incident

The Dallas-area police officer criticized for aggressively handling teenagers at a pool party, shown in a viral video, has gone into hiding and "apologizes to all who were offended," his attorney said Wednesday..

McKinney Police Cpl. Eric Casebolt had been emotionally unsettled by two suicide calls he had handled shortly before responding to calls of trespassing and assault at a raucous pool party Friday evening, his police union attorney, Jane Bishkin of Dallas, told reporters in a televised news conference.

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In the first suicide call, a man had shot and killed himself in front of his children and his family, and Casebolt consoled the man's wife while securing the body and the scene, said Bishkin, who said that the dead man was African American.

In the second suicide call, Casebolt had to calm a teenage girl who was threatening to jump off her parents' roof, and she was safely taken to a hospital, Bishkin said.

“Eric’s compassion during these two incidents are a testament to his character," Bishkin said. “The nature of these two suicide calls took an emotional toll an Eric Casebolt."

LA Times

I actually feel compassion for him and would love for him to protect my kids.

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