Texas Police Officer Resigns over Pool Party Confrontation; Chief Calls Conduct “Indefensible”

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Protestors march during a demonstration in response to an incident at a community pool involving McKinney police officers in McKinney, Texas.  (Ron Jenkins / Associated Press)

The Texas police officer who drew his gun on unarmed teenagers at a pool party and threw a 14-year-old girl in a bikini to the ground has resigned, officials said Tuesday.  Cpl. Eric Casebolt had been suspended since Sunday after video emerged of him aggressively confronting black teenagers at the party Friday evening in McKinney, a suburb of Dallas.

City officials condemned his actions as they announced  the resignation.  “Our policy, our training, our practices do not support these actions,” McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley told reporters at a televised news conference, calling Casebolt’s actions “indefensible.”

“He came to the call out of control,” Conley said, adding: “I had 12 officers on the scene, and 11 of them performed according to their training.”

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