McKINNEY, Texas — An officer whose actions at a pool-party disturbance Friday were spotlighted in a YouTube video resigned Tuesday from the force, the police chief said.
Cpl. Eric Casebolt, a 10-year veteran of the McKinney Police Department, had been placed on administrative leave after a 7-minute video gained traction on the Internet. The video showed him pushing a bikini-clad black girl to the ground and brandishing his gun at other teens after officers responded to complaints about the party at a community-owned swimming pool.
"The actions of Eric Casebolt are indefensible," police Chief Greg Conley said, calling the officer "out of control during the incident."
"I had 12 officers on the scene, and 11 of them performed according to their training," Conley said. The original video of the incident in this city about 35 miles north of Dallas has been viewed nearly 9.5 million times.
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