Eric Casebolt: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know, including Racial Bias lawsuit (pool party cop)

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http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/eric-casebolt-mckinney-texas-police-officer-cop-suspended-black-teens-pool-party-arrest-video-leave-investigation-photo-gun-background-name/

(clip) After delivering the lecture, 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.

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2. He Was Accused of Racial Bias & Pulling Down a Black Man’s Pants in a Federal Lawsuit
Federal court documents show that Casebolt and other officers were sued in 2008 in federal court for racial profiling, harassment, failure to render aid and sexual assault. Albert E. Brown Jr. accused Casebolt of reaching into his “private area” and pulling his pants “down below ankles” during the traffic stop.

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Casebolt Is a Patrol Supervisor & Is a Vice President of the Local Police Union

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Eric Casebolt is an instructor trainee at Executive Self-defense and Fitness, LLC and has been a Police Officer since 2000. During his career in Law Enforcement, he has received in-depth training on impact weapon deployment and expandable baton, firearms, electronic control devices (ECDs), ground fighting, Positive Assertive Control Tactics-Dynamic Threat Response (PACT-DTR), handcuffing, joint locks and pressure point compliance, armed and un-armed self-defense. He has a strong working knowledge of human behavior, indicators of deception, criminal behavior, the development of situational awareness, and experience in the use of all levels of force. He is a certified Advanced Texas Police Officer, an Instructor in Police Vehicle Operations, a Field Training Officer, and a certified SWAT operator. He has trained in several different disciplines of martial arts, but now exclusively trains in Krav Maga combat arts, Arnis, and ground fighting.

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One of the links led to this youtube, which includes a clip at 1:35 from the girl thrown on the ground, knelt on.

http://heavy.com/news/2015/06/eric-casebolt-mckinney-cop-officer-was-sued-for-racial-bias-sexual-assault-harassment-albert-brown-arrest-pull-pants-down-federal-documents-dismissed/

Eric Casebolt, McKinney Pool Party Cop, Was Sued for Racial Bias

Federal court documents show that David Eric Casebolt and other officers were sued in 2008 in federal court for racial profiling, harassment, failure to render aid and sexual assault.

The handwritten lawsuit was by Albert E. Brown Jr., who was being held in jail on pending charges related to the traffic stop at the time.

Brown accused Casebolt of reaching into his “private area” and pulling his pants “down below ankles” during the traffic stop....(lawsuit pdf at this link.

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1. "...Vice President of the Local Police Union..."

No further questions, your honor.

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2. He is an expert in using force.

--imm

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3. Well he certainly used force on the teenage girl in a bikini

Unnecessary force but he sure used it.

Poor little cop must have felt his life was threatened.

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4. I suspect his repertoire of tools to 'control a situation' is limited.

'Course the racism doesn't help much.

--imm