White teen who shot Texas pool party video sounds off
By Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN
Updated 9:04 AM ET, Tue June 9, 2015
"McKinney, Texas (CNN)Dueling narratives are emerging about whether race played a role in a Texas officer's handling of black teenagers at a pool party. But who those narratives come from may be surprising.
"A black resident says race didn't play a role. A white resident says it did.
"A 7-minute video shot by a witness captures much of the confrontation Friday. It shows McKinney police officer Eric Casebolt cursing at several black teenagers, pulling a 14-year-old bikini-clad girl to the ground and kneeling on her back.
"Casebolt also unholsters his gun and chases teenage boys as they approached him while he is trying to keep the girl down.
"White witness: It was racially motivated
Brandon Brooks, the 15-year-old white teen who shot the video, said there's no doubt race was a factor. He said the officer was targeting black teens at the scene."
""I was one of the only white people in the area when that was happening," Brandon told CNN affiliate KDAF. "You can see in part of the video where he tells us to sit down, and he kinda like skips over me and tells all my African-American friends to go sit down."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/09/us/mckinney-texas-pool-party-video/index.html
By Holly Yan and Nick Valencia, CNN
Updated 9:04 AM ET, Tue June 9, 2015
"McKinney, Texas (CNN)Dueling narratives are emerging about whether race played a role in a Texas officer's handling of black teenagers at a pool party. But who those narratives come from may be surprising.
"A black resident says race didn't play a role. A white resident says it did.
"A 7-minute video shot by a witness captures much of the confrontation Friday. It shows McKinney police officer Eric Casebolt cursing at several black teenagers, pulling a 14-year-old bikini-clad girl to the ground and kneeling on her back.
"Casebolt also unholsters his gun and chases teenage boys as they approached him while he is trying to keep the girl down.
"White witness: It was racially motivated
Brandon Brooks, the 15-year-old white teen who shot the video, said there's no doubt race was a factor. He said the officer was targeting black teens at the scene."
""I was one of the only white people in the area when that was happening," Brandon told CNN affiliate KDAF. "You can see in part of the video where he tells us to sit down, and he kinda like skips over me and tells all my African-American friends to go sit down."
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/09/us/mckinney-texas-pool-party-video/index.html
but on point none the less.