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Black Teen Assaulted by White Cop at a 2015 Pool Party awarded $148K settlement

In 2015 a video surfaced of then 15-year-old Dajerria Becton being assaulted and violently arrested by a police officer at a pool party in McKinney, Texas. The video went viral back in 2015 and gained a ton of media attention. Now, Becton has won a settlement for $148K after filling a federal lawsuit. (more…)

Haiku Trilogy: Blacks Out Of The Pool, Now

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2017/01/05/black-teenager-who-was-slammed-to-the-ground-at-texas-pool-party-sues-ex-cop-city-for-5m/?utm_term=.8dd9c95c22be

1. “If you’re black don’t try – to swim on the white side of – a Texas suburb”

2. “Suburbs were built for – the flight of the whites from black – people moving in”

3. “Cops serve and protect – white people and coerce and –…

#NewPost Black Teenager Brutalized At Texas Pool Party Sues For $5 Million

  Dajerria Becton, the black teenager slammed to the ground during a 2015 pool party in McKinney, Texas, has filed a federal lawsuit against the officer involved, the city and the McKinney Police Department for $5 million.  A cell phone video that went viral in June 2015 shows Eric Casebolt, the officer responding to disturbance calls at Craig Ranch North Community Pool, yanking 15-year-old…

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Texas Family To Sue After No Indictment In Pool Attack On Teens

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The family of 15-year-old Dajerria Becton plans to pursue a civil lawsuit against former McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt for slamming her to the ground during a pool party.

A grand jury decided last week not to indict Casebolt, saying there was not enough evidence of criminal wrongdoing,…

Grand jury no bills McKinney cop

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Grand jury decides not to indict McKinney officer

WFAA Staff , WFAA 6:11 PM. EST June 23, 2016

Video screengrab of Eric Casebolt after a pool party in Craig Ranch last year. Credit: Brandon Brooks

A grand jury has cleared the McKinney Police officer seen on video forcing a teenage girl to the ground outside…