Many questions surround the McKinney incident

In Our Opinion

Once again the nightly news broadcasts, both national and local, found a story that they could not get enough of.

On June 5, a McKinney, Texas policeman, Cpl. Eric Casebolt got caught on cellphone video strong-arming a 14-year-old girl to the ground as he helped to quell a disturbance stemming from a pool party held in this Dallas suburb of 150,000.

The problem was, along the way, Casebolt briefly drew his weapon, quickly holstered it, and then returned to try, with the help of 11 other McKinney Police Department officers to restore order.

The questions surrounding this incident are many and a...

 

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