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The teenager who recorded the pool incident in McKinney is speaking out about what happened that day.

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The brave teenager who recorded the pool incident in McKinney, TX is speaking out about what happened that day and what compelled him to turn the camera on.

Teen talks about the McKinney Pool Incident

He said there was a fight between an adult woman and a girl. When police arrived on the scene, Brooks said parents immediately started yelling, ‘you need more cops, there’s too many of them.’ And most of the kids weren’t even involved,” Brooks explained.

“It was a fight between a mom and girl, which had nothing to do with all the other kids that she apparently needed more cops for.”

That’s when Brooks says the officer, identified as Cpl. Eric Casebolt, arrived on the scene and flipped out.

“He trips and drops his flashlight. He’s going crazy, putting people in handcuffs, tackling people, slinging them on the ground,” Brooks said.

So why didn’t the police yell at Brooks to get on the ground?

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Brandon Books told the site, NewsFix, that he noticed Cpl. Eric Casebolt targeted Black teenagers, forcing them to the ground. Casebolt, he said, seemed to skip right over him.

“I was one of the only white people in the area when that was happening,” Brooks told NewsFix. “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.”

Brooks said things got scary when he saw his 14-year-old friend being thrown to the ground.

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I think she was quote unquote running her mouth, and she has freedom of speech and that was very uncalled for him to throw her to the ground,” he said. “When he pulled his gun my heart dropped. As soon as he pulled out his gun, I thought he was going to shoot that kid. That was very scary.”


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