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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNeighbors defend Texas cop who assaulted a girl and aimed his gun at a children’s pool party
These people are allowed to vote.
http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/neighbors-defend-texas-cop-who-assaulted-a-girl-and-aimed-his-gun-at-a-childrens-pool-party/
Homeowners in McKinney, Texas stand by local police who pulled a gun on children for making too much noise at a pool party, Think Progress reports.
I feel absolutely horrible for the police and whats going on, an area woman says. [Officers] were completely outnumbered and they were just doing the right thing when these kids were fleeing and using profanity and threatening security guard.
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The McKinney pool tweeted its support to local police on Sunday:
Zahid Arab
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@ZahidArabFox4
Pool just put up this sign supporting McKinney PD & thanking officers for their response Friday
6:15 PM - 7 Jun 2015
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Neighbors defend Texas cop who assaulted a girl and aimed his gun at a children’s pool party (Original Post)
bluestateguy
Jun 2015
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Warpy
(111,261 posts)1. Northeast Texas, north of Dallas and near the OK border
Color me unsurprised.
Were it up to me, I'd jail the bigots who complained about "those" teenagers in "their" pool.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)2. Dude was VP of the police union.
No wonder he thought he owned the street.
joshcryer
(62,270 posts)4. Look at his favorited videos on YouTube: