Felony or misdemeanor?

http://www.khou.com/story/news/local/texas/2015/06/07/mckinney-officer-on-leave-after-video-of-disturbance/28644691/

He can't stand for anyone to challenge his authority in even the smallest way. As in giving him an explanation as to what actually transpired.

He turned a minor incident into a huge deal for no reason. The people he was dealing with were not criminals. He didn't need to get rough with the girl and throw her to the ground. He certainly didn't need to pull his gun over such a minor incident.

I don't think he is fit to be a cop. This is the kind of guy we need to weed out.

http://news.yahoo.com/texas-policeman-suspended-pulling-gun-teen-pool-party-185447230.html

that's how it works. But at least he's off the streets.

"There was a fight, the cops showed up and started putting people on the ground for no reason," Brandon Brooks, who shot the video, told The Huffington Post in a message.

In the video, some partygoers are seen sitting in the grass and pleading "sir, we just came here for a birthday party, please." Another officer is heard thanking a group of teens for returning a flashlight the officer dropped.

Teens at the pool party told BuzzFeed News the police were called after a fight broke out between adults and teens at the pool. The teens said some adults made racist comments and told the teens to return to “Section 8 [public] housing.”

Brooks told BuzzFeed News several of the students were at the pool on guest passes for an end-of-school-year party.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/07/mckinney-police-pool-party_n_7530164.html

I'm sure someone used some of those excuses.

I'm just sad at the fact some people are still excusing this behavior from police. Sad and maddening at the same time.

It's like they feel it's good to know that just because Obama is President it doesn't mean "the rest of them" can get uppity.

I just want to shake people who think like that and tell them 'treating other ethnic groups with the same respect you demand and receive is not a bad thing!'

Beyond the stupid over reaction by the cop, is who all the white men wandering around were.
Why are they not being yelled at to stay out of the way?
They sure as fuck weren't helping any of these kids......

There's no threat of anything. Where are the criminals? This is just "fear" pure and simple. The cops are just afraid out of their gourds and they react as if they are facing a well-armed militia.

But what is it the cops are so afraid of? Black skin? Afraid of forgetting their lines? Somebody needs to give then a different script and then remind them that they are the ones who have the guns. They might also need to learn that communication is a two-way street.

Somebody needs to learn how to train these guys. The first lesson: LISTEN. Second lesson: RESPECT LAW-ABIDING CITIZENS Third lesson: ONLY PULL YOUR GUN IF THREATENED WITH A GUN OR KNIFE, etc. Fourth: RESPECT THE CRIMINALS TOO ONCE YOU HAVE THEM IN CUSTODY.

This is just sickening. Cops are supposed to be calm and under control. Instead they react instantly as if they're on a hair-trigger afraid that every noise or movement is a mortal threat. Afraid off everything and anything they see or suspect is there even tho it's not.