General News Police officer in Texas pool party incident resigns

All I've seen is the video and differing accounts so I can't get enough backstory to make a judgement whether or not his force was justified. I'm inclined to believe the media is blowing it way out of proportion. He isn't a babysitter and they were resisting/running and he was way outnumbered so idk. I think the only bad thing he did was throw the girl down -- that did seem like excessive force -- she was small and didn't seem a real threat to him. I don't think what he did was THAT bad and people would be having way less of a reaction if it was a male he threw down instead. It sounds like he resigned because of the public blowing it out of proportion rather than knowing he broke any rules and beating them to the punch.

 

They could've prevented all that if the teens just obeyed the police officer instead of running away, trying to sneak up behind him (when that happens, you know the intentions are bad), back talking him, etc. The officer did look like he made some unnecessary actions but it's only a few of them versus a whole crowd of teenagers. The teens could've avoided any violence if they just complied with the officer.

 

I am glad he felt compelled to resign. What he did was totally unacceptable. His language was foul and he treated the teens like they were animals.

 

Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out. Good riddance.

 

Animals do not deserver that either; people deserve bad more than any other living thing, we kill more beings than any other species, but that does not mean we should hurt each other.

 

Good. This man doesn't need to be in a position of power over other people seeing the way he handled this situation. At least this did not turn deadly. I would actually like to see assault charges filed against this officer, but I don't think that will happen.

 

That video, where this unhinged whacko goes around escalating the situation, was quite disturbing.

What sort of thug pulls a gun on unarmed teenagers who are posing no threat?

 

Cops are suppose to set a good example. This wasn't it. I'm just glad that this incident didn't end with someone being killed. As so many have recently.

 

I'm sorry but how is it the cops fault that he was wayyyy outnumbered by a group of teens that were not only disobeying his orders but blantenly challenging him. (The whole going around his back and mobbing him part) If the teens weren't acting so stupid this would have never happened almost they would have been told to go home. This boils down to simple respect don't piss with an officer who's already put their life on the line to protect yours. The girl resisting and yelling he had every right to take her down like that. It was her stupid actions that got her into this. As a family member of first responders I would like to say that the public has absolutely no idea what they have to go through physically and especially mentally on a daily basis. It's not he shot her or seriously injured her.

 

I honestly don't get why they're making such a big deal out of this.