Police, Pool Parties and Whiny Bureaucrats

(Before It's News)

by Philippe Gastonne
The Daily Bell

“Don’t make me f**king run around here with thirty pounds of g*d-d***ed gear on in the sun because you want to screw around out here.” – McKinney (TX) police officer Eric Casebolt to unidentified teens at pool party, June 5, 2015 (transcript)

News coverage of the McKinney police incident faded quickly once the out-of-control Cpl. Casebolt resigned. Most commentary has been on the racial dimension, but we are more interested in the growing disconnect between the American public and those who are supposed to protect and serve it. Now we have yet another example.

Back on April 22, we looked at the way running from police is effectively a capital offense in some places (see Police Imposing Death Sentence Without Trial). Corporal (now ex-corporal) Casebolt’s comments help us see why police so dislike chasing people. Running around in the sun with 30 pounds of equipment isn’t fun.

However, we should point out some things.

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