Name is Eric Casebolt and he has been placed on administrative leave. Our initial reaction was to place the officer on administrative leave so that we can conduct a complete and thorough investigation of the incident. So heres on angle of the incident cap chufrdtured on the cellphone. Police say three officers initially responded to a disturbance call at a party at a Community Pool. Cameras didnt catch what led up to the fistfight or anything else before Police Arrived but the controversial incident is the subject of our being questioned today. Do you agree with groups who claim race was a factor many mckinney . I want to bring in Msnbc National Correspondent Joy Reid who has been getting the latest detail on the back and forth here. Joy, what do we understand about the incident that led up to the video . Thomas i spoke with the father of one of the young when who did have that Service Weapon drawn on him and subsequently arrested the only person arrested. I also spoke with the leader
Aaron Dean's case has been delayed in court, but a Tarrant County judge recently set a tentative trial date for August - almost two years after Jefferson’s death.
A Plano mother is pushing for a hate crime investigation after she says her 13-year-old son was the victim of racist bullying and abuse from fellow students at his middle school.
Summer Smith reported the incident to administrators at Haggard Middle School after she says she learned that her son, who is Black, was called racist slurs, beaten and made to drink his white classmates’ urine during a recent sleepover.
Smith posted videos, which have since gone viral on social media, of the alleged abuse. A petition in support of her son has garnered tens of thousands of signatures, and she has raised more than $10,000 on GoFundMe to help her son get therapy.