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The police officer who pulled his gun on teens at a community pool party, pushed a 15-year-old girl in a bathing suit to the ground and shouted obscenities at youths resigned while under investigation Tuesday.
A lawyer for McKinney police Cpl. Eric Casebolt confirmed his resignation to Dallas media outlets Tuesday afternoon.
In a news conference, McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley called the officer's actions at a Texas pool party "indefensible."
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Casebolt had been with the McKinney Police Department for nearly 10 years.
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Casebolt has not made any public statements since the incident. He has been in hiding with his wife following death threats, according to his attorney, Jane Bishkin.
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Before resigning, the 41-year-old McKinney, Texas, police officer had been placed on administrative leave after a YouTube video of him emerged, showing him pulling a gun and wrestling a young woman in a swimsuit to the ground during a disturbance at a pool party Friday in a North Dallas suburb. The video quickly went viral.
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