Police Officer Overly Aggressive in Texas

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www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mckinney-texas-officer-leave-after-wild-pool-party-video-surfaces-n371281


A police officer in McKinney, Texas, has been placed on administrative leave after a video surfaced showing him aggressively confronting teens at a pool party on Friday evening.



Police officers were first called to the scene around 7:15 pm local time to respond to a disturbance at the Craig Ranch Community pool in the Dallas area.



According to a statement released by the McKinney Police Department, officers who arrived on scene "encountered a large crowd that refused to comply with police commands."





The McKinney Police Department has placed one of its officers on administrative leave on Sunday, June 7 as officials investigate an incident recorded on video of police responding to a disturbance call Friday. NBC Dallas Fort Worth

A video recorded by one attendee at the party showed an officer wrestling a bikini clad woman to the ground. In another part of the video, the officer pulls his gun on a group of teenagers.



Brandon Brooks, who shot the video on his phone, said he found out about the pool party on Twitter. He was leaving the pool with his friend when he heard of a fight outside. Brooks said the fight was over when cops arrived, but they started chasing people and throwing them on the ground.



"When I started the video was right after all the kids who got put on the ground had gotten up and ran away. The cop was chasing after all those kids just putting every black person he saw on the ground," Brooks said in an email to NBC News.



The camera was not rolling during the events leading up to the encounter with police.



McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley said at a press conference on Sunday that their initial reaction to viewing the video was to place the officer on leave. The incident is now under investigation.



Conley said the two officers assigned to the internal affairs unit will interview the officer involved in the incident.



"Virtually were talking to everyone we've come in contact with everyone who was out there or involved in this incident," he said.



The girl in the bikini who was tackled by the officer was detained temporarily and released.



"Ultimately everyone was freed. Other than the person who was arrested, everyone was released to a parent or guardian or to a responsible adult," Conley said.





Police said the video that was circulated online "raised concerns," and the incident is under investigation.



"Anytime you confront a large group of people, it's a very dynamic situation and tensions can rise very quickly" Conley added, according to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth.



The officer, who has not been identified, will be on administrative leave pending the results of the investigation, the department said.
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There are some stories going around online that the fight that was talked about in the story broke about from white people in that particular neighborhood making racist comments toward the people who were confronted by the police in in the video. 




Edit: Here's the video if you want to just straight up watch that.