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Bishkin declined to say where Casebolt is now and said the officer had received death threats.
Sorry. Threats you send to yourself don’t count.
No one wishes him dead. People just wish he finds another line of work where, hopefully, he won’t need a gun, after he gets some help with anger-management/racial tolerance issues.
Supporters donate $10 million in 3, 2, 1…
Not enough. He needs to be charged with assault.
Just like many of the cops in Ferguson switched police forces, I have no doubt Officer Casebolt will soon be working in law enforcement again in the greater Dallas area. And I say that with no malice.
Another victim of the liberal media! When do we get to hear about this guy’s heroic career saving babies and busting the bad guys?
You KNOW it’s a-comin!
A jury in that town will give him foot massages and lick between the toes.
He know how to do those self-protected barrel rolls.
Need a full investigation first, but I would also note that he might have struck a deal where if he resigns, no criminal charges are filed. Remember he is a Union VP, he has lots of powerful friends. He also now gets to keep his pension.
Get him a Segway and you can have a movie sequel-Officer David Eric Casebolt, Pool Cop.
Bishkin declined to say where Casebolt is now and said the officer had received death threats.
[eyeroll] And lots of people will actually believe that.
Probably what really frightened him and drove him into hiding is the laughter. How is he supposed to respond to so many people disrespecting his authoritah at the same time? He’s only human, after all. He can’t wave his gun around at thousands of people at once.
It’s a CYA move – preemptive resignation before termination. This way, he’ll be able to get hired in a neighboring community while keeping the fallout from the incident to a minimum.
Why is this such a hard thing to believe? Are you under the impression that it’s only bad actors on the right that threaten people they hate? A quick search on Twitter reveals the level of vitriol/hatred directed at Casebolt.
No, I’m under the impression that “death threats” is an easy claim to make when someone has violently fucked up and has been advised to hide until the news media goes somewhere else. At this point, it’s obviously part of the standard script, whether it’s true or not.
Waving a gun at teenagers for not respecting his authoritah, that was a death threat. History shows that it’s a threat that should be taken seriously.
“The 2000 census found McKinney’s east side was where 68 percent of the
city’s black population lived, while neighborhoods west of U.S. 75 were
86 percent white…”
This is very poor reporting of numbers.
Percentage OF the black population is not a comparable metric to percentage of the population that is white.
Ahh yes. The “I’m about to get my ass fired” resignation. Now the department will stop all disciplinary proceedings, and he is free to keep his certification and move on to the next department and group of victims. We call it the “Muni Shuffle” in St Louis
Good. Now here’s hoping the young woman will bring a civil suit.
The department could have refused his resignation and terminated him and they chose not to. They chose to let this unhinged maniac keep his "clean’ record when he applies in the next town over
I think you’re being naive.
You’ll always find people, on either side of a controversy, who are willing to escalate the rhetoric if not actually intending to follow through on their threats. And in many such cases you’ll find a very few who will follow through.
You surely recognize this on the other side of this particular situation. But, dismaying as it may be—and is—some of these turkeys will come out of the woodwork purporting to be on our side as well.
Not from the chief of police, if the quote I saw at Slate is correct. That should have been in this story, instead of the background on McKinney’s recent history. That stuff is fine, but not nearly as enlightening about the dynamics of this story.