--- description: The former officer was captured on video throwing a teenage girl to the ground in June 2015 title: Former Texas Cop Who Wrestled Teen Girl to Ground Won't Be Charged image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdddf4325debd242/6988542e8e06010349460ef8/mckinney-pool-party.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Former Texas Cop Who Wrestled Teen Girl to Ground Won't Be Charged by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2016 10:45 PM CUT  A large crowd of protestors gathered at the Craig Ranch pool where McKinney Police Cpl. Eric Casebolt was seen on video pinning a 14-year-old African-American girl to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers, in McKinney, Texas on June 8, 2015. A large crowd of protestors gathered at the Craig Ranch pool where McKinney Police Cpl. Eric Casebolt was seen on video pinning a 14-year-old African-American girl to the ground and pointing his gun at other teenagers, in McKinney, Texas on June 8, 2015.Tom Fox—Dallas Morning News/Corbis by [Daniel White](/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 23, 2016 10:45 PM CUT A Texas grand jury [declined to indict](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8e33ee19957a4bf186a130b9101df258/ex-texas-cop-who-threw-teen-ground-will-not-be-charged "undefined") a white police officer who was caught on video forcing a black 15-year-old girl to the ground, police announced Thursday. The Collin County grand jury decided not to indict former McKinney, Texas officer Eric Casebolt, according to the Associated Press. Video captured Casebolt [pushing the bikini-wearing girl to the ground](http://time.com/3911857/mckinney-texas-police-officer/ "undefined") following a June 2015 community pool party that was made up of mostly black teenagers. McKinney police issued a statement confirming the jury’s decisions and announcing that there were plans to hold a community meeting Monday to discuss the incident with residents. Cell phone footage shows Casebolt running after the teens, ordering them to the ground, then forcing the Dajerria Becton onto her stomach and placing his knees on her back. He also drew his firearm on two unarmed teens who rushed forward in apparent protest, but lowered his weapon when other officers intervened. Civil rights groups [held protests following the incident](http://time.com/3913967/mckinney-texas-cop-pool-party-protests/ "undefined") demanding that Casebolt be charged, according to AP. Police Chief Greg Conley called his actions “indefensible” at the time and [Casebolt subsequently resigned](http://time.com/3915436/texas-mckinney-police-officer-gun-pool-party/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4380861/texas-cop-pool-party-casebolt-no-charges/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4380861/texas-cop-pool-party-casebolt-no-charges/"},"headline":"Former Texas Cop Who Wrestled Teen Girl to Ground Won't Be Charged","datePublished":"2016-06-23T22:45:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:49:26.510Z","description":"Protestors called for him to be charged after the June 2015 incident","url":"https://time.com/4380861/texas-cop-pool-party-casebolt-no-charges/","keywords":["Texas","Crime","police"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdddf4325debd242/6988542e8e06010349460ef8/mckinney-pool-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfdddf4325debd242/6988542e8e06010349460ef8/mckinney-pool-party.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Texas - McKinney Pool","caption":"Texas - McKinney Pool","creditText":"Tom Fox—Dallas Morning News/Corbis","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4380861/texas-cop-pool-party-casebolt-no-charges/","name":"Former Texas Cop Who Wrestled Teen Girl to Ground Won't Be Charged"}}]}] ```