It’s interesting how the media seems to be mostly interviewing the attendees of the illegal party, the ones who were breaking the law, rather than the legal residents. It’s all part of The Narrative
(USA Today/AP) Adrian Martin, the young man arrested outside a McKinney swimming pool Friday, said it scared him when he saw police Cpl. Eric Casebolt draw his gun and point it at him.
Martin, 18, is seen in the viral YouTube video trying to calm a black teenage girl being restrained by Casebolt, who is white. Police had responded to calls about a fight at the Craig Ranch North Community Pool in the affluent area of western McKinney, north of Dallas.
Martin said he doesn’t regret trying to approach the girl or running when Casebolt, 41, pulled his weapon.
Martin said he had been at the summer pool party for about an hour when police were called. “There was no drinking, no smoking, like other people have said there was. It was just a normal teenage party,” he said.
See, here’s the thing: that is a strawman. The complaints are about an illegal party, kids jumping over the pool fence, assaulting the security guard, refusing to leave when asked…..you know the story. Apparently, the Major Media doesn’t. Or, they just don’t want to tell it. Bet on the latter.
Martin and his lawyer maintain that Martin did nothing wrong, and that his only motive was to help calm the 15-year-old girl who was being aggressively subdued.
“So I shift to the side a little bit to get her to look at me in the face and say, ‘Look: We’re going to call your mom. It’s all right,’ because she’s shouting, ‘Call my momma! Call my momma!'”
At that point in the video, Casebolt is seen pulling out his gun. That’s when Martin takes off running.
Yeah. Sure. Now watch the video again, and seem him approach Officer Casebolt aggressively. Go to Youtube or wherever of the 7:19 minute video, go to 3:05, and watch. Casebolt, in my opinion, did over-react, but, then, I wasn’t there, in the situation. Nor were you. When a bunch of youths approach you in that manner, you react. Especially with all the fighting and failure to follow the legal directions of duly sworn law enforcement officials. Martin was charged, rightly with interfering with a police officer. Sadly, because of the Social Justice Warriors, the charge was dismissed.
