Policeman Who Pointed Gun at Teen Pool Party Resigns

The police chief of the southwestern U.S. city and state of McKinney, Texas says a white officer "was out of control" when he pulled his gun on a group of black teenagers and wrestled one of them to the ground. Chief Greg Conley criticized the actions of the officer, Eric Casebolt, during a news conference Tuesday when he announced that Casebolt had resigned from the force. Casebolt was one of a dozen officers responding to complaints about a noisy party at a community...

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