The rumble at a Texas pool — during which a white cop tackled a bikini-clad black girl and pulled a gun on her male pals — had nothing to do with race, says David Clarke, the tough-talking sheriff of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
"There was no racial component to this thing here and all the race hustlers and race demagogues can shut their traps and go home," Clarke said Friday on "The Steve Malzberg Show" on
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"This has turned into a racism across America tour."
A viral video showed McKinney Police Officer Eric Casebolt tackling the girl to the ground and brandishing his gun at other black teens after he and fellow officers responded to complaints about fighting at a community pool party.
The incident sparked outrage in the community, with many demanding Casebolt's immediate dismissal. Casebolt was suspended and later resigned.
"The chief [of police] overreacted initially in suspending that officer. Usually that's reserved for when an officer's involved in a great bodily harm or a death situation where they use deadly force," Clarke said.
"We'll put them on administrative leave. We don't suspend them. But if every time an officer uses force, a minimal amount of force, we're going to suspend them, that's a slippery slope...."
"[What happened was] just an ugly moment.... There's nothing criminal."
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