What McKinney Says About White American Fear of Black Citizens

On Sunday, much of America watched the YouTube video of the latest cell-phone footage of a violent encounter between a white police officer and a black person. This time, the encounter occurred after a teenage pool party in McKinney, Texas, about an hour’s drive north of Dallas. According to local police, officers received a complaint about a disturbance at the community pool in Craig Ranch North, a relatively affluent, racially diverse private subdivision. Some of the teens apparently did not “live in the area or have permission to be there,” according to the complaint. In the video, we see one police officer calmly ask a group of mostly black teens not to run away from the scene. Moments later, we see another officer, Eric Casebolt, barrel into the scene, yell profane directions at the teens, and tackle a 14-year-old black girl. At one point, Casebolt pinned at least one of his knees into the back of the girl, who was wearing only a bikini. Casebolt drew his gun and waved it at several kids...