Officer Casebolt's excuse for his horrible behavior at the pool party incident in McKinney, Tx was that he had faced a great deal of stress on two previous calls regarding suicides.
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Although such a situation would be stressful, that story doesn't make much sense.
Exactly what is it about trying to convince someone that life is worth living that would cause someone to soon pull a gun on unarmed teenagers?
As he was putting his knee on the back of a teenage girl's head, did he think to himself, "I just had a very stressful time trying to convince someone that life is precious, so I'm going to grind your face into the dirt?"
Who does that?
Do people who answer suicide prevention lines relieve their stress in such a manner?...Ever??
The stress involved in trying to prevent a suicide would be that of anxiety, not aggression! Suicide prevention would include trying to create a calm situation; not one of anger and aggression.
So what is it that might have caused such a seemingly unnatural aggressive reaction?
