Thursday, 21 June 2018

Texas Teen Who Was Violently Arrested At A Pool Party Wins $148,000 Settlement, Planning A Do-Over Party To Celebrate

Do ya'll remember the teenage girl who was violently arrested at a pool party by a cop twice her size in Texas about three years ago? Well she just recently won a $148,000 settlement in incident and is planning to do it big this time around.


Dajerria Becton was only 15 when she was pinned down by a cop, face down in a bikini as police broke up a pool party in McKinney, Texas. The video of her arrest went viral and Dajerria and her family sued the city and the officer Eric Casebolt, who resigned a few days after the incident.

The settlement announcement came shortly after McKinney Mayjor George fully referred to Dajerria as a "verbally abusive, disobedient girl," in an email to a local activist involved in protests of Dajerria's arrest.

You're not afraid of white people who pose an actual threat, who walk out of shooting up a church or a school without a scratch on them, but you are afraid of a black girl and her 'tone'? Dajerria's lawyer told Teen Vogue. "Watch the video- she never used a cuss word, never talked back to him - all she did was repeatedly ask someone to call her mama."

Dajerria recently graduated from high school and her lawyer says she plans to host a fabulous pool party in McKinney this Saturday to celebrate their graduation and the settlement. Her lawyer also says the party is like a "redo" of her experience, especially after the teen told her she hasn't gone swimming since the incident.

A host of activists as well as the other teens who were detained at the pool party are invited. Dajerria plans to attend a local community college in the fall and hopes to start a business with the settlement money she received...

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