Getty ImagesPeople are shocked, outraged and utterly disappointed.
Katy Perry and Shonda Rhimes are among the few celebs who took to social media to publicly voice their frustration with the recent incident that occurred in McKinney, Texas, when a police officer who pulled his gun on teenagers at a pool party and wrestled a 13-year-old bikini-clad girl to the ground was caught on camera by a partygoer.
A senior police official identified as Eric Casebolt, a veteran of about 10 years in the Dallas suburb was questioned by internal police investigators on Monday after he was put on paid leave, according to NBC News.
But, as Rhimes points out through various tweets, this ordeal raises a number of questions...
Meanwhile, Whoopi Goldberg addressed the incident on this morning's episode of The View, telling the audience, "This is why people get pissed off at police officers."
She continued, "I don't know what was going through your head but you are not indicative of what police officers are. You're just not. I hope somebody will figure out what happened and explain to this officer that white kids, black kids, no kids, nobody should be treated like that. Nobody should be man-handled like that."
According to NBC News, twelve officers responded to a call about a fight that broke out at the pool party. Video of the encounter shows an officer wrestling the young teen in the bikini to the ground and using his knees to pin her. The officer is also shown pointing his gun at the other kids and cursing.
Brandon Brooks, who shot the video, told NBC by email that the officer "was chasing after all those kids just putting every black person he saw on the ground." The video did not capture the moments before the encounter.
Jahi Adisa Bakari, father of the daughter who was involved in the altercation, said he was "disappointed" with how McKinney police handled it.
"Send the proper people out there. I don't like grown men touching my daughters," he said. "This man was out of control."