As ugly as it looks on video, and in the conservative echo chamber, the McKinney pool party is slowly turning to a net win. Follow below the twisted pool noodle for the positives we can take heart from.
+ Hope for the future. The guests at the party were of both races and were friends. They were getting along fine until adult troublemakers showed up. So, yes, little by little, generation by generation, we can outgrow this crap.
+ the cat fight resulting from the insults was broken up by bystanders and no one really got hurt. Better it hadn't gotten physical to begin with. Can't have everything.
+ Most of the officers responding acted professionally. Pity their example didn't teach their colleague Casebolt anything, but....
+ He's not their colleague anymore. He resigned quite quickly, and I would lay odds that is because...
+ His boss acknowledged, promptly and publicly, that Casebolt's behavior was out of control and not by departmental standards. That is huge. Big props to the chief for being a big enough man to say it. That kind of honesty leads to
+ a nuanced community response, showing that the same people can respect good police while decrying bad ones, and the world does not end.
+ At least some of the instigators are meeting some consequences.
No one died. No one was injured. Foolish charges were dropped. A qualified win for community-police interaction.