Woman Involved in Starting McKinney Pool Fight Placed on Administrative Leave by CoreLo

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15. Yes, I did read it. What's more, I've watched the video.

The video proves nothing. It begins with the two already hands-on with one another. It does nothing to establish who initiated the physical altercation. A verbal altercation, even if racist remarks are being spoken, is not illegal. It's trashy and wrong, but illegal and immoral don't always intersect. But the real issue is that this particular video does zero to prove who started the actual hands-on scuffling.

If the woman threw the first punch at the girl, then absolutely she needs to be charged with a crime: assaulting a minor. She needs to be arrested, charged, and she needs to have her day in court.

If the girl threw the first punch at the woman, however, it's hardly as clear-cut, is it? At that point, she can argue that she was defending herself (EDIT: defending herself or her companion/friend/sister/daughter/relation/whatever).

And I'm shamelessly playing devil's advocate here, but "child" is not the best word for this situation. "Adolescent" fits the bill much more closely. Yes, a 15-year-old is a child under the law, but it's not a stretch to consider that a 15-year-old may be able to physically overpower an adult. It all depends on the individuals involved.

TL;DR: Everyone's making an awful lot of assumptions based on a video that doesn't show the entire encounter, rather than waiting to see all the evidence before coming to a conclusion.