Family claims excessive force used during Royse City public pool arrests

Royse City Police have not released officer body camera footage from last week's public pool incident, but the family involved says the arresting officer failed to de-escalate the situation and used excessive force.Royse City public pool arrestsTwo women arrested by the Royse City Police Department last week viewed officer body camera and dash camera footage of the incident on Thursday.At a press conference Thursday, lawyers representing Janiaca Wheeler and her daughter Amaiyah Allen-Smith said the officer involved in the arrest is Royse City PD's training officer.The officer is on paid administrative leave following viral video of the incident, which shows the arresting officer pulling Wheeler's hair and pushing other women while making the arrests.The family's attorneys said police were called after an argument between the family and an older man at the pool. After police arrived and told the family to leave, they say police followed them to their car and told them to stay off the ro
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