10 things you need to know today: June 10, 2015

The aggressive Texas cop shown in pool-party video resigns, ex-House Speaker Dennis Hastert pleads not guilty, and more

Hastert pled not guilty.
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1. Aggressive Texas cop shown in pool-party video quits

McKinney, Texas, police Cpl. Eric Casebolt, whose aggressive response to a pool-party disturbance ignited protests, has voluntarily resigned, McKinney Police Chief Greg Conley said Tuesday. Casebolt was under public pressure to quit and had received death threats since the video surfaced showing him pulling his gun, and slamming a black 15-year-old girl clad in a swimsuit to the ground. Conley said the other 11 officers there did an "excellent" job, but Casebolt was "out of control" and his actions "indefensible."

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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.