I don't know if you saw the video of the incident in the photo, but the officer that's on the ground there was on a horse that got spooked and took off running out of control. The mounted officer was run face first into a traffic light and knocked off her horse that then ran around in the streets and was seen trampling at least one person.
While the other mounted officers were providing cover for the downed officer to be looked after, the crowd started throwing things at the group and even rolled a bicycle under one of the other horses causing it to get a little nervous right next to the downed officer. It could have easily caused that horse to freak out and trample the downed officer.
I have to agree. Horses for crowd control are archaic. People do cruel things to them these days.
Video of the aftermath: https://youtu.be/ExJBquRBp6I
I don't know if you saw the video of the incident in the photo, but the officer that's on the ground there was on a horse that got spooked and took off running out of control. The mounted officer was run face first into a traffic light and knocked off her horse that then ran around in the streets and was seen trampling at least one person.
While the other mounted officers were providing cover for the downed officer to be looked after, the crowd started throwing things at the group and even rolled a bicycle under one of the other horses causing it to get a little nervous right next to the downed officer. It could have easily caused that horse to freak out and trample the downed officer.
I have to agree. Horses for crowd control are archaic. People do cruel things to them these days.
Video of the aftermath: https://youtu.be/ExJBquRBp6I
I don't know if you saw the video of the incident in the photo, but the officer that's on the ground there was on a horse that got spooked and took off running out of control. The mounted officer was run face first into a traffic light and knocked off her horse that then ran around in the streets and was seen trampling at least one person.
While the other mounted officers were providing cover for the downed officer to be looked after, the crowd started throwing things at the group and even rolled a bicycle under one of the other horses causing it to get a little nervous right next to the downed officer. It could have easily caused that horse to freak out and trample the downed officer.
I have to agree. Horses for crowd control are archaic. People do cruel things to them these days.