I'm still trying to figure out why horse cops in a city. I can understand in a place without practical road access.... but this is downtown Galveston.... if anything putting a cop on a horse makes people think they are more for entertainment rather than law enforcement. Also, if you stand on that street, any time of day, and look around, you'll find a bunch of people kicking back on a few cold ones.... which just reinforces the "entertainment" part.
While I get the why of the arrest and how they had to handle it, the optics of this are fucked up.
@this_isntme They called for a squad car. None were available at the time. They were basically down the road from the area where the horse cops originated from. Should they have done it? No. Was it a lapse of judgement? Yes. Was it racially motivated? No. Will it happen again? No.
Will it happen again?
Wait a year. It will.
@metalman this guy was a homeless person charged with misdemeanor trespass. But they chose to cuff and parade him like a slave going to auction. THEY CHOSE. They could have done any number of things involving an individual that wasn't abusive or harmeful. Yet they chose to make a parade
And @FunkMasterrex Horses are actually valuable in mass civilian situations. They usually deescalate situations. Girls like horses. NYPD use them in parks. Some attitude Bro backs down when a half ton equine and a police officer show up.
The individual in question is a known individual to the police. He's been arrested multiple times for tresspassing. He's not mentally stable. The officers did what they perceived they had to. In hindsight it was wrong and insensitive.
You're not winning over anyone by talking this way.
They CHOSE to be wrong and insensitive. That's what you are saying. Correct?
The only thing I'm talking about is their failure as hired citizen law enforcement officers to make correct and sensitive judgement calls. Dragging a black man on a perp walk through the street isn't an intelligent choice.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/texas-police-department-under-fire-193520279.html
While I get the why of the arrest and how they had to handle it, the optics of this are fucked up.
Wait a year. It will.
@metalman this guy was a homeless person charged with misdemeanor trespass. But they chose to cuff and parade him like a slave going to auction. THEY CHOSE. They could have done any number of things involving an individual that wasn't abusive or harmeful. Yet they chose to make a parade
And @FunkMasterrex Horses are actually valuable in mass civilian situations. They usually deescalate situations. Girls like horses. NYPD use them in parks. Some attitude Bro backs down when a half ton equine and a police officer show up.
You're not winning over anyone by talking this way.
The only thing I'm talking about is their failure as hired citizen law enforcement officers to make correct and sensitive judgement calls. Dragging a black man on a perp walk through the street isn't an intelligent choice.