Another worrisome trend: Assaults on police horses are up. You ask: There are assaults on police horses?
6th August 2010
Lileks does the hot news.
Yes. High-spirited inebriates, looking for something new and stupid to do after leaving a bar, have apparently been slapping horses. Five “men” were recently jailed for assaulting police horses.
Just in case you were wondering. I know I was.
I cannot imagine what compels someone to hit a horse, let alone one that sports an easily detachable police officer.
A very good question, and one that is apparently not being asked with sufficient frequency in Minneapolis.