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Day 8 of Hunger & Labor Strike: state troopers on horseback are there to protect the concentration camp, not the people, or even the press [Delaney Hall, Newark, NJ] (cdn.social.linux.pizza)
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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This needs to be considered animal cruelty. It's basically a circus act, pigs riding on horses.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Police horses are trained to hurt people, just like police dogs.

[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They are more trained to not respond to people, and to follow the commands of the rider. The horses are just doing their job, it's the pig riding it that does the hurting.

Police dogs though, that's a can of worms.

[–] CubitOom@infosec.pub 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Police horses are trained to kick the shit out of crowrds, which is why the police even use them.