OT Outrage after two white Texas cops are pictured on horseback leading a handcuffed black homeless man

Nothing wrong with this. He was under arrest.

 

I was expecting to see him slung over a horse like in the old westerns.

 

My outrage is look at that guy... He doesn't need rounded up by police he needs help. Shelter, food, probably a psychiatrist (sorry if that sounds insensitive). Yeah, the police shouldn't be leading a guy by rope in 2019 (or ever), but there are scores of people who need help that aren't getting it and that, that sucks...

 

Congratulation!
I think you posted the correct signal.

 

The mentally ill are mistreated every day by police. I've witnessed it when my mentally ill brother was alive. They need training on recognizing the difference between a confrontation with a problematic person and a mentally ill one and how to deal with the mentally ill.
I really can't comment on this case without knowing more about the incident. It would be like judging a case without hearing the trial. It doesn't look good at first glance.

 

Nothing wrong with this? That speaks volumes to the type of person you are. Sorry, but views like yours really saddens me.

 

You forgot to add "... down a public street."

 

He's under arrest and being taken to jail. Big fucking deal if he has to walk there. They are mounted police. What's the alternative.

People are such pussies about little things these days.

"The imagery offends me!"

 

What imagery are you referring to?

 

A black man being led by horse.

 

That seems to conflict with your statement "People are such pussies about little things these days."

 

Not really.

 

Not true. Only I can determine what something seems like to me.
I think you mean it doesn't really conflict.
I thought the whole theme of the thread had to do with the way these two police officers led this person off to jail and you say people are pussies about their objections to the arrest and subsequent leading to jail and find the image of it offensive. I'm unclear as to how these two things don't conflict.

 

Not to the arrest. To the image. The image is possible because he is under arrest for trespassing. Probably nothing too serious, was probably being a public nuisance. Many homeless persons are.

People are freaking out to the imagery. "It looks bad". I don't really care how it looks to be honest. He's being led to jail, the cops have a horse since their are mounted police.

Waiting for a patrol car is a waste of time and resources.

 

The police need to be authoritarian.

Otherwise this happens:

 

Well, they could have had him lead the horse.

 

Now, that offends the hell out of me!



I would say, that is teaching Black kids to count coup on the police.
And it will no doubt get one or more killed in the not too distant future.