Texas Police Apologize for Horseback Officers Leading Black Man by Rope

This is some serious 1800s shit. Frankly, it is the most outrageous abuse I have read about in this trump era.

Disgusting and Heartbreaking.

Wtf?? Disgusting! I hope he sues the entire police and gets millions and more. I hope he’ll get help to his fight against those police units who did this. I hope this opens eyes of many and they vote for the change. This cannot continue. No more.

What did the con do to get put in jail? Optics here are fucking horrible. Really, ropes? Though if it turns out that he abused children/ animals or murdered someone else then all sympathies go out the window. Are they so backwards there that they can't afford chains? He's not in prison uniform and chains, which are usually the protocol for transferring prisoners. When I used to do psych exams on inmates they'd be chained to the chairs or tables even the non-violent ones.

Yeah the cops should have thrown him into the horse's back seat

Just another day in Trump's America.

r4 even the basest, vilest of criminals deserve basic decency.

They could have called a patrol to take him away. Even if they didn't care about the optics, safety wise it would not be wise to take a potential criminal on foot to the nearest police station. It's a safety hazard to the public at large.

This reminds me of Arpaio.

Damn! Why didn't I think of this first?!

It was trespassing, r4.

Donald Neely, 43, was arrested by the Galveston Police Department on Saturday, August 3 and charged with criminal trespassing.

According to the police paperwork, Neely went into the Galveston Park Board office "without the consent" of a park board member. The office is located on the second floor of a building on the corner of 22nd and Mechanic Street.

[quote]Damn! Why didn't I think of this first?!

R9 = Tard Joe Arpaio

Bitch, you did think about it first and in your version menstruating women where bleeding on their pants while being parade for the public to see.

were*

Wow, trespassing in a public building is such a heinous crime, especially by a man who's known to be mentally ill, that I'm surprised they didn't gallop their horses through the streets and drag him as clearly they believe they should have.

Yeah, they are sorry that they didn't drag him through the street instead of letting him walk. " Hey lets do some really cruel shit and then apologize for it afterward but of course we are glad that we did it "

Sorry about that y'all. We totally fergot that negros is equal people now and all.

^ The proper term is “colereds”

Has Trump appointed the officers to a cabinet position yet?

He's a habitual trespasser who has been arrested dozens of times. Sounds like a mental case.

This is no excuse.

The Galveston police chief expressed remorse that this happened and said the officers were not following protocol. He vows it will not happen again.

Until it does, r19......

The officers were taking Mr Neely to a police staging area. Police clarified that he was not tied with the rope, but "was handcuffed and a line was clipped to the handcuffs".

Even the horse looks like he knows it’s fucked up.

Even the horse looks like he knows it’s fucked up.

What the fuck is the matter with people?

did the horses start galloping?

Would the cop have let go of the rope if it did?

nothing new in Texas

I think this deserves a bump.

[quote]Galveston Police Chief Vernon Hale said on Monday the technique was acceptable in some scenarios, but that "officers showed poor judgment in this instance".

"Police Chief Vernon Hale said on Monday the technique was acceptable in some scenarios," - this is really all we need to know about how sorry they are.

What they're sorry about is that someone got a picture, and they were caught, not for leading someone around by a rope. The race part merely adds to the disgraceful nature of the situation.

They are only sorry that they got caught.

Disgusting, disgraceful and Sinful!

Tone down the hysteria!

The rope wasn't around the neck of the person being arrested.

Guess they took their horses down to Old Town Road. They need to find new careers. Maybe on a ranch somewhere?

If Rosanna Arquette were here, she'd tell the officers to walk alongside the arrested man and let the horses run free.

It would have been too dangerous to put the perpetrator on the horse. It's not clear what other choice there was.

So the 1600s are making a comeback? That’s a massive jump from the 90s. Why on earth is a simple “I’m sorry” reason to dismiss this subhuman behaviour?

R35 The police chief says the officers should have called for a patrol car to transport the suspect.

[quote]It would have been too dangerous to put the perpetrator on the horse. It's not clear what other choice there was.

How about waiting a few minutes until a backup unit arrived?

Police have to be the stupidest profession in the world. What the fucking hell? This man will get his. Ching Ching!

Aww! So the lynching is a no-go, then?

WWDJTD?

Seriously, I wonder these days if they bring back public lynchings would it draw a crowd like in the 50s.

horrifying and disgusting. Texans should ALL be ashamed of themselves!

Yes, R44, all 28 million Texans should repent for their shameful, sinful behavior.

This one too.

NBC:

Attorney demands body cam footage of officers on horses leading black man by rope

CNN:

Galveston: 2 mounted officers in controversial arrest of black man in Texas will not face a criminal investigation