I did cackle a bit at the cops complaining about people hurling horse shit.
Gee. I wonder how the protestors got hold of that.
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Baku@aussie.zone 3 months ago
The only thing that was really sad to see about this was the horses
Cops bringing animals to protests they plan to start violence in is fucked. I feel the same about the attack dogs they sometimes use too. It seems like they bring them solely as some kind of power projection, and in the case of dogs, so they can inflict serious injury without any kind of investigation stemming from it, and with the moral quandary that most people can’t or won’t hurt an animal
I don’t condone anybody harming animals, but it seems like police have animals mainly so they can provoke people into injuring the animals and then yelling about how unfair it is the animals get injured. Also, we aren’t in 17th century Britain, don’t bring a fucking horse to a protest you archaic savages.
Taleya@aussie.zone 3 months ago
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
You know the horses also cause serious injuries yeah? Like the whole point of them is so cops can move protestors for fear of being stepped on.
Baku@aussie.zone 3 months ago
You know that doesn’t make it any better yeah? Like the idea they force animals to go injure people they don’t like is pretty fucked.
princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
Oh, if I came across like I was supportive at all, my apologies. It’s completely fucked. It just seemed like you were saying they bring out the dogs, specifically, because they need an animal that causes injuries. Horses do that too, I guess people discount that because a) They can’t really be made to be violent on their own, and b) because most people who ride horses these days know better than to walk directly up to a human being and then keep going.
The other said of the cops statement about shit being thrown at the horses too is just, how do you know they just didn’t miss? lol
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 months ago
The British police still love nothing more than a mounted charge on football rioters. Or at a peaceful candlelit vigil if the protestors unhelpfully refuse to become rioters.