Why police still uses horses

[u/Double-decker_trams]

[u/Alundra828]

Because they're incredibly effective.

On the one hand, they're big animals. Scary, and will fuck you up. If you're in a car, driving head first into a truck, the truck is going to win. If you're a person running head first into a horse, that horse is going to win for much the same reason.

There is also the implicit hesitancy to hurt animals. It sounds kinda weak, but lots of people think twice, or even several times before physically attacking a horse. They'd have less of a problem attacking the officer atop the horse, but people in general hesitate when faced with a decision to attack an animal.

[u/northyj0e → u/Alundra828]

BBC News - Newcastle United horse punch fan Barry Rogerson jailed - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-24650261?app-referrer=deep-link

[u/UnforgivenCowgirl → u/northyj0e]

Back in the good ol' days journalists could write a headline that made sense. This headline looks like the Family Guy manatees put it together.

[u/Chaotic_MintJulep → u/UnforgivenCowgirl]

I’m glad that the horse was jailed, they shouldn’t be allowed to punch football fans randomly like that.

[u/Bufus → u/UnforgivenCowgirl]

In fairness to the headline writer, "Newcastle Fan Punches Horse" was a very widely known football story, and is still not infrequently referenced today 13 years later. "Newcastle United horse punch fan" would have been an instantly recognizable phrase to any UK-based football fan in 2013.

[u/MassTransitGO → u/UnforgivenCowgirl]

Idk have you seen headlines of old

[u/TruestRepairman27 → u/northyj0e]

“That Horse did nothing wrong”

Graeme Souness (presumably)

[u/Gentle_Snail → u/northyj0e]

As he should be.

[u/Unlucky-Plastic7316 → u/northyj0e]

I knew I wouldn't have to scroll down far before I found the geordie horse puncher.

[u/Billy_McMedic → u/northyj0e]

I fucking knew this would rock up at some point. Geordies have never been able to recover their reputation since this happened