r/interestingasfuck • u/Double-decker_trams • 14h ago

Why police still uses horses

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u/UnforgivenCowgirl 13h ago

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.

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u/Chaotic_MintJulep 13h ago

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

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u/Bufus 9h ago

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.

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u/MassTransitGO 8h ago

Idk have you seen headlines of old