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re: An arrest was made in Galveston yesterday
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:28 am to KamaCausey_LSU
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:28 am to KamaCausey_LSU
I just don't see the big deal.
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Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:30 am to tgrbaitn08
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In 1919 he would have been lucky to be walking
He’d have been on the end of a rope walking on air
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:32 am to Bedhog
I’d rather be walked in via horse than in the back of a car 
Of course, I don’t plan on doing anything that would make my arrest a necessity
Of course, I don’t plan on doing anything that would make my arrest a necessity
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:38 am to tgrbaitn08
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Because of snowflakes like you.
If you’re a cop these days, damned if you do, damned if you don’t
If considering PR or the optics of actions makes me a snowflake I'll take it.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:42 am to celltech1981
I get that the optics are not good but there is context to be asked for here. If there are only 3 squad cars what if they were not available?
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:44 am to celltech1981
Maybe they were walking him to the squad car
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:47 am to Bedhog
frick that dude and his feelings. Lucky that the horse was running and just dragging his arse along.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:55 am to Bedhog
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bad optics
Posted on 8/6/19 at 8:57 am to Bedhog
What the frick were they supposed to do? Stick him up the horse's arse?
You do realize there's a plexiglass partition in squad cars for a reason, right?
People are so fricking stupid.
You do realize there's a plexiglass partition in squad cars for a reason, right?
People are so fricking stupid.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:00 am to udtiger
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What the frick were they supposed to do? Stick him up the horse's arse?
Why do they use mounted police to respond to a trespassing call? Seems odd.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:02 am to Bedhog
I have no problem with this as long as it was safely done and the guy was able to walk without issue. As long as they're going to do it to any apprehended criminal I see no reason to restrict police because some people are sensitive to the optics of a harmless method of apprehension.
Would they not care if he was pinned down, arrested, and forcefully thrown into the back of a squad car? That seems physically more taxing on the perpetrator.
Would they not care if he was pinned down, arrested, and forcefully thrown into the back of a squad car? That seems physically more taxing on the perpetrator.
This post was edited on 8/6/19 at 9:04 am
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:05 am to NOFOX
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Why do they use mounted police to respond to a trespassing call? Seems odd.
If they were the closest on the call, they respond. Same for a bike cop.
Now, since everyone now has their panties in a twist about this, they probably should have called for a car for optics sake, but there is nothing inherently wrong here.
About to my limit of other people's outrage.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:06 am to NOFOX
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Why do they use mounted police to respond to a trespassing call? Seems odd.
Why? Would it be odd if a bicycle cop showed up?
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:09 am to NOFOX
They were on the Strand. Like I pointed to earlier, there arent many cops on the island. You can ride around Galveston for weeks and never see a cop.
Besides the beach, the Strand is the other popular spot to go to. They will have some horse cops and maybe a car unit go around there occasionally but there has never been a heavy police presence anywhere. When the call came in, they were probably the closest
Besides the beach, the Strand is the other popular spot to go to. They will have some horse cops and maybe a car unit go around there occasionally but there has never been a heavy police presence anywhere. When the call came in, they were probably the closest
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:09 am to tgrbaitn08
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Why? Would it be odd if a bicycle cop showed up?
I'm sure bicycle cops are rare in Galveston probably because bicycles often get stolen in the areas they patrol.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:13 am to udtiger
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If they were the closest on the call, they respond. Same for a bike cop.
Anytime a bike cop responds, they immediately send a squad car also. This just seems stupid. It’s bad optics and it doesn’t stop that guy from taking off. In fact if he were so inclined, he could take that cop off the horse and injure him in the process pretty easily.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:17 am to NOFOX
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It’s bad optics
So?
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:17 am to tgrbaitn08
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Why? Would it be odd if a bicycle cop showed up?
Ever see a bicycle cop take someone in? It’s weird.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:19 am to Centinel
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So?
So it also puts the officer at risk of unnecessary injury which you ignore, but as long as you can get bad optics, you gotta go for it.
Posted on 8/6/19 at 9:20 am to NOFOX
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So it also puts the officer at risk of unnecessary injury
No it doesn't.
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