{"id":3984,"date":"2021-06-13T14:39:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T21:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3984"},"modified":"2021-06-13T14:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T21:39:31","slug":"should-cities-use-mounted-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=3984","title":{"rendered":"Should Cities Use Mounted Police?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The police have long since become the favorite punching bag of BLM, Antifa and, of course, liberal mayors and &#8220;progressive&#8221; DA&#8217;s.\u00a0 The complaint is that cops are &#8220;overmilitarized,&#8221; insufficiently accountable, and too ready to use force, among other things.\u00a0 I have not yet heard specifically an attack on the idea of mounted police, but you don&#8217;t have to be a genius to know it&#8217;s coming:\u00a0 The use of horseback policing is too intimidating and too likely to panic the ubiquitous &#8220;mostly peaceful&#8221; protester.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, a sufficiently amiable stallion might be able to get this dour opinion turned around.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/media.techeblog.com\/images\/smiling-horse-photobomb.jpg\" alt=\"Smiling Horse Behind Police Officers and 10 More Unexpected Photobombs \u2013  TechEBlog\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The police have long since become the favorite punching bag of BLM, Antifa and, of course, liberal mayors and &#8220;progressive&#8221; DA&#8217;s.\u00a0 The complaint is that cops are &#8220;overmilitarized,&#8221; insufficiently accountable, and too ready to use force, among other things.\u00a0 I have not yet heard specifically an attack on the idea of mounted police, but you don&#8217;t have to be a genius to know it&#8217;s coming:\u00a0 The use of horseback policing is too intimidating and too likely to panic the ubiquitous &#8220;mostly peaceful&#8221; protester. 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