Why are horses used in riots?

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Reply 20

shmuxel

Gives the police a high vantage point and makes them look imposing

Reply 21

Freiheit

Original post by glelin96

Yes, horses are a bit more maneuverable but they are a lot less predictable, I have ridden them for 10 years and if I wasn't riding my horse, that I had trained, owned and cared for, I wouldn't feel safe riding it. A horse would pick up on this and be on edge.

YOu have a better view of the whole area/road when you are that high.

Reply 22

glelin96

Original post by Hopple

Kind of cheating really. A cop would get into trouble for driving into people, but if their horse 'accidentally' trampled someone who 'spooked' it they'd get off.

I don't know the law but I would assume that if the horse was spooked, it would be put out of commission and might as a result be put down? I don't know, I'm just putting something forward. There was a case I saw on the news a while ago where a police sniffer dog was doing it's job looking for drugs, the drug user who's house was being searched, grabbed the dog, the dog got spooked, bit and as a result of this got put down. How is this fair?

(edited 11 years ago)

Reply 23

ninja_pidgeon

One - people are more reluctant to target animal
Two - there imposing
Three - high vantage point
Four and most importantly - would you stand in front of a charging horse?

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Reply 24

Hopple

Original post by glelin96

I don't know the law but I would assume that if the horse was spooked, it would be put out of commission and would might as a result be put down? I don't know, I'm just putting something forward. There was a case I saw on the news a while ago where a police sniffer dog was doing it's job looking for drugs, the drug user who's house was being searched, grabbed the dog, the dog got spooked, bit and as a result of this got put down. How is this fair?

Hmm, I suppose it might be. But it's easy to argue that a horse just didn't know where a person was if trampling someone than for a dog to actually chew on someone.

And I think it is fair enough to put a dog down for biting someone, if the police are treating the dog as a tool then it going nuts when someone grabs it is akin to a metal detector blowing up and chucking shrapnel at suspects.

Reply 25

Llamageddon

Original post by Id and Ego seek

They're easier to train than elephants.

This.

I'd love to see police elephants though.

Reply 26

ninja_pidgeon

Original post by Llamageddon

This.

I'd love to see police elephants though.

Why use elephants when you could ride a liger

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Reply 27

glelin96

Original post by Hopple

Would it? Horses easily get 'spooked' when they are in the wrong situation, when they get 'spooked' they buck, when they buck, they land on people. I would presume that this would be seen as unpredictability, much the same as a dog.

No, there was a video tape, it was due to be on one of these police shows on the television, but after recording it was clear what would happen, and that would be wrong to air on national television. The video was published by the media and you saw that the person who's house was being searched grabbed the dog, if someone grabbed me the way he did, I would turn and punch them.

Reply 28

Llamageddon

Original post by ninja_pidgeon

Why use elephants when you could ride a liger

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because they're huge.

Reply 29

thunder_chunky

Original post by Llamageddon

This.

I'd love to see police elephants though.

Great for crowd control at football games I'm sure.

Reply 30

cl_steele

Theyre big and excellent for trampling the unrully masses without resorting the the more modern approach of some countries, names ommited, who like to use tanks :rolleyes:

Reply 31

Hopple

Original post by glelin96

It's not a vicious reaction though. You could compare it to a car rolling over someone.

No, there was a video tape, it was due to be on one of these police shows on the television, but after recording it was clear what would happen, and that would be wrong to air on national television. The video was published by the media and you saw that the person who's house was being searched grabbed the dog, if someone grabbed me the way he did, I would turn and punch them.

You would, but the police use the dog as a sniffing tool, it's not supposed to use teeth.

Reply 32

Harley

Original post by Llamageddon

This.

I'd love to see police elephants though.

Reply 33

glelin96

Original post by Llamageddon

because they're huge.

If I had the choice between facing a jack russell dog or a pig, I would choose the pig. Size isn't the most important thing. :wink:

Reply 34

glelin96

Original post by Hopple

It's not a vicious reaction though. You could compare it to a car rolling over someone.

You would, but the police use the dog as a sniffing tool, it's not supposed to use teeth.

No, the dog is not put down just because it is vicious, it is put down for being a risk to the public. That horse may be seen as putting the public at risk, so the decision may be the same.

Reply 35

Drewski

Original post by thunder_chunky

That joke wasn't very stable.

Now now, let's not have you all jockeying around for the best horse-related gag. The thread will just gallop away from you otherwise.

:awesome:

Reply 36

Converse Rocker

Original post by glelin96

I do know, I have ridden horses for the last ten years. I just don't see why they don't use a fleet of vans, the vans are the same size, inanimate object that can't be harmed in the same way a horse can.

A van (I presume you mean van as in a vehicle) would limit your vision massively. Horses are great at scaring the crap out of people, as you probably know. The police will train with a particular horse as well I'm sure.

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Reply 37

glelin96

Original post by Drewski

Now now, let's not have you all jockeying around for the best horse-related gag. The thread will just gallop away from you otherwise.

:awesome:

Oh dear, oh dear. :redface:

Reply 38

Hopple

Original post by glelin96

No, the dog is not put down just because it is vicious, it is put down for being a risk to the public. That horse may be seen as putting the public at risk, so the decision may be the same.