Despite the dangers to both animals and humans, LAPD’s Mounted Platoon officers are required to receive only four weeks of equestrian training, as well as an additional week out in the field. By @marinamasako.bsky.social lataco.com/lapd-horses-... - ThreadSky

lataco.bsky.social • 2 days ago

Despite the dangers to both animals and humans, LAPD’s Mounted Platoon officers are required to receive only four weeks of equestrian training, as well as an additional week out in the field.

By @marinamasako.bsky.social

https://lataco.com/lapd-horses-tear-gar-danger

Comments

monsoon213.bsky.social•2 days ago

Well that tracks! They seemed to hate their horses as much as they hated us! Those poor horses😔.

annslater22.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, that's incredibly dangerous all around.

rockrgirl8.bsky.social•1 day ago

#defundthepolice #allcopsareterrorists #allcopenforcewhitesupremacy #allcopsaremurderers

andersoncheri.bsky.social•1 day ago

Scary for the poor horses.

mandapanda44.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah that’s going to be a disaster I grew up with horses and I’ve been kicked, thrown and to have inexperienced riders in a crowd of people( keep in mind horses are a prey animal and prone to panic)

hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

They're not providing them with any protection from the tear gas or smoke, either! Those poor animals.

mandapanda44.bsky.social•21 hours ago

Well they don’t care about their fellow humans I’m not shocked that they don’t care about those horses and when a sight animal like a horse can’t see it’s heartbreaking, their cruelty know no bounds

capemellen.bsky.social•1 day ago

hopefully they all fall off

ericvblanchard.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thought the local authorities would instruct the local police force to protect the local citizens against the terroristic federal authoritarians.

stevenlundberg.bsky.social•1 day ago

Four weeks? Some of these guys ride like their only experience is a 90 min Griffith Park horseback tour.

tooroot.bsky.social•1 day ago

So the feckers running people down will claim lack of training caused the trampling of proterers.

brexitbin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Poor horses.

keithhoustonvoices.bsky.social•1 day ago

As a horse owner, this pisses me off to no end.

t-antony.bsky.social•1 day ago

An FYI to all Californians, your local barber has to take more training than your police.
That is a failure on all of us.

ancienthippie.bsky.social•1 day ago

I'm not a big fan of animals working for law enforcement or military.

variable430.bsky.social•2 days ago

Gestapo tactics

sic66chic.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've already filed a formal complaint against the LAPD with the CA veterinary board. Guess I'm gonna have to call them, too.

kafkablue.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’ve seen the video from LA. That is not how mounted police are supposed to do their job.

You see several horses clearly not adequately trained. Displays of anxiety, stress, etc even at a distance from the crowds. And you see officers that have no control of their horse, in a “1st time rider” way.

kafkablue.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is one video from UK. Note how calm both the officers and horses are.

https://youtu.be/6PJDF5Ne1nc?si=OMrMnJVLWthUUnaB

dargonluce.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's animal cruelty!

cheeseofthewest.bsky.social•1 day ago

The only reason that police want horse mounts is so that they can trample and injure civilians without it being legally their fault.

drewcell21.bsky.social•1 day ago

LAPD should be removed and replaced with a new police department.

icebluej.bsky.social•1 day ago

Take plastic snakes

trimshop.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nazis

ab621.bsky.social•1 day ago

I’m trying to think of a female coded job that requires less training than policing- are there any? Teaching requires a 4 year degree plus training program. Policing does not require a college degree- accepts a GED and only requires 6 months of police academy. Am I wrong?

gbalbona.bsky.social•1 day ago

Song of the Day 6/24/25
After The Bombs

“And after the rockets calm
And the glimmer of fire
Portends an early dawn
We pinch at our skin
While we wonder how we escaped harm
We forget all our trials
While there in our baby's arms”

END THE BOMBS!!
FUCK Trump Regime!
END ICE!

https://youtu.be/DblPYtCrvDc?...

mmpeace.bsky.social•1 day ago

These poor horses!!! Bravo to any of these horses that buck the rider

ownedbyshiba.bsky.social•1 day ago

FOUR WEEKS? I rode, trained, and worked in the damn barn for 6 years and it was never enough to learn it all. 🤦‍♀️

thelouzealand.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's good. It means they're easier to get off the horses.

hugovonbek.bsky.social•1 day ago

Moronic insanity.

sandcrawler1990.bsky.social•2 days ago

I know I have seen this somewhere before...now I remember!

paulreitzphoto.bsky.social•1 day ago

…beat me to it

antiggy1998.bsky.social•2 days ago

They can't Ride! Awful . Bouncing around and killing the Horses backs. Shameful. Just shameful.

antiggy1998.bsky.social•2 days ago

They are lucky that the Horses put up with them. The Horses are the Teachers!

magicman247.bsky.social•1 day ago

You likely need more training and licensing to be a barber in your local in jurisdiction than an armed officer on horseback.

Makes all kinds of absolutely no fucking sense.

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•1 day ago

slippytoad14.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/_GzG7-LYwXk

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•11 hours ago

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2021

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2022

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/joe-biden/2023

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2025

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Let's compare presidency of Trump and Biden executive orders shall we 😁

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2017

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2018

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2019

https://www.federalregister.gov/presidential-documents/executive-orders/donald-trump/2020

slippytoad14.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/Gx9e5N0M0Ik

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•1 day ago

slippytoad14.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/px8pnQB1plM

slippytoad14.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/qOMvTxKI11E

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•12 hours ago

Weather or not he is Trump supporter doesn't negate the good trump has done for the united states of America.

slippytoad14.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://youtu.be/ORK5oDE6JQ0

retrogamer1980s.bsky.social•11 hours ago

Trump's actions in both his first term and second term so far is the polar opposite of fascism.

allaboutevie.bsky.social•1 day ago

You seriously have to know what you're doing when you ride a big animal like a horse.

surlygrrrl.bsky.social•2 days ago

Horses just want good vibes. This is animal cruelty.

wrong1rightday.bsky.social•1 day ago

They better quit playing.

All the dominoes are falling and the straws are piling up.

The last straw may be animal lovers.

Don’t get the single cat ladies out there with PETA signs…

kyleruggles.bsky.social•2 days ago

The original slave catchers.

marciebp.bsky.social•1 day ago

We need Bosch.

lwlove.bsky.social•1 day ago

I saw an officer hitting a protester with a truncheon, while atop the horse. Absolutely awful.
Animal abuse. No way should these horses be subjected to tear gas or physical violence.

masonicboom.bsky.social•2 days ago

Is this real life or “Battle for the Planet of the Apes?” It’s hard to tell sometimes..

feralbarnkat.bsky.social•1 day ago

Horses are amazing, beautiful, empathetic, animals. I hate that they are part of LAPDs animosity and are used to push and trample people.

oand007.bsky.social•1 day ago

You can tell by the way they hold the reigns.

paulreitzphoto.bsky.social•1 day ago

Doing their McCloud cosplay now. Next up is Planet of the Apes.

jackiegardens.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hope the ASPCA and the Humane Society are on this. This is animal cruelty

steinheim2.bsky.social•1 day ago

The poor horses.

iosef.bsky.social•2 hours ago

it's about intimidation. safety is not a concern

horrifiedcitizen.bsky.social•2 days ago

I learned to ride in my youth and wouldn’t be comfortable commanding an equine animal in a crowd after knowing a horse for 4 weeks! HOLY HORSE SHIT!

hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

And it's not just in a crowd, either! It's in a crowd they're trying to panic, and with explosions and flashes and smokes and gases involved.

horrifiedcitizen.bsky.social•12 hours ago

We need ASPCA AND PETA‼️

horrifiedcitizen.bsky.social•13 hours ago

Horses will get hurt! 😢

hopefulhuman.bsky.social•1 day ago

To qualify, you have to watch 3 John Wayne Movies. How dare they put these Shitstains on Horses.

everyvotecounts24.bsky.social•1 day ago

I saw horrific videos of LAPD mounted officers directing their horses to trample over nonviolent protesters. They left them in the street for dead

everyvotecounts24.bsky.social•1 day ago

Here’s the video https://bsky.app/profile/thetnholler.bsky.social/post/3lr6np6fm222g

vicvinegar2024.bsky.social•2 days ago

Lame.

isonope.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wtf

my2twh.bsky.social•1 day ago

4 weeks is nothing

chuerta1.bsky.social•1 day ago

The horses have no say in this. They should NOT be used in this way.

frenf.bsky.social•1 day ago

OMG! 4 weeks to learn to ride appropriately is not enough!!!

kenofseattle.bsky.social•1 day ago

Completely unnecessary and gratuitous. Leave the people of Los Angeles alone, LAPD. You don't own that city.

newmexicogringo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Time to retire the horse patrols, permanently.

wickedboston.bsky.social•1 day ago

Jesus Christ only four weeks? An additional week out in the field? WTF!

madisonfly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Animal cruelty!

gutekunstlaw.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was wondering about that. In some vids I've seen the mounted cops looked like they had no control over the horses and no "relationship" with them. Like out of control dude ranch dumbasses.

adelitamexicana.bsky.social•1 day ago

Those poor horses.

sandydreamsofitaly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Where are the animal protection agencies

loriah2025.bsky.social•1 day ago

theeliasrework.bsky.social•1 day ago

https://bsky.app/profile/theeliasrework.bsky.social/post/3lrwyxru3mk2n

saluki70.bsky.social•1 day ago

They clearly cannot ride. Their seat is atrocious and they’re jabbing their horse’s mouth because they’re not balanced. These guys are not horsemen. And the horses suffer.

westcliffe5.bsky.social•1 day ago

They police in this me of the rogue apes in "Planet of the Apes."

momoose.bsky.social•1 day ago

I was about to say the exact same thing.

kataclyst.bsky.social•2 days ago

#FreeOurEquineComrades

hipstersasquatch.bsky.social•1 day ago

I never received formal training, but have either been around and worked with horses off and on for most of my life, and the shit I see go on with LA's mounted police makes me so angry I'm embarrassed to talk about it because of worries it makes it sound like I'm less angry about the human abuses.

cougarmojo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Never be embarrassed for caring about horses or animals being abused. They literally have no say in what’s happening to them.
Always speak up.
Others must answer for their own actions … All the riders & all the protesters!
I would never put myself on “that” line. NEVER put a horse in harm’s way. 🌻🇨🇦🕊️

swizzler01.bsky.social•1 day ago

They abuse anybody around them, obviously. I'm hoping most weren't able to land a woman and have kids. Probably vile to them as well if they did. All these guys are mentally ill and they refuse to see it.

berserkergirl.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck every officer who agrees with riding his horse into that smoke, endangering the public and the horse. There’s no need for that kind of force.

pghseth.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's insane!

keltikidea.bsky.social•1 day ago

Etorphine is a wonderful horse hormone. It is so strong that a drop put in a bucket, then the contents thrown away and the bucket refilled and drunk will cause a horse to run uncontrollably until it drops dead. Im sure someone could turn this into a handy spray.

abrasivetea.bsky.social•1 day ago

Marbles. Just let marbles spill out

hnchman21.bsky.social•2 days ago

It could be 6 months. If they don't instruct LEO to NOT try and force the horse to trample someone it doesn't matter.

pseudoacacia.bsky.social•1 day ago

leenychi.bsky.social•1 day ago

WTF is wrong with LAPD?
Seriously, what is it?

ddbamboo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Viewing that video, I saw only one who was riding correctly. The one near the end riding his horse in a shoulder-in. The rest look like drunken yahoos on their first trail ride.

hafitafi.bsky.social•1 day ago

When you're in a "Being as incompetent as possible at everything" competition and your opponent comes in on Horseback, boasting about his "Blue" belt, and has a gun and badge.

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