Mounted Police Threaten Reporters near White House

New video from September 6, 2007 near White House sheds light on police use of intimidation. See U.S. citizens rights being violated repeatedly in this shocking video.

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[easi822]

Audio?? The duty of mounted units is to keep others away while other officers are effecting an arrest in this situation. Your video has no audio. Looks to me like the mounted officer is doing EXACTLY what he is supposed to do. Protect the ground unit by keeping everyone else back while an arrest is being made.

[JackRackham6]

Intimidation as exercised by police officers isn't illegal and is actually why they have mounted units, a giant, heavy animal with a gun toting guy on top is scary! lol

[mryellow123]

@easi822 protect them from what? people with cameras are a threat how?

[darkseer100]

i hate cops...but man i fucking hate REPORTERS!arrestem all!

[1775novten]

@easi822 Of course the assaulted or injured person would go to jail, because the officer has to arrest you to justify what happened. We see it everyday. And typically the officer lies on his report and gets away with it unless the incident is captured on video. But I'm glad to see that you as an officer are at least willing to admit this happens.

[1775novten]

haha, at :50 the officer on foot flinched hard when the horse turned its back towards him. That officer was sure he was about to get a hoof to the face - would've been nice.

[nanocalp]

@easi822 yeah like they were gonna stop the arrest by taking pictures come in with a horse pushing people like sheep. and he´s an iraq war veteran i think thats enough said, people are fed up.

[KoolKid5830]

@easi822 Dude I've Had Martial Arts Training, I Doubt That A Deadly Push off That Horse Would End In Him Trying to Manuver It.

[easi822]

@KoolKid5830 You might try, but I really doubt that you would push him off of the horse. There are manuvers that we learn for dealing with just such foolishness. You would look pretty ridiculous with a hoofprint on yout chest when you tried.

[hockypimp]

@easi822 no? he should verbally warn them. what if something spooked the horse and it trampled someone?

[easi822]

@LegioXGemina Mounted units are required to keep training records detailing all hours the officer and the horse have. I am well aware of this because I am a mounted deputy. That horse nor that officer would be on duty had they both not completed (and continue) an international set of training standards. If someone is knocked down the officer ment for it to happen in 99 out of 100 cases. That being said, the chances of that person who was knocked down going to jail are very high.

[easi822]

@ChewbaccaFan2087 A single officer on horseback can control a crowd of 10-15 people. I am a mounted officer. I can see above the crowd and I can see down into a crowd where officers on foot can't. I can see when someone in the middle of a crowd pulls you to the ground and starts to rob or beat you. I can push that crowd out of the way and make my way to you to assist you. I have done that very thing many times during events such as Mardi Gras and major sporting events.