Back in the late 1960s, when I was in law school, there were a number of anti-war demonstrations that got out of hand. The Newark police use horses very effectively to break up unruly crowds before them turned into mobs. When six horses are headed towards you, you get out of the way as quickly as you can.
Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 9:41 PM, knarf <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah, cops use horses here mostly in touristy areas for PR but their more > serious use is crowd control: > > http://knarfinthecity.blogspot.ca/2006/12/riot-control.html?m=1 > > Thanks for the nice words! Thanks to Bruce, too. Glad you enjoyed. > > Cheers, > frank > > > > "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> wrote: >>That's a hell of a bike, and a good image of it, Frank. >> >>Do the police use real horses up there, Frank? They certainly do in >>NYC, and they are very effective. Of course, New York also still has >>the famous hansom cabs. >> >>Dan Matyola >>http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >>On Sun, Aug 18, 2013 at 8:35 PM, knarf <[email protected]> >>wrote: >>> They won't allow real horses in tbe city these days (unless you're a >>cop or something) so I guess this'll do: >>> >>> http://mondociclismo.blogspot.ca/2013/07/steel-horse.html?m=1 >>> >>> Hope you enjoy. Comments welcome. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> frank >>> “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >>and follow the directions. >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>follow the directions. > > “Analysis kills spontaneity.” -- Henri-Frederic Amiel > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
