Park the horse!

[Jolly]

Meanwhile, in Cook County...

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[George K]

When we had Simon, I routinely took him off the farm, and rode him along the road and into the subdivision near the farm.

Here's where we used to go:

When he got too old to ride a lot, we donated him to a nearby handicapped-kids place for easy work. He would NOT get into the trailer, so the people walked him about 2 miles from the barn to his new home.

Police stopped them, but once things were explained, he proceeded without incident.

[George K]

I remember reading about this guy a while ago.

Hollingsworth may have been correct in his interaction with the C(r ) ook County police, but he has a rather checkered past:

Activist Adam Hollingsworth, known as the "Dreadhead Cowboy," was sentenced to 90 days in jail on Tuesday, after repeatedly interrupting a Cook County judge during a hearing in his animal cruelty case.

Hollingsworth is representing himself against animal cruelty charges after he rode his horse for several miles down the Dan Ryan Expressway during a protest last year, causing the animal to suffer several injuries.

At a hearing in his case on Tuesday, Judge Michael McHale ruled Hollingsworth in contempt of court, after Hollingsworth repeatedly interrupted the judge, despite warnings not to do so. According to a copy of the judge's written contempt ruling, Hollingsworth also has "repeatedly made misrepresentations to this court" since his arraignment one year ago, including "serious and baseless allegations against opposing counsel today that they were intentionally and in bad faith hiding evidence."

According to the Sun-Times, during a hearing on Monday, Hollingsworth claimed he has not received some materials from prosecutors, including a video from a Chicago police squad car that was played in open court.

The judge ordered Hollingsworth to return to court on Tuesday with a flash drive prosecutors had turned over to him, but during Tuesday's hearing he claimed his dog had chewed it up, the Sun-Times reports.

"This defendant continued to interrupt this court and also gave evasive answers to very direct questions in an effort to distract, confuse and delay the proceedings as he done regularly throughout these proceedings," McHale wrote in his contempt ruling.

Even after repeated warnings that interrupting the judge would result in him being held in contempt, Hollingsworth continued to argue with the judge, who ordered him taken into custody, and sentenced him to 90 days in jail for criminal contempt of court.

Animal Cruelty? You betcha:

The Chicago Tribune, citing court records, reported Friday that Hollingsworth entered the guilty plea and was sentenced to a year in jail. The newspaper also reported that he agreed to surrender custody of the horse that was nearly killed in the ride that Hollingsworth said was made to bring awareness to children being abused in Chicago.

However, the Tribune reported that Hollingsworth could be released from custody as early as Monday due to credit for time served on electronic home monitoring while his case was pending.

Yeah, the guy is an idiot:

As a television news helicopter made its way overhead, a man seen riding horseback made his way through the local lanes of the Dan Ryan Expressway during rush hour early Monday evening.

Hours later, the man who has come to be known as the Dreadhead Cowboy, Adam Hollingsworth, was charged with reckless conduct, disobeying a police officer and criminal trespass to state supported property, the Illinois State Police announced.

Flanked by what appeared on local news video coverage to be a caravan of motorcycles, Hollingsworth could be seen heading south as police vehicles followed behind. According to news reports, the horseman reached speeds of 15 mph during his ride, but averaged speeds of 12 mph.

The ride, which began at 4:20 p.m. at the 47th Street exit of the Dan Ryan, ended after the rider, later identified as Hollingsworth, exited the expressway at 95th Street and was taken into custody by state troopers. Another man, Darron Luster, was also charged after he refused to relinquish control of the horse over to troopers after Hollingsworth was taken into custody, police said.

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[Horace]

BLM protest, btw. The video looks a lot different if you know the horse is being ridden to death.

[Jolly]

@George-K said in Park the horse!:

When we had Simon, I routinely took him off the farm, and rode him along the road and into the subdivision near the farm.

Here's where we used to go:

When he got too old to ride a lot, we donated him to a nearby handicapped-kids place for easy work. He would NOT get into the trailer, so the people walked him about 2 miles from the barn to his new home.

Police stopped them, but once things were explained, he proceeded without incident.

Feed him in the trailer. That way, an animal will associate food with the trailer and load up a lot easier...

[George K]

@Jolly said in Park the horse!:

Feed him in the trailer. That way, an animal will associate food with the trailer and load up a lot easier.

Problem is that the trailer was not there all the time, and Simon spent most of his day in his stall, where he was fed.