Man arrested in Tempe (AZ) for slapping horse on rear

Examiner.com ^ | 10 April 2007 | Gary Grado,

[radar101]

Tempe man was arrested Sunday after slapping a police horse on the rear while officers were trying to control a crowd.

David Cross, 28, was booked on suspicion of interfering with a working or service animal, a misdemeanor, said Tempe police spokesman Sgt. Mike Horn.

Horn said the arrest came at 2:14 a.m. as officers were in a crowd of about 200 people at 411 S. Mill Ave. Several people were under arrest and others were fighting.

Horn said the arresting officer wrote that Cross slapped the horse “in a manner likely to cause the animal to panic.”

He said Cross admitted to knowing that slapping a horse can cause it to jump but insisted it was “no big deal.”

Horn said Tempe police routinely use horses for patrols in downtown Tempe, where vehicle traffic is often congested.

Mounted units are “such a huge, huge resource for crowd control,” Horn said.

[Responsibility2nd]

So -— who has the horse’s ass slapping ping list?

Anyone?

(NO!!! I DO NOT volunteer to start one!)

[1rudeboy]

Watch the video

[Responsibility2nd]

And NO!!!! I don’t want to be on such a list if anyone does start one!

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

This is news close to home. I am sitting here at my desk in the People’s Republic of Tempe.

[fieldmarshaldj]

[Graybeard58]

If I decode to slap a horses ass it will be Al Gore, Ted Kennedy, Hillary etc.

[bamahead]

So -— who has the horse’s ass slapping ping list?

PING!
This one might be down your alley!

[HairOfTheDog]

Damn straight. Of course, those horses are probably pretty well desensitized to crowd stimulus, and it appears he remained under control.

The picture above is a gorgeous police horse, but that horse is nowhere near Tempe. ;~)

Ping!

[ElkGroveDan]

I hear that’s not a crime in Washington State.

[HarmlessLovableFuzzball]

Radar101.. I got flashed on the 101 last week and I was doing only 72 or 73. Nothing in the mail yet.

[HairOfTheDog]

So -— who has the horse’s ass slapping ping list?

I guess that would be me. :~)

[M203M4]

Nice headline. Try kicking a cop car (which is arguably not as bad, as kicking the car involves no risk of causing the car to get spooked and run bystanders over).

[brytlea]

Hmmm if only they could just train the horse to turn around and bite the slapper! Having been bitten by horses I can say that it’s not the most fun thing!
susie

[HairOfTheDog]

I hear that’s not a crime in Washington State.

And what, exactly, does that mean? :~)

[Duchess47]

Wonder if the idiot would have slapped a police dog?

[Xenalyte]

David Cross was pretty funny on "Arrested Development." Who knew he'd end up inciting horses to riot?

[Ieatfrijoles]

He’s lucky the horse didn’t spin around and put a queen’s plate through his chest.

[Frank_2001]

He “admitted”? Yeah, right...I have the nagging suspicion that

“Officer, I didn’t know that slapping a horse’s ass might cause it to panic”

was creatively transformed into:

“Officer, I know that slapping a horse’s ass might cause it to panic”

Case dismissed;)

[flying Elvis]

While we do not have a “Horse’s Ass Slapping” list, I am quite sure we could compile a “Horse’s Ass” list in short order given the acrimony on some of the Rudy vs Thompson threads lately. ;)