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Man Jailed After Punching Police Horse's Rear End
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Published: April 6, 2008
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TAMPA - Police arrested a Lakeland man early this morning on charges that he punched a police horse in the rear end.
Carl Coward
It should be no surprise the incident occurred about 3:15 a.m. in Ybor City.
The Tampa Police Department report said the officer and horse were clearing the street and sidewalks in the 19th Street area of Seventh Avenue.
Carl Coward, 24, of 111 Hodges Road, Lakeland, balled his fist and punched the horse in the right rear hip area, the report states.
Coward was charged with battery of a law enforcement animal and is being held at the Orient Road Jail on $500 bond, jail records show.
The report does not indicate whether the horse suffered any serious injury.
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Posted by ( jbsteel ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Coward fits this guy perfectly.
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Posted by ( rivett ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
his last name fits him,, why in the hell would this idiot hit the horse
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Posted by ( misticleansfla ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:34 p.m.
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Posted by ( avelyne ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
what a coward!!!!!!!!!!!! and why only $500 bond??
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Posted by ( leopard1 ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"Mr." Coward could've been "Mr. Soprano Voice" if the police horse wasn't so well trained.
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Posted by ( jviars ) on April 6, 2008 at 1:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
A horse should not be considered a police officer. Its just an animal.
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Posted by ( Claylisa ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
WTF?? Why the heck is this up here?
Dude punches a horse in the a-- and it's news? What?
"The report does not indicate whether the horse suffered any serious injury."
Really. C'mon now.
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Posted by ( crysntrin ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
sounds like he was drunk
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Posted by ( mattbuster ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Coward.. This punk only hits things that wont hit back. i am surprised he didnt have his gang of thugs with him. they would have jumped the horse!
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Posted by ( nprvoice ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
COWARD...lol...come on...this is too funny
The Lester Molester story is next...
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Posted by ( Marco ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:24 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Horse's A$$ hits horse's A$$.
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Posted by ( Bonsai ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
To jviars - do you think the same way about police dogs?
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Posted by ( KBS ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:39 p.m.
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Posted by ( Chances_Are ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:46 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Jviars...It is an animal you moron, that's why he's being charged with battery on a law enforcement animal... Gotta read my friend!!
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Posted by ( denmar ) on April 6, 2008 at 2:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Marco, you read my mind. What a loser.
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Posted by ( frank ) on April 6, 2008 at 3:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
They should have tased his A$$.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on April 6, 2008 at 3:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This is hysterical. I'm glad I moved to Florida. You don't read stories like this up north. ;-)
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Posted by ( apmatssim ) on April 6, 2008 at 3:57 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
All these low lifes look the same.
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Posted by ( army1930 ) on April 6, 2008 at 4 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
i punched a horse in the rear end back in '49 in a field just outside of Luxembourg. that SOB kicked me square in the ribs, broke 4 of 'em. i got up, punched it in the face and i'll be darned if it didn't spin around and kick me again. i was drunk so i figured i could wrestle it to the ground if i got low but that thing would not have it. i spent 20 minutes trying to take that sucker down and it cost me 3 teeth and a swollen private area for 2 months. lesson learned: if you're gonna wrestle a horse to the ground you better have a few beers in ya.
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Posted by ( stopTHEinsanity77 ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jviars, I think you misread the article. They are not considering the animal an actual officer. However, it is an animal and that is animal abuse. Also, it's a trained animal that serves and protects. Even if they did charge the guy with abuse of an officer, who cares, he is an idiot! Why on God's green earth would anyone have any reason to punch anyone in the bum, especially an animal? Foolish, cruel!
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Posted by ( c_jay ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
army1930 and you never punched or hit any animal thereafter did you?
Gotta give the horse credit.
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Posted by ( amgems ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:17 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
All of these guys tend to be unemployed too.
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Posted by ( tallguy007 ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
GEE want to bad a%% guy.Let him clean up after the horse'e for a few yrs and see how he like's what he did.
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Posted by ( Geordie ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:53 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Maybe he thought he was punching one of his "brothers"
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Posted by ( DennyPCrane ) on April 6, 2008 at 4:54 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jviars a police animal such as a horse is not considered a police officer. They are covered under a seperate statute which covers injury or battery on a police animal. Do you condone this horse being punched? Do you own animals and do you condone them being punched? Police animals have to have special protection lest they be subject of attack at anytime. Use your head, pal, it might enlighten you.
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Posted by ( boxers ) on April 6, 2008 at 5:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
it was Ybor, quit making this out to be more than it is, he was drunk, and having too much fun. Just be happy that he wasn't punching another person.
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Posted by ( tgarrett ) on April 6, 2008 at 5:25 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The question gets asked often: Why does someone seemingly ask to get arrested? I firmly believe the answer is that they want to be in jail for some mental reason be it conscious or subconscious.
It has been said that to be arrested is a 'right of passage' for some gang membership. And many that have a long rap sheet demonstrate an inability to function outside incarceration and are subliminally drawn to the 'comfort zone' that a jail offers to that certain segment of society.
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Posted by ( tparich ) on April 6, 2008 at 5:35 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Ha ha ha ha!!!
I'm not sure what is funnier; the dude punching a horse, TBO writing the article, or people (including me) taking time to comment on it.
Way too funny!
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Posted by ( todu385 ) on April 6, 2008 at 5:52 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
sounds like he was drunk! How would you guess that, 330 am in Ybor??? He is lucky the horse didnt kick back but then the horse is smarter and better trained. What a total idiot but the picture speaks for itself. As for punishment forget the fine but make him work in the stables cleaning up and caring for the horses and ill bet he gets a new appreciation and respect for the animals. Jail and fines are not always the answer to everything. A little community service will do him and the community some good.
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Posted by ( ljellen1118 ) on April 6, 2008 at 6 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Drunkeness does not excuse law-breaking,even in Ybor City. Well trained horse: didn't kick back! Expensive police animals---dogs & horses---are part of law enforcement & are to be respected. SO HAPPY there is actually a statute for pressing charges on "alleged batterer." Hit the officer = felony: good thing for him he didn't miss the horse & hit officer. :<)
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Posted by ( RobKay ) on April 6, 2008 at 6:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Marco, you summed up the situation pefectly! Now we need to know, was it a white horse or a black horse? Could be a hate crime or maybe Mr. Coward thought he was looking in a mirror?
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Posted by ( Reality ) on April 6, 2008 at 6:10 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Coward is lucky it wasn't my horse. I used to ride a horse for the Sheriff's Office up north. If anyone had punched mine in the rump (that's what we call a horse's rear end) I'd have clubbed the motherf___er.
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Posted by ( Claylisa ) on April 6, 2008 at 6:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
In other news...a man named Shorty McDirt was arrested for allegedly try to fondle a police dog outside the St Pete Times Forum after a Storm game.
The suspect said the dog was cute and reminded him of his middle school teacher...Anna Wolf.
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Posted by ( pcdebb ) on April 6, 2008 at 6:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
army1930 that's too funny!! this guy is lucky the horse didnt kick him. but like someone else stated, why is this "breaking news"?
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Posted by ( angryamerican ) on April 6, 2008 at 7:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
REALITY: You should send your comment directly to Jaqaka2, he must have missed the story before he moved down south.
"This is hysterical. I'm glad I moved to Florida. You don't read stories like this up north. ;-)"
I have to admit though there really is a lot going on down here.
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Posted by ( Reality ) on April 6, 2008 at 7:22 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I think it's your water...
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Posted by ( Jen1897 ) on April 6, 2008 at 7:32 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Hey Carl, you should cut your thug hair and maybe you could get a job. Idiot.
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Posted by ( reddogkgb ) on April 6, 2008 at 7:59 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
UNBELIEVABLE, What a deal...
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Posted by ( jbsteel ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jen he has a job slinging dope. Why would he need to cut his hair for a job?
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Posted by ( signit4bes ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"It's 3:15. I was hoping to come to Ybor and get me a piece of azz. This'll do..."
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Posted by ( Jen1897 ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jbsteel
Oh yeah (DUH) lol.
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Posted by ( Nop ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:47 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
He should have to clean the stables for a Year!!
What a waste!
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Posted by ( Nop ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:55 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Also....Carl......get a J..O..B!!
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Posted by ( chuckhill ) on April 6, 2008 at 8:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This is absolute proof.
There are more horse's asses than horses.
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Posted by ( BUGSY ) on April 6, 2008 at 9:12 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
TO jviars, you gotta be kidding right? " Just an animal ". It is considered an officer! The "animal" is on patrol with an uniformed cop! Gawd, I'd hate to see how you treat your "animals" should you even own any.If so, do your "animals" a favor and adopt them out to loving homes.
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Posted by ( pleromayahweh ) on April 6, 2008 at 9:15 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
First of all this is my brother from another mother that I have known for 9 years. A lot of you a--es with these stereotypes and judgments need to know what you're talking about before you open your mouth or decide to write some bull on the internet about something that really didnt go down like the media potrayed it. Come on who the heck wants to or will hit a horse and for what reason. YOU RUN! NOT FIGHT! mE AND HIM EVEN JOKED ABOUT THAT. My dawg wasnt drunk or drugged and is not a drug dealer and never had any type of run-ins with the law. Your reading a report coming from crooked a-- Hillsborough county police department that wants you to sympathize with a horse that didnt even notice that it had been "Accidentally" slapped on the rear end yes folks I was there and the darn horse backed up into me and my friend and it caught us so off guard that when he swung around he did not realize where the horse was standing and his hand slapped his rear. He should sue for slander and libel. This is a perfect case of defamation of character. This will be thrown out, Hillsborough county is just bored. And what ever the name sake my Brother has never been a Coward and far from Lame and stupid enough to try to beat up a horse. It was an accident take it for what its worth. To him this is both funny and upsetting because of how bad the media is trying to potray him and slander his name over a situation so stupid and insignificant. Thank You.
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Posted by ( zarkmud ) on April 6, 2008 at 9:21 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Every time I go by one these horses the thing has some kind of snide remark. I think it is high time someone belted one.
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Posted by ( pleromayahweh ) on April 6, 2008 at 9:38 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Oh and I should have been more specific on why his hand slapped the horse and it was because when the horse had backed up into us it had stepped on his foot and he quickly turned around and pushed off the horse which in bored Hillsborough Police Dep. language means a "Felony a-- slapping of a Law Enforcment (HORSE)?
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Posted by ( nikita0229 ) on April 6, 2008 at 9:40 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahwey. Yup, that bad bad POlice department is after your poor brother. I cannot for the life of me imagine they are bored enough in Ybor city at 3am to arrest him for "slapping" a horse that backed up into you two. That is absolutely HILARIOUS. I'm sure in court your story would be just as believable. Yowzers. Anyway, wouldn't want this dude to muck my horses stalls, he isn't fit to be around my horses. Loser. Wish the horse had knocked a few teeth out.
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Posted by ( tampadoug ) on April 6, 2008 at 10:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The Truth is: Dude was doin' some crack and thought he was Mongo from "Blazing Saddles"! Next thing you know, he'll be getting a CandyGram in jail from Sheriff Bart. Mongo likes CandyGrams!
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Posted by ( RichB ) on April 6, 2008 at 10:49 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh that is funny "First of all this is my brother from another mother that I have known for 9 years" . Hahaha....tell your daddy to keep it in his pants and not to reproduce anymore IDIOTS!
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Posted by ( chjh ) on April 6, 2008 at 11:02 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
"First of all this is my brother from another mother that I have known for 9 years."
In the future, try this:
"My brother"
or
"My half brother"
Otherwise, you sound just like the stereotype they're all talking about. It really doesn't help your case.
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Posted by ( Devlin ) on April 6, 2008 at 11:11 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
That horse should have turned around and kicked him. That will teach this person.
Nothing good happens in Ybar after 2am.
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Posted by ( kmspots ) on April 6, 2008 at 11:43 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Gotta make a papa proud....a bother from another mother I've known for 9 years.....where I come from...Tampa....we know our brothers forever.....
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Posted by ( RobKay ) on April 7, 2008 at 12:05 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Yer brother from the other mother or the other mother's brother? Got any brothers from yer mother or her brother or are all yer brothers from other mothers? Any of your mother's brothers or your brothers mothers have fathers? I still think you're all horses asses.
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Posted by ( yankeejib ) on April 7, 2008 at 4:34 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Maybe he thought it was his old lady.
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Posted by ( bnav ) on April 7, 2008 at 6:22 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
I like that the reporter is so honest with his comment:
"it should be no surprise the incident occurred about 3:15 a.m. in Ybor City." Nice job !. As for the latest POS moron...that horse should have stomped him. A police horse or dog is considered a "officer" and rightly so. Maybe Mr. Coward can spend a few weekends at the horse compound with a shovel in his hand scooping excrement.
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Posted by ( Reality ) on April 7, 2008 at 7:07 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Overheard at the Coward Family reunion:
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
(Apologies to Dark Helmet in Spaceballs, 1987.)
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Posted by ( biker ) on April 7, 2008 at 7:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Was that picture a picture of the horse's rear end or the moron who punched it?
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Posted by ( BettyBoop ) on April 7, 2008 at 8:10 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
That horse experienced a pain in the A$$ by an A$$.
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Posted by ( petagirl ) on April 7, 2008 at 8:17 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
service animals give their lives just
like police officers and are defenesless.
they earn no salary.
they need to be protected and $500 bond
is not acceptable. either is some of
the uncompassionate comments here
regarding horses.
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Posted by ( bowtieqt35 ) on April 7, 2008 at 8:53 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Well said petagirl. My daughter owns a horse and I can tell you this idiot is lucky all he got was fined because any other not so well trained horse wouldve kicked his a$$ into next week. Police animals whether it is a horse or a dog have the same job as the human officer & they should be given the same respect or perhaps more because they are "just an animal".
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on April 7, 2008 at 9:33 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
"First of all this is my brother from another mother that I have known for 9 years."
You gotta be kidding.
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Posted by ( Reality ) on April 7, 2008 at 9:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
"I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate."
- Dark Helmet in Spaceballs, 1987.
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Posted by ( Jeke45 ) on April 7, 2008 at 9:58 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
This Jrk O. could've been charged with battery on a police officer too (in addition to the animal abuse charge) why? if you hit anything connected to another person and you hit that "anything," law considers it a battery on the thing, person or whatever. Look, this " coward" was just doing what's natural to him, abusing defenseless anythings. Jail time baby!
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Posted by ( 6ftunder ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:21 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Idiot. Perfect last name for him. Perhaps they should let the horse kick him in the sac.
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Posted by ( DarthRandall ) on April 7, 2008 at 12:27 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Reality - Classic. The Schwartz was not strong with this one......
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Posted by ( romans12v19 ) on April 7, 2008 at 12:45 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Guess the horse left something on the sidewalk that looked too much like Mr. Cowards relatives or perhaps his own portrait.....
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Posted by ( embella13 ) on April 7, 2008 at 12:51 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
LOL! These idiots do all look the same! Lucky for his sorry A** the horse won't punch back.
Sorry POS!
Awww, what? No gold teeth in the pic???
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Posted by ( franco73 ) on April 7, 2008 at 12:55 p.m.
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Posted by ( lovemy2boys ) on April 7, 2008 at 1:29 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
army1930...you got what you deserved!
jviars..."just" an animal??!! is that what you think about that poor llama who got his head bashed in with a freakin hammer at Gaither High School? Cruelty is cruelty! Animals dont deserve to be beatened anymore than children or any other person!
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Posted by ( newjdguy ) on April 7, 2008 at 1:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Too bad the horse didn't kick back.
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Posted by ( mr_hanky ) on April 7, 2008 at 1:45 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh, the only animal in this story is your "dawg" from another mother. BTW, your daddy must be a pig.
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Posted by ( newjdguy ) on April 7, 2008 at 2:05 p.m.
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Posted by ( Aquaholic ) on April 7, 2008 at 2:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
TBO, WTF?? This is not news! How do guys decide what is news and what is not? Nobody cares about a guy punching a horse, trust me!
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Posted by ( pojamie ) on April 7, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I see that the young man has never had any run in with the law before and I have heard more than one young person say that the horses in Ybor sometimes get too close to pedistrians. It's acutally dangerous.
I hope he is able to beat this case and not have this on his record.
I see that the typical stereotypes and negitivity is alive and well here though.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on April 7, 2008 at 3:58 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
You feel so bad for the horse? It probably has a better life than alot of people I see on the streets of Tampa. Get a reality check.
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Posted by ( FLBachelor ) on April 7, 2008 at 4:33 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
For a second there I thought it read Carl Crawford. Strike a horse with police officer on it after closing time in Ybor City? ROTFL That rates pretty high on my stupid things to do meter... Did he not watch the movie "How High"?
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Posted by ( joeyg ) on April 7, 2008 at 5:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
you gotta love the IT"S SHOULD BE NO SUPRISE statement. Pretty funny.
Marco, great post.
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Posted by ( stopTHEinsanity77 ) on April 7, 2008 at 5:09 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
jagaka2, you are an idiot! I'm sorry that you feel sorry for the people on the streets of Tampa. Many of us do. What does that have to do with some fool beating on a horse? Their lifestyles on the streets, is not the horses fault.
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Posted by ( jagaka2 ) on April 7, 2008 at 5:28 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
It's just a horse. Why do we even need horses in Ybor? The streets are narrow enough. Cops could be on bicycles and be more effective. I know, the horse needs a job.
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Posted by ( Camisha ) on April 7, 2008 at 6:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
This is a stupid waste of time!!! Maybe the horse stepped on his foot!!
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Posted by ( pleromayahweh ) on April 7, 2008 at 6:46 p.m.
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Posted by ( pojamie ) on April 7, 2008 at 7:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh: Pretty well said until you got to the "tree hugging" comment. That's when you took yourself to their level. Making judgments without basis.
If you'll not my earlier comment, I was with you, but I recycle and I guess that could be considered "tree hugging" LOLOLOL.
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Posted by ( nikita0229 ) on April 7, 2008 at 9:24 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I would have the same opinion of the perpetrator were it a white college student or an asian tourist. Whatever...now you feel better. Get over yourself, it is about the act, not how your brother LOOKS.
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Posted by ( RevThaddeusPaulk ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:05 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
Pleromayahweh
Dreadlocks scream Ganga! Your brother’s hair style lets the world know his true calling.
Bob Marley is dead along with the Rastafarian movement.
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Posted by ( scottfwtx ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:07 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
He's kinda cute and sexy. Give him a break.
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Posted by ( jbsteel ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:16 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh you and your "dawg" are real tough guy's. Your Coward friend hit's a horse that cannot hit back. I would have to say the only punk's I see are you and your Coward friend. Get over yourself, your a punk.
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Posted by ( workingstiff ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:18 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
I suppose the goth look screams school yard shooter, all asians are smart and nascar is for rednecks. You folks have no life.
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Posted by ( RUDY21 ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:19 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
What?? All the crap that goes on down in Ybor and this is what makes the news. Funny!
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Posted by ( RevThaddeusPaulk ) on April 7, 2008 at 10:50 p.m. ( Suggest removal )
The horse didn’t understand Ebonics, while stepping on MR. Coward’s foot.
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Posted by ( sherri77 ) on April 8, 2008 at midnight ( Suggest removal )
The officers on their horses were clearing the streets! Call me weird, but I will never be close enough to a police horse under any circumstances to get stepped on. If an officer says "leave" I'm gone. Maybe Coward (Mr) didn't think he needed to leave.
Everybody has an attitude nowadays. I'm pleased he went to jail and I couldn't care less about the color of his skin. Why can't we have a discussion on this board without the race card?!?!?!
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Posted by ( stopTHEinsanity77 ) on April 8, 2008 at 12:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh : you are just as foolish as your friend! In one of your postings you write
"It was an accident take it for what its worth." You previously wrote:
"I was there and the darn horse backed up into me and my friend and it caught us so off guard that when he swung around he did not realize where the horse was standing and his hand slapped his rear."
Now, just to clarify things your statement "it was an accident," contradicted your explanation of the backing up and slapping motion. You said he swung around and slapped. In no way shape or form is slapping, punching, and hitting of any kind an accident. It is a bad decision/reaction to being bumped into, or punched, or hit etc. I am a behavior specialist and I am constantly hearing from kids that have hit someone "it was an accident." Well guess what, that isn't possible. When you trip and bump into someone that would be an example of an accident. If you drop a dish on the floor, that is an accident. If you hurt someone because you slipped, that is an example of an accident. However, when you react to something, with or without thinking it is not an accident, it is a conscious decision. For those who say I wasn't thinking, it just happened, it was a reflex, which is called poor self-control. The proper reaction that is acceptable to something like a horse backing into you is to back away further, to block yourself, to protect yourself. That is a normal, acceptable reaction. For those people that react with force, and not defense, lack of self-control. So perhaps your friend needs a class, and you should join him, since you think his "reaction" was acceptable.
BTW: I don't care what race, religion, or sex is, violence of any level is NOT okay.
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Posted by ( pennyhouston2000 ) on April 8, 2008 at 4:06 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Not trying to defend anyone here (or offend), but the earlier posting did say the the horse was on his foot...and I feel like if it was me..and a horse was on my foot...my reaction would be to slap the horse to get him off my foot too....not as a bad reaction, but as an automatic defense reaction.
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Posted by ( CLD ) on April 8, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
Was it really worth it Carl??
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Posted by ( commentcava ) on April 8, 2008 at 7:53 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
you can't have it both ways...if the horse (which is pretty large not to notice, don't you think?)bumped him or even stepped on his foot, that does not give him the "right" to slap, punch, hit or otherwise touch the horse. what if it was a young child who bumped into him, should he slap the child for accidentally doing that? get some anger management therapy, and realize that people dont hate you because of your color, they hate you because you are an idiot
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Posted by ( lovemy2boys ) on April 8, 2008 at 10:27 a.m. ( Suggest removal )
pleromayahweh...i totally agree with you and all the racist crap that goes on in this world. The sad thing is that it will never end. I cant stand when i hear people saying the word ni**a. Whether it's a white person saying it to a black person OR when its a black person saying it to a black person! I am white and i find it just as degrading to hear a black person saying that word. I never could understand why black people think it's ok for them to say it but not white people. It should be wrong for any person to say it. It's a horrible word and it shouldnt be said by anyone! And the racism NEEDS to stop! Racism on ALL because black people can be just as racist as white people. We all should just accept everyone and the world would be so much better!
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