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Reader Rob J. sent us this photo taken through a window looking out on Sixth Ave between Charlton and Vandam, snapped right after a police officer was thrown from his horse. We're told the officer has a shoulder injury, the horse is okay and was brought to the stable, and there's nothing more to see here, folks.
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Why do cops still ride horses around this city? It does not seem to be efficient or practical - not too mention too safe.
Well thank God the officer didn't do anything unreasonable to the horse, like, say, shoot it 41 times or sodomize it with a plunger!
Photo of Zen? I don't get it.
Thrown off by the horse or Al Sharpton?
First they give guns to panicy officers with weak nerves, then they put officers on horses without explaining that there is no brake pedal, what is next?
There's something about this photo that looks weird to me: the lighting is funny on some of the individuals in the picture.. was this photoshopping or the reflection of light off the window as the pic was taken?
Oh, and where the heck in the horse?
@drewo
they still ride horses so that they can charge them into protestors, of course. and cause it makes them feel like cowboys, probably
Isn't anybody worried about the guy who doesn't have a head?
looks photoshopped to me.
"Oh, and where the heck in the horse?"
A police back up arrived, saw an injured officer, acted swiftly, yadda yadda yadda, the horse got hers (51 bullets).
#5 and #8, the article clearly says "picture taken through the window". There is no photo shop involved. Who would bother PS-ing something like this? Who would bother doing this and forgetting to completely fill in the head?
The Pig Vs. Horse feud is still going on, no matter what you've been told...
Anyone who has ever been a horseback rider knows that even the best-tempered animal can spook and throw its rider. In a city filled with so many unexpected sounds, I am surprised this doesn't happen more often. As for the reason NYPD still has a mounted unit, here's a web site dedicated to mounted units around the country:
http://www.nteusa.org/mountedpolice/glmntdunitlinks.html
It sure seems as if many police forces maintain mounted units, so they must serve some useful purpose.
And, according to a recent NYPD press release, "The men, women – and horses – of the NYPD Mounted Unit are the Department’s ambassadors to the City, facilitating traffic, visitors and events of every stripe,” Police Commissioner Kelly said. “These highly specialized officers cover an enormous amount of complex, urban terrain, and they play a tremendous role in deterring crime with their stately presence.”
Sounds largely symbolic to me.
Or antiquated. Put 'em out to pasture.
symbols are important, horses are nice....so everything's okay right?
I actually like mounted police officers, they provide an add-on entertainment value, and kids like them - this serves to help tie cops with general public.
I once saw a mounted cop in a residential hood, and a group of kids was chasing him admiring the horse. So the stallion (the one on top) stopped and let the kids play with the horse. It was quite amusing and nice to watch, and it was one of the rare times I admired and appreciated a cop's presence:)
A horse can be spooked by a loud guffaw, sudden movement, a car horn, or laughter and buck up, throwing off anyone on it's back.
Not that I'm giving anyone ideas or anything... just stating a fact. ;-)
Photo of zen? So we're supposed to be amused that a cop got hurt? That's cute.
Also, where can I get a window that faithfully reproduces a poor use of Photoshop's clone stamp tool whenever I look through it?
Between the anarchist title and the WTF photo, I think this is probably the most retarded post ever to appear on Gothamist.
Seriously, though, where's the guy's head?
If you don't think this photo has been Photoshopped, then you are a moron. I know that Gothamist isn't a "news" site, but c'mon this photo has been so obviously (and poorly) doctored. I'm not sure why Rob J. would even bother with crap like this.
As much shit as I give cops, the mounted unit is one I definitely respect. They go through some pretty rigorous training, and not every cop who enters the program passes.
They certainly have presence, and you can't discount the thrill people get from seeing them and being alowwed to pet them(the horses).
I was wondering why rite aid is having a sale on glue.
it's not a photoshop you idiots, you can see the reflection of the photographer in the photo. duh.
#22 IT IS USELESS. They are convinced they are right.
#19, that is some strong language you use to describe fellow gothamist members, and I naively want to think it is not a bad word in your language, maybe your mom called you that, whatever.
A Mountie cop once told me that horses work great for crowd control because many people are scared shitless of them. the only problem a horse to be able to function in NYC has got to be pretty lobotomized or way old in the tooth.
Wow. Looks like a lot of people commenting here have never held a camera in their lives. The blurriness and missing body parts are caused by a long exposure. Anything that's moving will be blurred or disappear altogether. If it moves then stops or vice versa during the exposure, you get a relatively sharp object plus ghosting. I wouldn't be surprised at a long exposure if it was done at a long focal length through the tinted glass of an office window. Guys, step away from the computer and go into the real world. Digital cameras are dirt cheap nowadays and you might actually learn something.
that's not photoshopped. it almost looks double-exposed, it it weren't digital. maybe some sort of weirdness with a longer-than-normal exposure.
it may be a long exposure, but it's strange that everything else is so sharp. maybe the camera was pressed against the glass? Even so, there should be more movement from the people in the photo.
The guy posted the full photo on Flickr.
It's in a set called NYC Autostitch. You can click on the option to see the uncropped full-size original. So it looks like he took a lot of photos of the scene and used Photoshop's (or another Photo editor's) auto-stitch feature to combine the photos together automatically. So that caused the weirdness and missing heads -- not a long exposure, not the guy's reflection in the glass. Just bad Photoshop work.
The artifacting does in fact resemble a multi-second exposure, even if it wasn't. AutoStitch is not a Photoshop plug-in or function and is not PS related at all. The real original is here as well as several other shots in his photostream, which should put to rest all the people screaming "It's a fake!" The question is why Rob J. sent the AutoStitched version to Gothamist rather than the original.
buck the police
i was walking toward the corner of sixth and broome today when I watched the runaway horse plow right into a moving car. The car's windows exploded in glass and the entire side of the car was smashed in. The stunned horse ran around erratically for a moment (i hid behind a bike rack -- yes, was scared shitless), then continued down sixth, apparently back to the stable. It was shocking, I hope that horse will be okay and it was enough to make me think that, um, maybe horses don't belong in manhattan?
Mounted police are used for a variety of reasons, yes people are afraid of horses, but many really like them so they are calmer and less likely to freak out, You are also a good 5-7 feet in the air much better sight lines for crowd control and that is the main reason they are still used.
Horses for the NYPD are trained for close to two years before they are put in the field. They get more training reguarly and are picked from horses bred to be calm. They are truly the progeny of the war horse not the same as a trail horse or carriage horse.
As explanation for the cranially-challenged dude in question: thirty-two comments late to the party, and I still summon the stupidity to be first to offer "The Headless Horseman"? DOUBLE groan.
Being as another rookie cop just got cuffed for rape, wouldn't you rather have a mounted cop and not a mounting cop?
This guys ego and pride will be hurting a LOT more than his shoulder. Trust me :)
Yanni Green lasers rulz
The good news is that the horse wasn't hurt and was able to find his way back to the stable on Varick.
One of the craziest NYC moments I ever had was seeing a woman get tossed from a horse in Central Park. I was walking North of where the Hecksher Playground is, and this woman in the full dominatrix riding gear comes flying down the path at full gallop. I'm pretty certain horses aren't allowed here. The horse hits a divit and the front legs buckle. The woman flies out of the saddle like she was shot out of a cannon and lands directly on her head. The horse bolts into the park. My friend and I run up, and she's breathing but completely out cold. I decide to run out to a payphone or find a cop. Then some other people on horses rolled up and immediately, and paramedics were there like a minute later.
I think they should ride elephants instead. That be REALLY intimidating.