This guy’s interaction with cops could have ended with a light chuckle. Instead . . .
Three cops on horseback were riding around Lubbock, Texas last Monday when they saw a guy walking on the street instead of the sidewalk. He seemed suspicious, so they went up and talked to him.
They thought he might have drugs on him. So they asked to search his pockets, and he said no. Then one of the cops made a dumb joke that got taken way too seriously.
He joked that the horse he was on was a DRUG-SNIFFING HORSE, and the guy immediately took off running. There’s chest-cam footage of the whole thing.
Officer William Trotter is the one who made the joke. His partner told a reporter they thought the guy fleeing was ALSO a joke, but then he didn’t stop.
He took off down an alley. But they were on horseback, so they immediately caught up to him.
42-year-old Joseph Ramirez is facing charges for evading arrest and “tampering with physical evidence.” It’s not clear if that evidence was drugs or not.
(Here’s the video.)
(WCAX)
