those horses can be controlled without using the reins...the agents were over the top considering their advantage..you can detain people without lashing them
A well trained horse needs no bit or split reins...a hackemore will do the same thing with no pain to the horse's mouth....I never used a bit on any of our 11 horses growing up and herding cattle...I also have two ex in laws who worked for the Border Patrol and not all these guys are well behaved to say the least...if abuse occured it should be addressed and according to some who've filed this complaint..it did include physical abuse...we'll see but don't jus let a cowboy hat fool you into thinking it's automatically a good guy....one agent was recently fired for molesting women detained at the border...they're not all boyscouts...and this is not a partisan issue....the other firing happened on Trump's watch....the border situation is fucked up and needs to be set right for once and all ..I think everyone can agree about thatFrom a BP agent that is on horse back ... I'm guessing he knows more about the job than any of us ...
Jorge Fuentes
Definitely the best job I ever had, you become one with your horse. They learn to trust you. They will go to the end of the earth. If you ask them. We would train everyday with them. Definitely the best partner I have ever had. See what’s in my hands? Those are split reins; not whips, they are 6 feet long. They are split for when we go into the brush. If we go through thick Brush and a tree branch gets caught, it will just slip right through. The reins are connected to the bit. The bit is in their mouth and the last thing we want to do is hurt our partners by tearing up their mouths...
You have seen the video of the agent spinning the rein when illegals get close to the horse. It’s to create distance between the horse and the person on the ground. Our horses easily weigh 1200 pounds, they can step on someone and break a bone or kill a small child of a person gets to close. We also spin them if someone attempts to grab the reins because the last thing you want is someone who doesn’t know a thing about horses, to have control of the horse you are on. (If and illegal attempts to gain control of our reins it is considered deadly.) The horse can freak out, jump up and roll with you on them. Us as riders can be killed if a horse lands on us. Hope this helps those who have never seen a horse or split reins before… we will continue to support our brothers and sisters in Del RíoHPU
There's a video of an agent on horseback whipping some migrants.
Can't link it because I saw it on the news. I think it was on PBS The News Hour. Must have been yesterday or the day before.
I saw the video on the news.
Here's the transcript where agents on horseback were using their horse reigns on immigrants which means slapping migrants with the reigns which can only be in a whipping like manner.
It's there, they whip with their reins. Even President Biden referred to it as whipping. See PBS News Hour, Friday, September 24.
He oughta be whipped.
Serious question…….would your responses be the same if Trump was still president and this had happened? I just can’t help but believe that a lot of people who are condemning Biden right now would be applauding Trump in the same situation, despite the fact that it is unconscionable regardless of who is in charge……
Well……after four years of the former guy lying every time he opened his mouth (a habit he continues to this very moment), why are we all now clutching our pearls when yet another president lies???? Jeezus H., same shit, different day. Did you seriously expect anything different?? If so, then that is on you…….
I never said it was or wasn’t “okay” to complain. I just don’t understand why anyone is surprised or even outraged. Or why it matters this time around. Or maybe after all these years I’m just used to it. At least the current guy isn’t trying to overthrow the legally elected government of America……and I guess that’s what I personally care about most…….but a politician lying isn’t news.
Did Biden say there was whipping? Or did he say there would be an investigation? Can anybody post a video?