The stable for these horses is on the property of the old South Shore Country Club. Used to be a ritzy shmitzy area 50 years ago. Now even Chicago PD horses are mugged. What a town. Chicago is not My kind of town.
I really understand how much training goes into horses and dogs. Police department work adds a whole 'nuther layer of training. I hope the horses recover and aren't spooked for good.
I thought for a minute your post said seen the worst to come out of Chicago. I was getting ready to add, I'm pretty sure I've seen the worst thing to come out of Chicago.
In upstate SC some (insert expletive here) shot two horses to demonstrate a handgun he was selling. One horse survived. The perp was arrested. They are looking for the buyer.
Chicago police facilities have virtually no physical security or access control. People have been walking in and out of them, virtually at will, for years.
A few years ago, they had a kid who dressed up in a fake "police" uniform who was REPEATEDLY caught inside police facilities.
They've also had lightbars disappear out of police yards.
You can draw your own conclusions about the possibilities inherent in:
fake uniforms
stolen lightbars
no access control
Addendum:
Al Qaeda really is on its deathbed if it can't take advantage of all of the opportunities which Chicago has literally thrown at its feet. Trusting to luck is a REALLY bad strategy. Just ask somebody who was in the Red Army in 1941... or in the WTC on 9/11/01... or in the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi last week.
People better pray that Ayman al Zawahiri continues to be more like C. Montgomery Burns than Ernst Stavro Bofeld...
Actually I think they ought to have to muck out the stalls for a month or two and I think they ought to have to work (free) in a Veterinarian's office for a while. They need to gain some empathy for animals.
