census cowboy riding horse down Dan Ryan expressway Chicago

Abusing a horse and endangering its life and the lives of peeps on the interstate in the name of peace.

Gotta love the contortion ability of the NY Times :

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Horseback riding didn’t come into Mr. Hollingsworth’s life until adulthood, after a wrongful conviction for gun possession.

“I don’t play with guns,” Mr. Hollingsworth said. “I’m not that kind of guy.” But when his car was pulled over in 2006, someone riding with him did have a gun, which the police found when they searched the car. The officers asked for the ages of the men in the vehicle.

“I was 19, and they said, ‘You’re the oldest, it’s your gun.’”

The bail for his release was set at $5,000. Unable to pay, Mr. Hollingsworth sat in jail awaiting a court date. His public defender advised him to fight the charge, believing there was insufficient evidence to convict him. However, after a month in a cell, Mr. Hollingsworth said he just wanted to go home and requested his public defender arrange for a plea deal. He spent a month in Cook County Jail, pleaded guilty and received a sentence of probation.

Mr. Hollingsworth focused on staying out of trouble and finding a job. But with a criminal record, this became a herculean task. He began working as an exotic dancer in 2010 and bought his first horse, Wi-Fi, nine years later for $800 during a period of severe depression.

The poor horse may have to be euthanized.

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Of all the horse owners in Chicago

Groot hired this shmoo

What the actual fuck is wrong with this city?