Jacksonville man arrested for punching police horse at Georgia-Florida game

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Emanuel Jones, of Jacksonville, was arrested for punching a Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office horse after the Georgia-Florida game on Saturday, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.

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According to the arrest report, game attendees were exiting the stadium around 8:30 p.m. Police were instructing the attendees to use the sidewalks and stay out of the street. To make sure people stayed out of the street, multiple officers were forming a line.

Jones walked past the line and between four police horses in the street. According to the report, an officer on one of the horses saw Jones get close to the animal and then saw the horse’s head “suddenly jerk up and to the right.”

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Three other officers grabbed ahold of Jones, who was still “shadow boxing and swinging his arms around.” One of the officers struck Jones in the face, and then the suspect was forced to the ground.

Jones continued to struggle while on the ground before being placed into handcuffs, according to the report.

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Jones is charged with touch/strike/cause harm to a police/fire/SAR animal, disorderly intoxication - endangering property/others, and resisting officers without violence to his or her person.

This arrest was one of many related to the Georgia-Florida game. During a news conference on Monday, Sheriff T.K. Waters said that a police horse was punched in the face and six officers were hurt.

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