Talk about getting knocked off your high horse. On Saturday (June 6th), during a protest at Whitehall in Westminster, Central London, a police officer was riding a horse at full speed when she hit her head hard on a traffic light. The impact of the collision launched the cop into the air while the horse kept galloping along, causing the officer to smack right down on the pavement.
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According to <a href="https://www.tmz.com/2020/06/06/london-cop-police-knocked-off-horse-street-light-blm-protests/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">TMZ</a>, the officer was knocked unconscious and taken to the hospital, where she was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
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Some are claiming that the police horse went rogue because protesters were throwing &#8220;missiles&#8221; at the animal. A video from the rally shows someone hucking a bike at one of the horses, although it is unclear if this is the same horse that the female officer in question was knocked off of.
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Additional footage from the scene shows the same horse running loose among the protesters, and it appears to have even trampled a pedestrian. 
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Yikes. Maybe leave the police horses at home next time you charge into a crowd of protesters? Seems like the best way to avoid this in the future.
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