Anonymous ID: ea1764 Sept. 25, 2020, 10:44 a.m. No.10784918   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>4934 >>4986 >>4996 >>5004 >>5072 >>5382 >>5461 >>5515

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Dreadhead Cowboy's horse taken to local rescue in critical conditon

Hollingsworth is a known activist and pillar in the Chicago community

 

https://news.wttw.com/2020/09/23/prosecutors-horse-ridden-dreadhead-cowboy-dan-ryan-may-not-survive

 

The horse ridden for 7.5 miles on the Dan Ryan Expressway during an impromptu protest Monday by a man known as the “Dreadhead Cowboy” would not have survived without immediate treatment and may still be euthanized, according to Cook County prosecutors, who said the treatment of the horse was the equivalent of forcing an 80-year-old woman run a full marathon.

 

Adam Hollingsworth, 33, was held on $25,000 bond during a court appearance Wednesday after he was charged with a felony count of aggravated cruelty to an animal, as well as misdemeanor counts of reckless conduct, trespassing and other traffic offenses. He must pay 10% of that amount, $2,500, to be released from jail.

 

Hollingsworth has also been dubbed the “Census Cowboy” for his work with Mayor Lori Lightfoot to boost census participation in Chicago. He said he rode the horse on the expressway during rush hour in support of the #KidsLivesMatter movement — an initiative that aims to raise awareness and motivate residents to fill out the census to help communities receive better funding.

 

But Cook County Assistant State’s Attorney Kevin Deboni said the horse was ill-equipped for this ride and was run almost to death.

 

Hollingsworth allegedly rode the horse onto the Dan Ryan at the 35th Street feeder ramp at around 4:30 p.m. Deboni said the horse spent most of the ride galloping, but it did not have on proper shoes for the pavement, which caused bleeding and “extensive damage” to its health.

 

Law enforcement began trailing Hollingsworth on the expressway until the horse collapsed at around 9500 South Lafayette, Deboni said, adding that onlookers allegedly saw Hollingsworth kicking and whipping the horse to keep it galloping after it slowed down.

 

Hollingsworth was then stopped and taken into custody.

 

The horse was taken for observations by both the acting director of Chicago Animal Care & Control and another equine veterinarian. Deboni said both experts agreed the horse suffered “a great deal” due to its treatment, citing extreme dehydration, overheating and lacerations to its front legs that caused “profuse” bleeding.

 

“The horse’s eyes were dilated to the point they looked like cartoon eyes,” Deboni said.

 

Both experts said it would have been “virtually impossible” for anyone to not have realized the animal was injured and in distress, according to Deboni. The horse was given extensive medical treatment, but Deboni said it remains in critical condition and will never be able to be ridden again.

 

Euthanasia may be used for “humane reasons,” he said, “due to the suffering the animal will likely endure for the rest of its life.”

 

Hollingsworth is a known activist and pillar in the Chicago community, his defense attorney said Wednesday. She said he loves and cares for his horses, and disputed the facts as they were laid out by the prosecution.

 

In a video posted to Facebook, Hollingsworth could be seen riding down the expressway with a motorcycle escort and yelling “kids lives matter.”

 

“All imma say until we focus on Kids lives matter this gone keep happening,” he wrote on Facebook ahead of the ride.

 

Despite those intentions, Cook County Judge David Navarro said the horse itself couldn’t have known that it was being used as part of a protest.

 

“The horse only knows how it’s been treated,” he said. “And it would appear from (the prosecution’s proffer) that that treatment was criminal.”

Anonymous ID: ea1764 Sept. 25, 2020, 10:44 a.m. No.10784934   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5004 >>5072 >>5130

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Dreadhead Cowboy's horse taken to local rescue in critical conditon

 

Hollingsworth is a known activist and pillar in the Chicago community

 

https://news.wttw.com/2020/09/23/prosecutors-horse-ridden-dreadhead-cowboy-dan-ryan-may-not-survive

Anonymous ID: ea1764 Sept. 25, 2020, 10:49 a.m. No.10785004   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>5027 >>5058 >>5072 >>5231 >>5343

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Chicago mayor deploys ‘Census Cowboy’ to boost participation, in bizarre scene: ‘Time to giddy-up’

 

https://washingtonnewsdaily.com/chicago-mayor-deploys-census-cowboy-to-boost-participation-in-bizarre-scene-time-to-giddy-up/

 

July 14, 2020

The city of Chicago has been under a shadow cast by the coronavirus pandemic and a surge in violence.

But Mayor Lori Lightfoot is calling in a hero to tackle a different problem — low response rates for the U.S. Census.

 

Enter the Census Cowboy.

 

During an unusual news conference Monday, Lightfoot said one simple way to get more resources to communities in need is for people to fill out that survey. To that end, she introduced the Census Cowboy, who will be riding a horse into the 10 city communities with the lowest response rate, in an effort to get more people to fill out the census and be counted.

 

“When I was a kid I loved the Batman TV show. And, when the city of Gotham had a real difficult challenge, one of the things that the mayor there did is he called out and he sent out a distress signal to Batman,” Lightfoot said. “So, we are doing something similar for the census. And I’m happy to report I’m calling out the Census Cowboy.”

 

Lightfoot was quick to point out that the presence of the mounted marvel is not to be celebrated, but to serve as a warning that people are not fulfilling their responsibilities.

 

“So if you see the Census Cowboy come into your neighborhood, that’s not a good thing,” she said. “That means you got to step up and do your part and make sure that you fill out the census.”

 

So who is the hero that Chicago needs? According to the Chicago Sun-Times, he is 33-year-old Adam Hollingsworth, a former boxer who gained local notoriety when he rode his trusty steed to protests after George Floyd’s death. Back then, he was known as the “Dread Head Cowboy.”

 

Lightfoot has set a goal of 75 percent census participation for her city. In the last census in 2010, they had 66 percent, and so far, some neighborhoods in Chicago are below 40 percent. Lightfoot is hoping that greater participation will result in greater resources for these neighborhoods, some of which were ravaged by looting and violence that spun out of the George Floyd demonstrations.

 

This is just one approach the mayor has taken with the hope of encouraging greater participation. The homepage for the city’s census website promotes a “Census Challenge,” in which the ward with the highest participation increase wins ice cream delivery for neighborhood children.

 

So far, the ice cream incentive does not appear to be working. The site notes that statistics will be posted from July 7 to July 17, but so far the ward with the greatest participation has a response rate of less than 1 percent.

 

Perhaps the Census Cowboy can provide greater inspiration.

 

“[I]t’s time to giddy-up,” Lightfoot said. “Let’s do this Chicago. Let’s make the Census Cowboy proud.”

 

Image:

MINNEAPOLIS, USA – MAY 27: Adam Hollingsworth sits on his horse Prince on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, during the second day of protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Photo by Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/12771264/ron-paul-medical-emergency-live-on-air/

 

IN OUR PRAYERS Ron Paul suffers ‘medical emergency’ live on Liberty Report show as fans pray for ex-Congressman after worrying vid

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Laura Gesualdi-Gilmore

25 Sep 2020, 18:43Updated: 25 Sep 2020, 18:47

 

FORMER Congressman Ron Paul appeared to suffer a stroke or some other kind of medical emergency while he was live steaming his Liberty Report web series Friday.

 

In the middle of speaking, the 85-year-old Libertarian icon appears to begin slurring his speech.

Hundreds of thousands of viewers tune in for every episode the former presidential candidate's web series.

 

Just moments after the medical emergency, Twitter was flooded with prayers for Paul.

 

There has been no official confirmation of what kind of medical emergency Paul suffered from yet.

 

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