By Police1 Staff
MINNEAPOLIS — A man was arrested after he reportedly punched a police horse near a bar in downtown Minneapolis over the weekend.
WCCO reports that Jacob Solberg, 22, ran up on the horse without provocation and hit it on its rear end, leading to his arrest. The horse was uninjured, but police say the man’s punch could have scared the horse, which would have created a dangerous situation.
“When something does happen and they are struck, they can rear up and they can throw the rider. That’s what makes it so dangerous,” Corey Schmidt of the Minneapolis Police Department said.
The Minneapolis Police Department has 12 horses and often use them to patrol the streets in downtown when it gets crowded and chaotic on weekend nights.
Solberg was held in jail on suspicion of fourth-degree assault.