Chicago’s Mayor Beetlejuice appointed this nut as the “census czar”. He rode this horse on the streets without the proper shoes until it started bleeding, then whipped it to ride more. The horse needs to be put down because of the damage.
Looks like he was arrested for animal cruelty.
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The animal was extremely dehydrated, its heart rate had doubled, it had cuts to its front legs and its eyes were “dilated to the point where they looked like cartoon eyes,” DeBoni said. “If medical attention was not rendered immediately, the animal would have succumbed to injuries sustained.”
A lone cowboy rode out from obscurity this summer and into local fame, an oddball bright spot in a bleak year. The Dreadhead Cowboy — born Adam Hollingsworth — became a social media sen…
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Looks like the horse will need to be put down:
NuNu collapsed at one point, but Hollingsworth whipped it to keep it moving, Deboni said. Two veterinarians who later examined the horse said it “suffered greatly, bled profusely,” collapsed repeatedly, and was not correctly saddled and cushioned, according to Deboni. NuNu collapsed repeatedly during treatment, the state said.
Adam Hollingsworth, who was cast by Mayor Lori Lightfoot as the "Census Cowboy," whipped a collapsed, exhausted horse to make it continue running down the Dan Ryan Expressway on Monday afternoon, prosecutors say.
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