What does that even mean? I (and others) think it matters that, not only did these officers humiliate this man, but needlessly risked his well-being. It’s one thing to demean someone symbolically; it’s definitely worse to put them in harm’s way as part of treating them as less than a person.
It’s not like there’s only one degree of awfulness in the world. Unfortunately, there are many.
Golf carts would also be bad. But golf carts don’t kick in people’s heads. Horses do, and sometimes it’s on accident. I was raised around farms and horses and rule #1: don’t put yourself in a position behind a horse - exactly the position the officers put this man in while leading him from horseback.
