Ohio cops are accused of dressing patrol horses as KKK - but sheriff argues they were meant to be 'ghosts' covered in sheets with their holes cut out for their eyes
An Ohio sheriff has defended his officers after local residents accused them of inadvertently dressing their horses like the KKK
The horses were draped in sheets with eye, ear and mouth holes for Halloween
One resident said, 'You go back and look at pictures of the Ku Klux Klan, it's like the exact replica of what the horses looked like'
But sheriff Frank Leonbruno insists local families enjoyed the ghost horses and that they'd achieved their goal of bringing Halloween joy
The sheriff said his officers did not mean to offend anyone and thought the pumpkin lights draped around the horses sent a clear message
By Sophie Mann For Dailymail.Com
Published: 13:36 EDT, 2 November 2022 | Updated: 13:36 EDT, 2 November 2022
In Lake County, Ohio a Sheriff Frank Leonbruno is defending his employees who he says did not mean to offend anyone when they dressed up their police horses as ghosts for Halloween.
The Mounted Unit horses were covered in large white sheets Monday night, with eyes cut for their noses, eyes and eats. They were also draped in bright orange pumpkin lights.
But context clues and the apparent enjoyment of the horses' costumes by neighborhood children didn't stop some local residents from complaining that the horses resembled equine members of the Ku Klux Klan in their infamous white hoods.
That was poor execution for a ghost,' one Lake County resident told local station Fox 8. 'You go back and look at pictures of the Ku Klux Klan, it's like the exact replica of what the horses looked like.'
Mounted police officers in Lake County, Ohio draped their horses in sheets and adorned them with glowing pumpkin lights on Halloween to the delight of neighborhood children
Images of Ku Klux Klan members on horseback in their unmistakable pointed hats
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