Jordan Evan Wilson (Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office).
Body camera footage from a horse-riding police officer shows her giving chase to a man fleeing on foot — and it turned out that equus ferus caballus are better at running than Homo sapiens.
Authorities in Duval County, Florida, say that the man, Jordan Even Wilson, 25, gave up after he became too tired and lay down on the ground. Police claim that he was involved in a drug deal connected to a woman, although the specifics are unclear due to a significantly redacted arrest affidavit. Police did note that someone threw an object that officers failed to find in a McDonald’s parking lot that Wilson crossed through.
Records show that instead of a drug case, Wilson pleaded no contest on Wednesday to resisting an officer without violence to his or her person. He was sentenced to two days in jail with the same amount of time-served credit.
In footage from Tuesday, the man identified as Wilson began from the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office, outright running across traffic.
“Get that bad man,” the point-of-view police officer said in footage. She called out to the fleeing man. “You better stop. You’re going to get hit it!”
She also pointed out the obvious.
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“Bro, you’re not going to be able to outrun us on the horse!” she yelled out. “You better stop!”
Wilson stopped and took a seat by a tree.
