Scandal : In Texas, a black man held on a leash by a policeman on a horse

The chief of police of Galveston, Texas apologized yesterday, Tuesday, August 6, for the outrage caused by a photo of two of his agents escorting a black man held by a rope while they themselves were riding a horse.

Many Internet users were shocked by this photograph, which had become viral, evoking, according to them, the abhorred era of lynching in slavery and segregationist America.

The suspect, Donald Neely, arrested for trespassing and handcuffed, should normally have been taken to the police station in a motor vehicle, but only mounted police officers were available, justified Monday, August 5, Vernon Hale, Galveston Police Chief