Chicago’s ‘Census Cowboy’ charged with animal cruelty after 7-mile ‘Children Lives Matter’ stunt on freeway leaves horse badly harm

A Chicago man generally known as the ‘Census Cowboy’ faces a felony cost after driving his horse greater than 7 miles down a freeway with out the correct footwear, severely injuring the animal, which prosecutors say could need to be euthanized.

Adam Hollingsworth, 33, was arrested earlier this week on prices linked to animal cruelty, reckless conduct, trespassing and different visitors offenses after staging a stunt on the Dan Ryan Expressway on horseback, shutting down the freeway as he rode the animal at galloping velocity on tough pavement, critically wounding it.

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Talking publicly for the primary time after bailing out of Cook dinner County jail on $ 25,000 bond on Thursday, Hollingsworth insisted he didn’t imply to harm the animal – named Nunu – and that he was merely making an attempt to lift consciousness for what he known as the “Children Lives Matter” trigger. He did, nonetheless, acknowledge driving the animal for too lengthy.

“I didn’t imply no hurt on my horse in any respect. I’m a horse- [and] animal-loving individual,” he informed reporters. “My focus is Children Lives Matter. And if an individual can’t agree with that, I don’t know what to name you.”

I really like Nunu… She is one in all my newer horses. I’ve had her about three months and we have grown a bond. A bond like she’s one in all my youngsters.

Prosecutors say that the creature was severely dehydrated, exhausted and struggling severe accidents to her hooves when she collapsed on the asphalt expressway in crucial situation on Monday, after which she was dropped at an animal shelter for therapy. Whereas the shelter stated Nunu’s situation is bettering, authorities famous she will by no means be ridden once more and should need to be euthanized if she is unable to regain her skill to stroll.

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Hollingsworth was skeptical concerning the prosecutors’ claims, suggesting they overstated the extent of the animal’s accidents so as to hurt his public picture. He additionally famous he’s now in search of a non-public lawyer to get Nunu again, including “they haven’t informed me something about my horse.”

Regardless of disputing native authorities’ account of Monday’s stunt, Hollingsworth stated he would “do it once more” if he had the possibility. “I’ve been to jail. I’ve received a background. I’m not good. I’d reasonably go to jail for one thing like [this],” he stated. “That’s one thing value going to jail for.”

In wrapping up his transient presser on Thursday, the person known as on Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to assist him together with his authorized case, additionally interesting to Chicago-area hip hop artists for help, together with Frequent, Kanye West and Probability the Rapper.

Hollingsworth has made a reputation for himself round Chicago, taking over the moniker ‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ after displaying up on horseback at areas across the metropolis’s Southside. He was later dubbed the ‘Census Cowboy’ as a part of a publicity stunt organized by Lightfoot to encourage participation within the census depend, which has since been lambasted on-line as cringeworthy and a waste of taxpayer cash.

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