Officers on horseback rode down Rideau Street in Ottawa late Friday afternoon, leading to two people being knocked over — and a persistent yet false social media rumour that one woman had been trampled.
Highlights
- Mounted officers on horseback rode down Rideau Street in Ottawa late Friday afternoon.
- Two people were knocked over during the operation, leading to a persistent yet false rumour that one woman had been trampled.
- Fox News contributor with 1.3 million followers tweeted that she heard a woman may have been “seriously injured or killed” Interim Ottawa police chief says no one was seriously injured by the use of horses.
- A bicycle was thrown at the horse further down the line and caused the horse to trip, but police say the horse was uninjured.
- Police say the two people who fell down “immediately got back up and started to engage in their demonstration activity”