Bodycam of Texas officers on Horseback leading black man by rope released.

Bodycam of Texas officers on Horseback leading black man by rope released.

Two Texas officers arrested 43-year-old Donald Neely on Aug 3rd, accusing him of criminal trespass.

Images shared online of the two white officers leading Neely using a rope tied to his handcuffs sparked public outrage, leading to a Texas Rangers investigation and a Galveston county sheriff’s office

Today body camera footage was released showing the two officers saying twice that leading a homeless black man by a rope down city streets while he and his partner were on horseback would look “bad.” They had horses, and a rope, but no patrol car to take him away.