dead horse

"I remember having a conversation with my mum at a point and she said 'do you think you're flogging a dead horse here?' I just said no. I knew I had the chance to do this if I got a clean run at things."

In addition to raising a litany of other claims about Tanner — including an on-duty incident in which he allegedly cut off a dead horse’s leg — the suit also describes repeated misconduct involving other members of the Rattlesnakes.

In addition to the internal criminal probe, the suit says Tanner was the target of multiple administrative investigations, including one incident in which he allegedly sawed off the leg of a dead horse with a pocketknife and made a trainee hold the leg.

A minute later, another call reported a trailer had stopped next to a “dead horse blocking one or two lanes,” he said.

As late as 10 p.m., the dead horse was left uncovered on the carpool lane on the 605.