Miami Beach Nightclub Shut Down After Pair Rides Live Horse Onto Crowded Dance Floor

[steve2470]

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A Miami Beach nightclub has been shut down after a stunt involving a live horse prompted widespread outcry.

Multiple videos surfaced on social media showing a white horse, carrying a man and a scantily clad woman on its back, being led onto the crowded dance floor at Mokai Lounge, before falling and bucking off the woman. The incident appears to have happened either late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.

The horse has been “inspected and deemed to be healthy and safe,” according to Miami Beach Police, but that didn’t stop the City of Miami Beach from revoking Mokai’s business license, citing “possible animal cruelty and a hazard to public safety” in a statement released Friday.

“I was disgusted and offended that any legitimate businessperson would think this was an appropriate action to take,” City Manager Jimmy Morales said in the statement. “This activity was not permitted, and as soon as we became aware, I immediately instructed staff to act swiftly in remedying this situation.”

[dhill926]

1. fucking morans....

[csziggy]

2. The horse was not bucking- it was trying to get up

Most likely the floor was too slick since it looks as though the horse slipped and fell.

They are very lucky no one was seriously injured. I knew a girl whose leg was badly broken above and below the knee when a horse lost his footing and basically sat down on her leg in a similar situation. We were out in the middle of a national forest where an ambulance could not reach or find us.

One of the riders had to go back to the stables, get a truck that could maneuver the roads, throw a mattress in the bed of the truck, go get the girl (we unloaded the mattress, got her on it then loaded the mattress back into the truck), and meet the ambulance. She ended up with a bunch of pins holding her leg together after a long stay in the hospital.