Police get angry when “perps” run away and make the police give chase.
In this case it is mentioned two cops suffered dehydration and another was kicked by the horse. I imagine they also may have suffered punctures from cacti of arid plains of San Bernardino County.
That made them even angrier.
Therefor, the perp was “tuned up”. Surprised they didn’t kill or beat the horse.
If you people don’t know where Charleston is, your US history and geography teachers have failed. Seriously. It was one of the most important cities on the East Coast back in the day. Its importance has faded somewhat, but there’s a boatload of US history bound up in the history of that city.
I think Dopers are dumber than they think they are. Just because the dumber contingent of USians can’t find places on a map doesn’t mean that a forum that prides itself on erudition gets a waiver on that. Especially since Dopers skew old, and US geography knowledge is something that should only improve over your life span, absent mitigating factors like dementia.
I know Dave believes that a lot of his sketches were socially irresponsible, but his police brutality sketches and standup bits were probably many young white boys’ first inkling about such things. Go Dave.