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Handcuffs
Handcuffs are restraint devices designed to secure an individual's wrists close together. They comprise two halves, linked together by a chain, hinge or in the case of rigged cuffs - a bar. Each half has a rotating part which engages with a ratchet which is closed around a person's wrist. Without the key, the person cannot move their wrists more than a few centimetres (inches) apart, making many tasks difficult or impossible. This is usually done to prevent suspected criminals from escaping police custody.
Where Are The Damn Handcuffs?
"The people involved need to be indicted for looting the Treasury and Geithner along with Sheila Bair must be removed from office for permitting it, after BOTH said it would not happen...
Children in Handcuffs...and Shackles
This story bothers me. It shouldn't be true. But it is.But I think what bothers me more is the amount of people on the web that think this is a joke, an April Fool's Day prank...
Take the Handcuffs Off the Economic Recovery
A month ago, who would have thought that the Bush Administration would order the partial nationalization of the nation's banks to fix credit markets and support the economy? Maybe other innovative, even "radical," ideas are in order...
Use Those Handcuffs for Manifestly Appropriate Purposes Only, Please:
Officer handcuffs victim
A CCW permitee phones 911 after he finds his office was broken into. When an officer responds, he informs her that he has a CCW permit...
CA1: Figidity person not under arrest when in handcuffs
US v. Brame, No. 07-1833 (unpublished) affirms a conviction, after uncritically reviewing a lot of cop-speak. The First concludes that a valid Terry stop occurred, and therefore the person was not really in custody when he started acting ?figidity? and...
















