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[-] Buffalox@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

OK, here it's the other way around, you don't normally handcuff somebody unless they are arrested.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 38 points 3 months ago

You get handcuffed as a precaution. You do not have to be arrested. You can het handcuffed on a traffic stop if the officer decides they have cause to search your car. Etc.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 58 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Some cops will go a step further and shoot you first; as a precaution, of course.

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 31 points 3 months ago

Or your dog. Safety first!

[-] Nurgus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Just because handcuffung is normal in the USA, that doesnt make it normal or sensible. No one gets cuffed in a normal traffic stop or house visit in the UK for example.

[-] tpihkal@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

Being detained while an investigation is conducted is not being arrested.

[-] sugartits@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

Factually inaccurate.

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