• Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

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

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      2 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.

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        2 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.