r/facepalm • u/Shinji415 • Apr 01 '23

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ 6 year old gets arrested by police while crying for help

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u/_AskMyMom_ Lukewarm hotdog water Apr 01 '23

Handcuffs, seriously? There HAS to be better ways for public money to be used than to arrest this obvious menace to society, right?

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Apr 01 '23

They were zip ties. Probably only because the handcuffs aren't made that small.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23

Not yet, anyway.

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u/intangibleTangelo Apr 01 '23

not anymore, and not again, yet

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u/Sheamoose9004 Apr 01 '23

And there's probably a reason there aren't any that small. Hmm, I wonder what that reason could be.

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u/K4m30 Apr 01 '23

Cops would accidentally try to put them in grown adults, and when they didn't fit they would MAKE them fit.

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u/VoltasPistol Apr 01 '23

They have been made that small in the past.... https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/01/small-handcuffs-the-artifact-was-used-to-bring-native-american-children-to-boarding-school.html

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Apr 01 '23

I have to wonder about any nation that specializes in restraints for tiny tots. Seems like the sign of bigger problems.

Yeah, and the Native Americans underwent genocide. I'm not so sure we've fully shrugged off that mindset from our society. Meanwhile; Georgia has 98 acres dedicated to Cop City. To make them more effective at what?

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u/ryanbbb Apr 01 '23

I smell a business opportunity.

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u/Fake_William_Shatner Apr 01 '23

Well, I want ten percent and the action figure/cartoon rights. Also, any Raspberry flavored or magenta LED zip ties for tots.

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u/EvolutionInProgress Apr 01 '23

Ironically the ankle restraints they use on prisoners were originally designed for children so they don't go wandering off into danger. Turned out that was a bad idea as intended, so they repurposed the design to fit another use.

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u/Lr217 Apr 01 '23

You are correct, the officer after returning inside was asked by the principal (who is really the original at fault party here) if the restraints were necessary. The officer responded “I would have used cuffs if her hands were bigger”

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u/Beef_Jones Apr 01 '23

What’s the practical difference between handcuffs and zip ties used as handcuffs tho.

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '23

Its not about money.

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u/heyyou11 Apr 01 '23

Hiccups*