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[–] [email protected] 19 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Important note: zip ties (what is being discussed in the OP), and zip cuffs (cuffs that are made from similar material and tech) are very much NOT the same, and cannot be treated the same way.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The OP specifically says "zip tie cuffs," not zip ties.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I could ask the dude who posted this what video it was from, but he might not even remember. This was posted months ago in a discord server, and I just happened to have it as a screenshot on my phone. It's very possible that the YouTuber was mixed up or wrong and didn't know the difference. I know I didn't know there was a difference until this thread.

Anyway, I've only ever had cops use handcuffs on me, never zip cuffs/ties. I don't think I've even seen them used in person.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Anyway, I've only ever had cops use handcuffs on me, never zip cuffs/ties. I don't think I've even seen them used in person.

Generally I think they only use zip cuffs during larger crowd control operations, protests for example. Saw a ton of them during BLM protests in my city. You can see them on the left cop and some of the background cops if you zoom in on this pic I took

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Clearly, I need to get more involved