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Sales Of Disposable Cuffs Booming - S.F. Police Dept. Orders 30,000 Nylon Restraints For Protesters
www.sfgate.com / San Francisco Chronicle ^
| Wednesday, April 2, 2003
| George Raine, Chronicle Staff Writer
Posted on 04/02/2003 12:07:01 PM PST by American Preservative
Edited on 04/13/2004 2:42:10 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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Anti-war demonstrators who are arrested in the future in San Francisco will have something more in common than a shared passion. Many of them will probably be taken away in handcuffs made of braided nylon that their manufacturer touts as "the inescapable choice in disposable restraints."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: cuffs; sanfrancisco
To: American Preservative
How about 2 or 3 hundred nightsticks to beat them over the head with?
To: American Preservative
Thought this could use a pix:
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:18:17 PM PST
by
Old Professer
(Every generation's war is a revelation to them.)
To: American Preservative
These guys seem to be overlooking what a good kick in the nuts can accomplish.
To: American Preservative
I'm guessing the price is about to go up....
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:25:44 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(oh to die peacefully in my sleep like my uncle-not screaming in terror like his taxi passengers)
To: Old Professer
Do they make one with a single loop about 1/2 neck size when fully tightened?
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:26:56 PM PST
by
leadpencil1
(all generalizations are bad)
To: American Preservative
Well, if they don't have a permit I'm all for it.
To: American Preservative
It looks like San Francisco got the answer to who's going to pay for public protests in their city. LMAO
To: American Preservative
Now, if they could only dispose of the protestors once they were in the cuffs.....
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:34:23 PM PST
by
Bigg Red
(Defend America against her most powerful enemy -- the Democrats.)
To: American Preservative
This doesn't bother the protesters... most of these freaks in San Fancisco are into that bondage and humiliation anyway. Heck, they'll be getting busted for the thrill of it all.
To: American Preservative
....Anti-war demonstrators....
The FReeper Interesting Times taught the world today from his interview on Fox and Friends that the correct term for the event is "Peace Riots". Hence "Peace Rioters" is the correct term for the participants.
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:40:51 PM PST
by
bert
(Don't Panic !)
To: American Preservative
I thought that they used these in SF...
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:46:08 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(All work and no FReep makes Jack a dull boy. All work and no FReep make s Jack a dul boy. Allwork an)
To: vastrightwc
Previous reports indicated that the majority of the protesters weren't from SF, though, they just game to town to start trouble.
Personally, I think that a better solution would have been for the police to announce that they would not arrest or charge anyone who ran over a protester who was lying in the middle of the road.
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:52:17 PM PST
by
Dimensio
To: American Preservative
Wow -- 30,000! -- Thats like.... $7.00 worth of 'em...
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posted on
04/02/2003 12:54:12 PM PST
by
Naspino
To: Redcloak
I thought that they used these in SF... Something similar. But not exactly identical.
The commo shop guys hated it when we came to raid them for supplies....
-archy-/-
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posted on
04/02/2003 1:15:44 PM PST
by
archy
(Keep in mind that the milk of human kindness comes from a beast that is both cannibal and a vampire.)
To: American Preservative
A boom in restraint sales in S.F. How unusual.
To: American Preservative
In terms of price, the cuffs are cheap -- at Tuff-Tie, it's about $1.50 per restraint, less when they are purchased in bulk. Smith & Wesson metal handcuffs can cost from $28 to $45 or more,Disposables may be attractive considering the budgetary constraints that Willie Brown is facing, but one should not ignore the many bargains that are available on the second-hand market.
To: *San FRancisco; GodBlessAmerica; SeenTheLight; Cool Guy; CounterCounterCulture; deeel-me-in; ...
Ping!
Do ya think the "appeaseniks" say, "I went to 'protest' in Frisco and all I got was this lousy "tie!"?
Maybe the companies should make up some tie-dyed ones and call them "Frisco Specials." Or, how about - S.F."P.eace"-anticsD.etainers. : )
To: Old Professer
YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!!!!
This money could have been used for sending toiletries and other things to our troops over there.
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posted on
04/02/2003 6:33:32 PM PST
by
cyborg
To: American Preservative
Maybe you & other FReepers are cool, but all this restraint cuff stuff...well...I'm clicking out before I get turned on.
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posted on
04/03/2003 5:34:55 PM PST
by
nastypumps
(nastypumps)
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