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cuff

noun as in beating with hands

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It also heard that plastic cuffs were used and the "extent of force was plainly excessive and beyond what was necessary".

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He said he "couldn't really hear" the police officers and "the next thing they put me in cuffs".

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He adds: "We were told we were guests. However, when I was taken to court, I had my ankles and hands cuffed together with murderers and rapists."

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Video from the scene that the reporter posted to X shows the clean-up work continuing uninterrupted even as an officer tells Ray they are going to “put him in cuffs.”

“I can’t stand keys. Being touched when I’m asleep. If I see an officer with cuffs in their hand, I get scared and nervous.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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