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Woman caught on camera escaping police custody (www.yahoo.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net to c/funny@sh.itjust.works

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[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 16 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

I think they took like 20 hours to track her down again but they reportedly got her:( I’m curious what she did about the handcuffs too, I don’t think I have anything handy at home that could cut them or file them down efficiently

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 16 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

You can just buy keys.

I actually have a few that I keep in my protest bag.

I also have a couple pairs of cuffs.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

Ohh I should order some replicas for my key collection

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Really? They all use the same keys? Where did you order yours from? Wouldn't mind adding some to my own protest bag.

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Yes, they all use the same keys. You can buy legit handcuffs off amazon and they come with keys. You can also practice picking handcuffs while wearing them with a bobby pin or paper clip, its fairly easy. Theyre not really designed to be difficult to remove, theyre just designed to temporarily restrain.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 1 points 3 weeks ago

So I had in my mind what I thought a handcuff key looked like when I went to look it up and then the results that I saw did not match what I thought it was going to look like.

[–] Pika@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

I would imagine having a less than honest friend with bolt cutters would suffice with at least bringing your hand usage back, then from there you can try to find something else later on.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

A good set of bolt cutters could definitely go through the bracelet part, too.

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 0 points 3 weeks ago

Bolt cutters are a lot harder to use than people think. But I think the bracelet part might be reasonably doable.

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Note to self: figure out which of my friends have bolt cutters

[–] Texas_Hangover@lemmy.radio 2 points 3 weeks ago

I have various different sizes of bolt cutters. I also have an angle grinder.

[–] this@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Lockpicking lawer has a video on youtube about standard police handcuffs. It is not a long video.

[–] WalleyeWarrior@midwest.social 4 points 3 weeks ago

What I saw was that she was found with cuffs still on

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 4 points 3 weeks ago

the locks are quite basic though, literally pickable with a hair pin