At 08:25 PM 1/12/02 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
>> >But if a prisoner is restrained in such a way that he can not even *move*
>> >his limbs, how can he start pulling on his shackles?
>>
>>Jeroen, if the prisoner was so restrained that he could not move - how did
>>the Dutch newsservice get video of him marching onto the airplane?
>
>Restrained so that they could not move -- once they were seated *in* the
>plane, John. You may have noticed that somewhere it was said "restrained
>during the 20-hour flight".
I don't see how they could possibly have been so-restrainged, without using
straight jackets, that they would be incapable of rattling the shackles,
pulling on the shackles, straining against the shackles, etc. in such a way
to either hurt themselves or cause concern to others.
John D.
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