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 The word "Handcuffs" was once spelled
"handcops," and that spelling came from
the Old English word "cops," meaning
"chain or shackle." This is appropriate
since the earliest restraints used on criminals
were chains and shackles. Today's handcuffs
typically consist of two rings with ratchet
devices that lock each ring on its respective
wrist. |
 Scotland Yard is the headquarters of the Metropolitan
Police Service, which is responsible for policing
Greater London (but not the City of London
itself). It originally stood on the site of a
palace that belonged to the King of Scotland,
hence its name. |
 The Aryan
Brotherhood is a prison gang that originated at San
Quentin Penitentiary in California in 1967. Its
original purpose was to provide protection for
White prisoners from Black and Hispanic gangs,
and was formed in response to a series of racial
incidents that had occurred at San Quentin the
previous year. |
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