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Woman handcuffed for not holding escalator handrail

• Globe & Mail
Anyone who has ridden an escalator and bothered to pay attention has seen – and likely ignored – little signs suggesting riders hold the grimy handrail. In Montreal's subway system, the friendly advice seems to have taken on the force of law, bac

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Comment by PureTrust
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None of us want even one baby to be hurt or die because of not being buckled into a car seat properly.

In the same way, we do not want to lose even the slightest smidgen of freedom.

Whose side is law enforcement really on?

Comment by Powell Gammill
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This story's link and the one below came from Karen DeCoster at Lew Rockweell blog. Sign up if you haven't.

The local police justify their actions. Of course they never over react or exceed their authority when someone says , "no.".