UPDATE: On Jan. 10, 2021, The New York Times reported on the arrests of two men who carried around zip-tie handcuffs in the Capitol. In the wake of the deadly and unprecedented riot at the U.S.
As a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a number of individuals were spotted carrying plastic zip-tie handcuffs, or zip cuffs, which have been described as a common kidnapping ...
The pictures of MAGA mob members toting zip ties and flex cuffs on the Senate floor sent chills down the country’s spine as Americans wondered what use the rioters had planned for them. It’s unclear ...