BornToEscape 11 Apr 2020
#1Hello all!
I am about to do a research and I think your precious knowledge may help.
What handcuffs do we know are out there in private collections and public display that at some point were used to restrain a famous criminal? I’ve seen the Lee Harvey Oswald (JFK killer) handcuffs went on sale on an auction years ago. The Jeffrey Dahmer are currently in a crime museum in Tennessee.
Anything else we know about?
Thank you all
Ian McColl 11 Apr 2020
#2Little stock can be made of many claims of articles like these. Unless there was DNA which could be matched, then there is no way to tell. Other than a photograph that shows a special cuff ,defect or marking on a restraint that can be matched. Alternative facts and fake news are now part of the American culture like never before. (and approved at the highest level) Once it was covert but now it's overt. Sid Radner said every cuff that came thru his hands was Houdini's and he was right, people want to believe lies. People buy Indian made cuff marked Alcatraz so they can show them to friends and tell a story. I have made reproductions of restraints and torture equipment for small town museum owners who have blatantly me how and what they are going to label stuff on display.
Mark Lyons O--O Cuffs 11 Apr 2020
#3I handled the Rodney King cuffs once at a gun show. In this case, I am confident that these cuffs were actual.
After King was ordered to lie down, he did not comply and was stuck about 30 times by LAPD officers with their batons.
Officers Briseno, Powell, Solano, and Wind tried to subdue and handcuff King using a technique called a "swarm".
These offices were eventually acquitted from the charges of brutality and the LA Riots began.
Laurence Powell had the cuffs and other items which were used to arrest King on display at the gun show and was seeking donations for his defense fund.
No iPhones in the day so therefore, no pictures to share.
jettaboykrs 11 Apr 2020
#4This subject has often come up in family discussions when my handcuff collection is the topic. We've collectively agreed it would be interesting if the restraints in my collection could talk. Luminol is chemical used by only law enforcement to detect blood in crime scenes, and I've wondered what the outcome would look like if I could apply the chemical to any of my items...I know I'm going down the rabbit hole on possibilities of where the blood came from, and why it was there. That's the only thing I can think of (sort of) to reveal any form of where they've been. Without a dna test to link that blood result to a potential killer, etc, there's no way of knowing for sure...
Kris
Kris
BornToEscape 13 Apr 2020
#5Thank you all for your answers.