I think I am going to take the dissenting opinion here, and say that the handcuffs were a good thing. I have seen it happen once or twice around here as well, where the police handcuff a child, typically as a scare tactic. For instance, I was in a local store and apparently younger child (maybe around 8ish) was shoplifting. The police were called and the child was handcuffed - obviously they weren't going to take him to jail, but I bet that kid (judging by the way he responded to the possiblity) is going to think twice before doing anything that could land him in that situation again.
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