The cops could have checked and cleared them — kicked their hands away from their torsos etc, although I thought SOP is to cuff everyone, even those who won’t be coming down for breakfast.
Yeah it is SOP to cuff everyone. Each officer usually carries two sets of cuffs, at most. There were over 170 arrested. Not enough cuffs.
“The cops could have checked and cleared them — kicked their hands away from their torsos etc,”
The bikers know the drill. Nine dead. You put your hands out to show no weapons.
“although I thought SOP is to cuff everyone”
It is, but I’m guessing the cops maybe didn’t have enough cuffs to go around, so they probably would have had to use zipcuffs or something to do that.