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Man who cable-tied hands of young children in Broome gets spent conviction and fine (www.abc.net.au)
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The incident gained national attention after a video showing two children cable-tied on Radelic's property was live streamed on social media.

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[โ€“] Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Interesting that the same use of force on a third child wasn't unreasonable just because the kid managed to escape...

[โ€“] Maalus@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

The "unreasonableness" of the use of force was the duration, not the act itself. Police took 40 mins to come, so he ziptied them for 40 mins.