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> The idea that you could completely immobilize someone at a public library so rapidly and without their awareness that they could not even move their arm 20 cm
by tata71 5y ago
> The idea that you could completely immobilize someone at a public library so rapidly and without their awareness that they could not even move their arm 20 cm or so during a struggle seems ludicrous to me.
Well, they did — and without even touching him.
- dane-pgp 5y agoThey didn't "completely immobilize" him, though, as apparently "Ulbricht stood up sharply"[0] after his laptop was seized. However, he did make the mistake of not sitting with his back to a wall, since the agents "walked up behind" him. I guess we'll never know how he would have reacted if they had instead walked up in front of him and tried to grab his arms. [0] https://www.businessinsider.com/ross-ulbricht-will-be-sentenced-soon--heres-how-he-was-arrested-2015-5 https://www.businessinsider.com/ross-ulbricht-will-be-senten...