Democrats in both chambers of Congress this week have joined rights advocates in forcefully denouncing plans for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to spend up to $20 million on “gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday published a notice about buying thousands of Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter (GLOVE) devices from Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies, drawing media coverage and condemnation.
“$20 million of taxpayer money for electric shock gloves?! This is horrifying and infuriating,” said Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.). “It’s exactly why so many… Democrats voted against billions of dollars in additional funding for ICE. This rogue agency uses cruel tactics like these and hasn’t demonstrated any willingness to de-escalate—and the Trump administration refuses to rein them in.”
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) similarly ripped Republican lawmakers who narrowly control the Senate and House of Representatives, stressing that they “had the opportunity to rein in” ICE and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) but “refused.”
So the gloves are sadistic and cruel, but we’re okay with taser guns which work at long distance?
I think one of the major differences is you can be sneaky with something like this. It’s meant to cause pain not incapacitate. Also likely to illicit a response so they can be “justified” in using more force. Remember most of these fuckers are sadists and bullies…