U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, saying officers would use them to control detainees and protesters who resist.
ICE to purchase thousands of electric-shock gloves
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ice-to-purchase-thousands-of-electric-shock-gloves-9.7323800
12 Comments
blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 12d
I hope they wear them when they masturbate
Pogogunner@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 12d
I know the idea is to torture with the gloves and try to maintain plausible deniability, but I'm just going to treat any law enforcement wearing gloves as though they are holding a weapon and protect myself accordingly.
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 5 pts · 12d
With salt water then?
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 4 pts · 12d
That’s a weird way to spell « urine » but ok
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 3 pts · 12d
I'm not sure if urine short-circuits as effectively as salt water. If it does, then by all means!
CaperGrrl79@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 12d
🎶 Don't piss on the electric gloves! 🎶 It'll ZZZZAP your junk off!
TribblesBestFriend@startrek.website · 2 pts · 12d
I heard it was used against Taser Shield when they came out… not so much Taser Shield now
ZDL@lazysoci.al · 6 pts · 12d
It just occurred to me that this is quite possibly the dumbest boondoggle purchase for cops in history.
Over 16 million dollars for 6000 pairs of gloves that are as much a danger to the wielder as to the target. Instead of, you know, a $50 pole that has been successfully used all over Asia for controlling criminals.
They're spending 8 figures specifically to cause pain, while putting lives at risk (their own agents and their targets) instead of spending $300,000 for a tried and true tool that is used all across Asia with great success.
I think the USA is on the fast-track to self-bankrupting.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 12d
its a money laundering scheme more than likely for trump.
mHtt@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 12d
clearly the contracts are where the money is at. its never been about enforcement, or laws really... who cares if the gloves even are effective or not? as long as the government checks clear!
JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 12d
Hot tub, salt, restrained ice agent, couple of these gloves. What goes around.
Sunshine@piefed.ca · -2 pts · 12d
Detention of dumb Canadian tourists just got way more fun!