US to buy thousands of electric shock gloves for ICE agents
Rights groups and Democrats are warning that ICE agents are unfit to use the shock gloves responsibly. Since US President Trump's crackdown on immigration, several people have been killed during ICE raids across the US.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. This decision has sparked criticism from human rights groups and Democrats, who argue that the gloves could be used to harm Americans without cause.
ICE already faces intense criticism for its aggressive tactics, including fatal encounters between officers and immigrants. The gloves, which look like normal patrol gloves, can deliver a painful electric shock when activated with a button. ICE intends to use them in high-tension situations like arrests, transporting detainees, and responding to civil disturbances.
The purchase contract was announced just hours after a group of US senators called for the plans to abandon the gloves.
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