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ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves

Is this a smart de-escalation upgrade or a dangerous recipe for abuse?

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ICE Plans to Spend $20M to Buy Electric Shock Gloves

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Above: Federal immigration officers outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, on May 26. Image credit: Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu/Getty Images

The Spin

Establishment-critical narrative

Handing ICE electric shock gloves is a dangerous escalation — especially for an agency already notorious for unchecked use of force. Calling a device that shoots pain into someone's skin at the flip of a hidden switch a "de-escalation tool" is absurd. With no meaningful oversight, putting live current into every civil immigration encounter is a recipe for abuse.

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Pro-establishment narrative

ICE officers deal with combative individuals in high-stakes situations, and having a tool that gains compliance within seconds without lasting injury and has a track record in jails and police departments is a smart upgrade. A $20 million investment in safer, faster compliance tools is a practical support that enforcement needs.

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