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ICE Buys Shock Gloves for Detainees | Charlotte News
ICE is spending $16.7 million on 6,000 electric shock gloves—designed to deliver painful jolts when pressed against skin—to manage detainees and protesters. Critics, including civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers, are outraged, calling the move dangerous and unnecessary, especially after ICE secured a no-bid contract with Compliant Technologies. Just hours before the announcement, senators led by Catherine Cortez Masto demanded the purchase be canceled, but Homeland Security defended the gear as essential safety equipment for officers, dismissing critics as trying to endanger law…
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