ICE awards $16.7M contract for electric-shock gloves
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has signed a contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves designed to deliver electric shocks for use on detainees and protesters who resist. The agency says officers would use them for control purposes. The decision has drawn criticism.
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6 sourcesICE Buys 6,000 Electric Shock Gloves Designed to Force Compliance in Nearly $17 Million Deal
ICE awards $16.7 million contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks
Group of Democratic senators calls on ICE to cancel plan to buy electric shock gloves
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13 sourcesICE to use same electric shock gloves in use at the Tarrant County Jail
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3 sourcesICE goes shock-and-awe with $16.7M deal for 6,000 pairs of electric gloves
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