Civil rights advocates expressed alarm, saying ICE officers already face criticism for their use of force with little oversight or accountability while enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
  • Annoyed_🦀 @lemmy.zipEnglish
    73·
    20 days ago

    Ohh so they not only able to choke people but also give em a shock. This is like the weapons wear by super villain’s lackey

    • Whostosay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      37·
      20 days ago

      Queue all of these idiots being filmed accidentally shocking each other and then stopping the use of them, but only after whichever acquaintance of dementia Donny’s gets a huge payout for the contract.

      • 0li0li@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        20 days ago

        I wonder what it does to a gun in the hand. Friendly fire? Mag explosion? Can’t wait to find out.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    17·
    20 days ago

    Pain compliance is not de-escalation. Pain compliance is assault.

    We’ve been through this conversation before with Tasers, which are meant to be used as an alternative to lethal force,¹ but are routinely used by law enforcement and state paramilitaries before they would draw a firearm. While commonplace in the United States, that is deliberate misuse.

    If ICE were following actual policing protocol, they’d stick to shock wands, which look like what they do. Electric gloves have the same purpose as sap gloves (gloves loaded with shot), which is to give the illusion that less force is being applied than actually is. They are intended to make violence caught on video less evident.

    ¹ Tasers are technically less lethal and victims are killed by them uncommonly.

  • hash@slrpnk.netEnglish
    12·
    20 days ago

    So stun gun gloves. That’s absolutely a weapon aimed at intimidation and “punishment” plain and simple. Stun guns aren’t tasers and can’t incapacitate someone in the same way. So they intend to use these on unarmed people. Even the most bastard cops know that stun guns make no sense for police.

    So these gloves are super fucked and really exactly what a fascist force would like to use on people, but honestly it’s so blatant this is going nowhere. The first time these were used a judge would rip ICE a new one. I’ll bet everyone forgets about this pretty fast and the gloves never happen.

    • mangaskahn@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      20 days ago

      Repeat after me: The cruelty is the point. In order to get a judge to rule that these can’t be used, a case has to be brought in front of one. The gloves can easily be deployed and used for intimidation and punishment in the field until a case makes its way through the system, then if it ends up in front of an administration friendly judge, it could be ruled in their favor.

    • GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      20 days ago

      I would say super soakers but we all know they’d shoot you for “having a gun”.

      don’t forget to add a little salt the water to increase conductivity.

  • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
    9·
    20 days ago

    Wat? Doesnt the second avatar series have people who fight with shocker gloves? Reality really is stranger than fucking fiction.

    • Geldaran@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      20 days ago

      My first thought was the Babylon 5 slaver gloves. I mean they’re already the villains. might as well go full evil.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      20 days ago

      I have a feeling many of the people involved with ICE had a different interpretation of the Avatar movies than most of us