Border Czar Tom Homan Defends Controversial ICE Electric Shock Gloves
ICE plans to buy thousands of shock gloves despite criticism that the devices could expand painful compliance tactics in deportation operations.
- On August 10, the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to spend $20 million on thousands of "Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter" devices for ICE officers, manufactured by Lexington-based Compliant Technologies.
- Border czar Tom Homan defended the acquisition on Thursday, describing the 380-volt stun gloves as a tool to subdue resisting detainees without lethal force supporting President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign.
- During a Thursday update, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear called ICE the "worst-trained, most aggressive law enforcement unit" he has ever seen, citing concern over aggressive tactics and lack of de-escalation.
- The American Civil Liberties Union of Kentucky expressed being "deeply concerned by plans to provide ICE agents with another tool capable of inflicting pain," citing risks of misuse without oversight.
- Although officials aim for deployment early next year, the manufacturer's manual states the devices "shall not" be used on children or the elderly, with the no-bid contract potentially finalized as early as Friday.
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents could wear gloves that manage electric shocks to subdue immigrants or protesters, while carrying out President Trump’s controversial mass deportation campaign. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to buy thousands of these gloves, capable of applying 380 painful discharges [...]
Homan defends ICE electric shock gloves as alternative to lethal force
White House border czar Tom Homan on Thursday defended plans to give Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks, arguing the devices would prevent agents from needing to resort to deadly force. “It’s another device to help someone get compliant when they are not,” Homan said in Thursday appearance...
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ICE finds heinous new way to spend millions and terrorize people
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to spend as much as $20 million on “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” like shock gloves, border czar Tom Homan confirmed on Thursday—a fancy term for gloves that deliver painful electric shocks to people who ICE officers are trying to subdue.
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