ICE bought shock gloves after military test showed intense pain

Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 7 Oct, 13:48 · Archive

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought shock gloves despite an Army study showing they caused intense pain.

An unreleased Army study found that electric-shock gloves caused intense pain and fear in military exercise participants, who stopped fighting immediately and worried about additional exposures.

Despite these findings, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency signed a $16.7m contract in August to purchase 6,000 pairs of the shock gloves for use in controlling detainees and protesters. Records indicate ICE leaders were aware of the Army study's results before committing to the purchase.

How it is being reported

• Shock gloves purchased by ICE cause ‘intense pain’ and fear, Army study found‘Everyone should be alarmed that ICE is preparing to deploy a tool designed to inflict, at best, intense pain, without showing that it is safe for the people who will be subjected to it’Independent World · 7 Oct, 14:01
• Electric-shock gloves ICE plans to use inflicted intense pain in army studyImmigration enforcement agency has signed $16.7m deal for devices that induced ‘excessive’ fear in military subjects The electric-shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to a previously unreleased army study. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) leaders were aware of the findings before signing a $16.7m contract in August to purchase 6,000 pairs of shock gloves, according to records…Guardian World · 7 Oct, 13:30
• Shock gloves bought by ICE cause intense pain, Army study saysParticipants in a military exercise felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, according to an Army study.CBS News · 7 Oct, 12:04

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