Electric Enforcers: A Shocking Move from ICE The latest development in ICE's efforts to assert control over migrants and detainees has sent shockwaves through the tech community.
At a time when systemic racism, police brutality, and erosion of civil liberties are major concerns, the Department of Homeland Security's plans to equip officers with electrified gloves seem like a disturbing echo of dystopian fiction.
The CTG 5 GLOVE, manufactured by Compliant Technologies, promises "Conductive Distraction and De escalation" – painful electric shocks designed to subdue individuals into compliance.