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[–] 79 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 40 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 58 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'm not trying to make light of this, but given what I've seen from the "best and brightest" ICE has to offer, I think we are gonna wind up with a bunch of morons with singed micro-penises.

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  • [–] 40 points 2 months ago (6 children)

    This will absolutely not be used to abuse human rights and to torture people who can't fight back.

    Jesus, USA, it's really hard watching from the outside what the MAGAs are doing with a country that was once - while by far not perfect - on a pretty good trajectory regarding improvement of civil rights. You lost all that in about a decade or two.

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  • [–] 35 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Its worse.

    Can you tell the difference from across the street between shock gloves and regular gloves? Its so they can use excessive force that doesnt look like it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (2 children)

    Good point, though I would expect the effects of these gloves on the victim to be visible from across the street. That’s assuming they are like tasers. People react pretty visibly.

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    "The gloves werent on, the perpetrator was faking"

    "The gloves malfunctioned"

    ZAP "STOP RESISTING!" ZAP "I SAID STOP RESISTING!" ZAP "STOP STRUGGING!"

    "Those were regular gloves, not the shock gloves."

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    You lost all that in about a decade or two.

    On the surface, yeah, but I'd argue that the plan to remove civil rights had been underway for ~50yrs before. And more than that, it's also been a recurring theme that dates back to before the very founding of the country, via slavery, genocide and so forth.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    History lesson. Hitler took the Rhineland and nobody did squat - he accelerated. Putin took Crimea and nobody did anything. The orange pedophile allowed ICE goons to kill Renee Nicole Good and Alex Jeffrey Pretti and there was no push-back so he upped his game. It only stops when there is equal or greater force used.

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  • [–] 33 points 2 months ago

    The world is getting a bit dystopian for me....

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  • [–] 25 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Death to ICE
    Nazi lives don't matter

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  • [–] 20 points 2 months ago

    I'll take "people being shocked accused of resisting arrest" for 300!

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months 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.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 months ago

    Florida Man Electrocutes Himself While Masturbating

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  • [–] 16 points 2 months ago

    I hope they forget they are wearing them when they go to the bathroom.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    May they consistently forget to take them off when they piss

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    That was genuinely my first thought.

    I know people who unknowingly peed on an electric fence. Not fun.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    that's to stop them from touching their crotches.

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  • [–] 13 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Maybe they'll do a lot of high-fives and this whole thing will solve itself

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 11 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I can't wait until they use it on perfectly innocent people for shits and giggles

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  • [–] 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    That's just the plot of Avatar Legend of Korra!

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    ICE plans to spend up to $20 million to purchase thousands of “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” for officers and agents by March

    Distraction and de-escalation? Gee that sounds very reasonable.

    Compliant Technologies says the devices function as a normal pair of patrol gloves until officers press a switch to activate their electrical mode. The gloves must be applied directly to someone’s skin to deliver a pain stimulus that typically helps an officer gain compliance within seconds, according to the company.

    Ah, so not so much a de-escalation tool as a compliance enforcement device. I'll give ten to one that within a month of deployment we hear stories of them grabbing some poor sod by the nuts with them to make him unlock his phone.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Minority Report sick sticks when?

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    Dude who slipped on ice is defo gonna shock himself scratching his ass with these

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  • [–] 6 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    The shock from these gloves can kill you. Consider it deadly force. Proceed accordingly.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Especially if you have a medical device like a pacemaker. It just seems a terrible idea all-round.

    What happens if the gloves short out because they've touched a telephone pole/car, or it rained?

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    until the inevitable incident where they high-five each other

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    Seems they're spending lots of money on the paramilitary and very little on the citizens. Someone will be herded like sheep in the very near future. Guess which one?

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    Joy buzzers!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    So shoot from a form of a bunker, got it.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    To themselves? I'm cool with that.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    Nice and righteous as they are they just love that unlimited power. unlimited power

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    [–] 42 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I hate this world so much. Why are so many humans such evil fucks?

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Because the planet is dying.Resources are running out. The system is collapsing. In times of societal stress the human is programmed to:

    • Grab everything you can
    • Gravitate to ruthless leaders (who would hopefully sort things out)
    • Root out the perceived enemy
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  • [–] 28 points 2 months ago

    Like famous Spider-Man villain Shocker?

    At least they're not hiding which side they're on.

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  • [–] 18 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    More people will flee, push, shove, fight back, and react harder if grabbed or tagged to the ground because of those gloves. So: more people will end up shot by ICE goons.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 months ago

    Hopefully they forget they're wearing them, and scratch their balls.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    Someone needs to repurpose these and make some irl Black Power Fists

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago

    Can the gloves detect ball scratching apart from ball grabbing? I hope not.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    To keep them in line, right?

    Like dog shock collars?

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    Oh look, its the Equalists.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    People need to be carrying bear spray (due to all the bear attacks), and cattle prods (due to all the, uh, cow attacks) .

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  • [–] 7 points 2 months ago

    You just know the "officers" are salivating at the chance to use this for the lulz on anyone they don't like, to use it to torture the detained, whether freshly-kidnapped or long-term concentration camp prisoners. Cruelty = entertainment.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago

    The resistance needs to have these as well.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    To the officers, right? Right?!

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  • [–] 2 points 2 months ago

    This reminds me of Krieger's ultimate bum shock fights. From Archer.

    Which is now apparently reality.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago

    No worries. Our side has joy buzzers.

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    Sounds like you need a crash override.

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    [–] 23 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    At first i laughed cause it reminded me of the simpsons where Krusty shocks Homer.

    Then I got sad cause it will probably be accurate.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    See, I first laughed because it reminded me of the shock gloves in the Legend of Korra, but then I had the same sadness reaction afterwards.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 months ago

    Well, I first laughed because I thought of one one of them going for a whizz later and forgetting to take off the gloves, but then I got sad because I know which body parts cops like to frisk

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