Nebraska school district asks police to stop using shock gloves on students

“I can’t even imagine walking down the hallway and seeing a peer of mine being electrocuted in a place that is supposed to be a safe space for students,” said Nora Wessel, a senior at Omaha Central high school. “Yet, this is now a very real possibility. These are adults we are supposed to be able to trust, but these weapons create a barrier for our students to turn to resource officers when needed.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/22/omaha-nebraska-school-district-shock-gloves-police

 

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AP report: ICE plans to give its officers gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks | PBS News

Message Body The manufacturer warns the device should not be used as punishment, against people merely exhibiting "verbal defiance or belligerence" or on high-risk populations such as children, pregnant women or elderly or disabled people. 

Jenn Rolnick Borchetta, deputy project director on policing at the American Civil Liberties Union, said the public should have no confidence that ICE officers will use the devices appropriately. She questioned why the devices would be necessary for civil immigration enforcement and noted those getting shocked might have no advance warning. 

 "ICE spent the last year showing this country they are too quick to use force. Now they will be able to deploy electric shocks with the slight push of a button that maybe nobody else can see them do," she said. "Introducing gloves that can so easily be used to deliver terrible pain in encounters is a recipe for harm to the public."…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/ap-report-ice-plans-to-give-its-officers-gloves-that-can-deliver-painful-electric-shocks

 

ICE to spend up to $20m on gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks

According to manufacturer, shock ‘is usually effective in bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds’…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/11/ice-electric-shock-gloves

 

White House’s pandemic relief effort Project Airbridge is swathed in secrecy and exaggerations - The Washington Post

N95 masks account for less than 0.1 percent of the "nearly 1 billion pieces" of protective equipment delivered through Project Airbridge, while 90 percent were disposable gloves.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/white-house-pandemic-supply-project-swathed-in-secrecy-and-exaggerations/2020/05/08/9c77efb2-8d52-11ea-a9c0-73b93422d691_story.html