🌎 North America 1d ago · Sophie Hurwitz

Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract

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Last week, DHS finalized its $16.7 million purchase of 6,650 pairs of electric shock gloves from the Kentucky-based company Compliant Technologies. That comes out to about $2,400 per pair, plus some accessories like glove fresheners in case the ICE agents wearing these direct contact electroshock weapons get sweaty. 



Almost as quickly as the contract was finalized, pushback reached the legislative branch in a classic congressional form: a whole bunch of open letters. A group of senators

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