Block ICE's Electric Shock Glove Purchase

To: Sen. Alsobrooks, Sen. Van Hollen, Rep. Elfreth

From: A constituent in Ellicott City, MD

August 13

Block ICE's plan to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves — the G.L.O.V.E. devices that deliver painful voltage directly to a person's skin. A pending lawsuit alleges a 43-year-old man died in 2024 after being shocked 27 times with these gloves and 13 more times by a Taser at a Kentucky jail. Two shocks lasted 45 and 99 seconds — far beyond the manufacturer's recommended 15-second limit. This is not a safe tool. Even the former ICE acting director, John Sandweg, said the gloves are "too easy to get misused, against a population that doesn't pose a threat." The manufacturer itself warns against using them on the elderly, pregnant women, and small children — exactly the people ICE regularly encounters. The no-bid contract could be awarded as early as this Friday. Use whatever authority you have to stop this purchase before it goes through.

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