Stop the Idiocracy: Three seconds to obedience: when mercy gives way to voltage

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Three seconds to obedience: when mercy gives way to voltage

A detailed editorial illustration depicts two female ICE officers restraining a distressed young woman on a sunlit suburban American street. The detainee, wearing a white summer dress, is held by both arms as blue electrical discharges emanate from the officers’ black gloves at the points of contact. Her expression conveys fear and physical distress. The officers wear dark tactical uniforms, body armour and equipment marked “ICE”. Behind them, white picket fences, bicycles, flowering gardens, family homes, parked vehicles and concerned neighbours create a deliberately idyllic setting that contrasts starkly with the coercive arrest.

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ICE to invest up to $20 million in special gloves that deliver electric shocks ‘bringing individuals into compliance in less than three seconds and leaves no burns, marks or scars’. {The Guardian 11 August}

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

A number of possible scenarios involving such devices — in the wrong hands — immediately spring to mind, and none of them is pleasant.

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