Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to students in the halls of Nebraska’s largest public school district.
The decision affecting most Omaha middle and high schools came after The Associated Press first revealed Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s plan to give officers the gloves, which are known as G.L.O.V.E.s or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitters. The devices have also been used in recent years by some jails.
Omaha Superintendent Matthew Ray requested that police working in the schools, known as school resource officers, stop using the gloves. Omaha Police agreed.
We’re all in hell.
not me im not in the usa
Don’t take that for granted, there’s nowhere that’s too many steps from this
eh costa rica is pretty okay
the police pretty much only goes after shoplifters and drug smugglers and the government doesnt have the budget to be a surveillance/suppression state if they tried
I’ve thought about moving to costa rica because you don’t have a military and everyone forgets you exist.
it is a pretty nice place :3
Fair enough, it’s all on a curve I suppose. If I’ve gotten anything out of the strife I’m seeing in the world, it’s a appreciation for every blessing I can count, while I can