ICE awards $16.7M contract to buy 6,000 pairs of gloves that deliver electric shocks

ICE awarded a $16.7 million no-bid contract to buy 6,000 gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks for use on detainees and protesters.
Civil-rights groups and Democratic senators warn the devices could be easily misused given past force controversies and are demanding training, oversight and transparency.
The Department of Homeland Security defends the purchase as officer-protective and a way to avoid more severe force, calling critics' objections unacceptable.