DHS Introduces Controversial Zap Gloves

demonstration videos released by the manufacturer.

Whoa. Ah.

A senior DHS official tells NBC News officers will be able to

turn on the gloves, also known as Zap Gloves,

at the touch of a

button, emitting a shock they say won't leave a

mark or hurt the

person after they are released, saying it allows officers to

avoid using firearms and is better than pepper spray, which can

impact bystanders. In a statement to NBC News, DHS

says every decision is made with careful consideration and

appropriately reviewed to ensure any technology ICE utilizes

is consistent with all applicable law enforcement policies and standards.

Well, there you have it, folks. That is, um,

you know, I, again, I'm, I'm skeptical if this is the right direction to

move into as a country. I don't think it is.

I don't think, um, you know,

we were able to, you know, detain people and restrain people,

uh, for years and years and years without this technology.

I don't know what has happened that would make this technology necessary,

and if

you don't think this will be used on you or someone you know eventually, you're

crazy. I mean, this is not going to be

simply for people that have committed crimes.

This, all of this stuff, the flock cameras, all of it is coming.

It's not coming to just make you,

uh, safe. They don't care if you're safe, again.

Um, all of it is coming to build a

surveillance grid that i- that

is like nothing else that has ever existed in history.

Listen to me now. Nothing in history

will be... You will not be able to find a comp,

a comparable

in history for the level of surveillance that they're going to

employ

at, at the, at the

cellular level here. They're going to monitor

your hopes and dreams, everything you type into Google,

all of your text

messages, every email, every phone call,

your physical location with your phone camera.

They're gonna have flock cameras and license plate readers

and facial recognition,

biometric eye scans. They're gonna have all of these

things. You'll be in a web of surveillance

unlike any that has existed in history,

and all of that is designed because what is coming is

going to be very disruptive, and they know that.

They're aware that what is coming is going to be very disruptive.

It has to probably do with the eventual

disruptions to the economy with AI. It could be a major war.

It could be a climate event. Whatever they think is coming, or

it could be, brr, all three. Whatever they think is

coming, they are building this surveillance grid

so that when it comes, they are able to address

the disruptions in society that this will cause.

This is going to cause significant

fissures in society. There's no way that

this is all being done, and by the way, at a breakneck pace-