Geraldo Rivera is horrified that ICE may equip agents with electric gloves to control combative suspects. His solution? Put on the gloves and assault the man who invented them.
Rivera delivered that carefully calibrated contribution Wednesday night on NewsNation while discussing ICE’s plan to spend between $10 million and $20 million on thousands of CT-G5 G.L.O.V.E. devices.
“They are sickening, disgusting. How low can you get?” Rivera demanded. “I’d love to put those gloves on and slap around the inventor a little bit and see how he likes it.”
Nothing says “violence is unacceptable” quite like publicly volunteering to demonstrate it.
The gloves—whose name stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter—are manufactured by Kentucky-based Compliant Technologies. ICE describes them as “conductive distraction and de-escalation devices” intended for Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations personnel.
The gloves function like ordinary patrol gloves until an officer activates their electrical mode. They require direct contact with exposed skin and deliver a brief pain stimulus intended to gain compliance from someone physically resisting arrest.
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The manufacturer says its CT-G5 model operates between 324 and 362 volts, cannot exceed 380 volts and records activation events. Unlike a Taser, it is designed for close physical contact rather than firing probes from a distance.
ICE reportedly plans to obtain the equipment by March 2027. The government notice represents a procurement plan; it does not mean thousands of gloves have already been issued to agents.
Rivera compared the equipment to cattle prods and portrayed its intended targets as “law-abiding migrants.”
“How far do you want to go to round up law-abiding migrants?” he asked. “Do you want to torture them? Do you really want to do that? Is this where America is at now?”
Host Connell McShane noted that the manufacturer presents the device as a less-injurious method of controlling combative individuals.
Rivera was unconvinced. “Picture this: You got an ICE agent, 6-foot-2-inch ICE agent with full military garb,” he said. “He’s got a face mask on, and now he’s got gloves from outer space.”
The manufacturer says the device can often produce compliance within seconds without causing lasting injury. Some proponents have compared the sensation to a bee sting.
Users must undergo training and be recertified every two years, according to the company.
John Peters, president of the Institute for the Prevention of In-Custody Deaths, told Fox that the technology can provide officers with another option when someone physically resists. “If the officer is getting any type of resistance from the person, this is certainly an effective tool,” Peters said.
Notice the sleight of hand: Rivera repeatedly described the prospective targets as “law-abiding migrants.” The gloves are being presented as a tool for controlling combative individuals who physically resist officers, not something agents use to greet peaceful migrants at immigration court.
Debate the technology. Demand body cameras and activation records. But if your argument against excessive force begins with a fantasy about personally assaulting somebody, perhaps take one long look in the mirror—with both hands clearly visible.
WIRE SOURCES:
- ICE to buy electric-shock gloves intended to gain compliance from combative individuals — Fox
- Geraldo Rivera calls ICE glove plan “sickening” and says he wants to attack its inventor — Mediaite
- Manufacturer’s specifications and safety information for the G.L.O.V.E. — Compliant Technologies
- ICE’s electric-glove plan draws questions about potential misuse — Associated Press
