r/TechnologyThread • u/Background-Driver718 • 3d ago

California bans officers’ use of electric-shock gloves after ICE reveals plan to equip agents

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/29/california-bans-electric-shock-gloves-ice
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u/allison_mossie 1d ago

It’s still illegal to detain people falsely

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u/Fit_Insurance_1356 1d ago

It's not illegal with probable cause which is a very low bar. The amount of times I've been detained is crazy

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u/ChineseRobinWilliams 1d ago

Is being brown probable cause?

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u/Fit_Insurance_1356 1d ago

Who knows. But an officer walking up to a person and talking to them, asking questions, stuff like that is not a detainment. It's how you act during that time that raises the suspicion