Omaha schools ban electric shock gloves used on two students after uproar

Omaha Police Department has suspended the use of electric shock gloves after they were used on two students in schools.

Parents in one community were surprised to learn the shock gloves soon to be used by ICE officers have been used in schools. Police say they won't use them after backlash and a request from the district superintendent. NBC News' Julia Ainsley reports.

Animated Gif by Victoria Sunday/The Daily Beast/Getty Images The founder and CEO of the company contracted to supply ICE agents with shock gloves has said the Hand of God played a role in Donald Trump becoming president. “I think President Trump is doing a great, fantastic job,” Jeff Niklaus of Compliant Technologies

Last week, the Department of Homeland Security announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement would spend between $10 million and $20 million to buy gloves that emit painful electric shocks. The devices, called G.L.O.V.E, or Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter, are manufactured by Compliant Technologies in Kentuck