They have been used twice since officers received training on them at the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, and are only in use at middle and high schools.
In one case at a high school, the officer used a glove on a student for “noncompliance.”
In short, the purpose is to torture kids
If they get deployed everywhere quickly enough, they won’t be unusual.
No but really, that’s how the Supreme Court has ruled. It has to be both cruel and unusual. Once it’s common enough, it’s not unusual and becomes constitutional.