{"id":501995,"date":"2026-10-20T08:18:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501995\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T08:18:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T08:18:33","slug":"ice-agents-break-arm-of-u-s-citizen-in-california-incident-lawmaker-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/501995\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE agents break arm of U.S. citizen in California incident, lawmaker says"},"content":{"rendered":"

Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents broke the arm of a U.S. citizen during a detention attempt Saturday in Long Beach, California, Rep. Robert Garcia, D-Calif., said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Ricardo Gonzalez, a former Long Beach city employee, was found handcuffed, bleeding and being detained by several ICE officers when local authorities arrived at the scene, according to a statement from the Long Beach Police Department.<\/p>\n

Videos of the encounter taken by bystanders appeared to show Gonzalez lying face down in a gutter while several ICE agents kneeled on his back. In several videos, Gonzalez is heard yelling repeatedly, \u201cHelp me, my arm is broken,\u201d and \u201cCall a paramedic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gonzalez\u2019s daughter, Leslie Gonzalez, said her father was \u201cstruck by an unmarked vehicle of federal agents while riding his E-Bike.\u201d He was then tased twice and pinned to the ground, according to her description on a GoFundMe<\/a> page created to help with her father\u2019s medical expenses.<\/p>\n

\u201cICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen,\u201d Garcia, whose district includes Long Beach and parts of Orange County, wrote in a statement<\/a> Sunday posted to X. \u201cThe videos are horrific and should concern not just our community but the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long Beach police said in a statement Monday to MS NOW that officers arrived after receiving a request for emergency assistance from the ICE officers due to \u201cvehicle vandalism taking place and a subject in need of medical aid.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to police, officers saw \u201ca large group disturbance involving the ICE agents\u201d and a man in handcuffs who was bleeding.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst responders from the Long Beach Fire Department took the man to a nearby fire station,\u201d according to the statement. There, Gonzalez\u2019s handcuffs were removed, and he was taken to a hospital.<\/p>\n

ICE and the Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to MS NOW\u2019s requests for comment Monday.<\/p>\n

Police officers cleared a crowd of protesters who had gathered near the scene Sunday. <\/p>\n

Gonzalez is believed to have been one of several community members who called 911 when he \u201csaw a circumstance escalating,\u201d Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson told CNN in a statement Sunday.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSydney Carruth is a breaking news reporter covering national politics and policy for MS NOW. You can send her tips from a non-work device on Signal at SydneyCarruth.46 or follow her work on X and Bluesky.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents broke the arm of a U.S. citizen during a detention attempt Saturday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":501996,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-501995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-long-beach","tag-long-beach","tag-long-beach-headlines","tag-long-beach-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=501995"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/501995\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/501996"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=501995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=501995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=501995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}