{"id":503087,"date":"2026-10-21T06:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503087\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T06:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T06:30:09","slug":"rally-held-in-long-beach-in-support-of-man-detained-by-ice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/503087\/","title":{"rendered":"Rally held in Long Beach in support of man detained by ICE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Demonstrators gathered outside Long Beach City Hall on Tuesday evening after video captured <a data-ylk=\"slk:immigration agents pinning a man;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/story\/ice-agents-accused-breaking-mans-arm-dramatic-arrest-caught-video-long-beach\/19953610\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">immigration agents pinning a man<\/a> against a curb as he yelled for help while being detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Those attending the rally called for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to leave their community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Video posted on social media by StopICE.net shows a man yelling, &#8220;Help me!&#8221; while being pinned on the street against a curb. The man, identified as Ricardo Gonzalez, repeatedly said his arm was broken and could be heard moaning in pain while being detained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The encounter occurred Oct. 17 and has drawn criticism from community members and elected officials, including Rep. Robert Garcia, who <a data-ylk=\"slk:has called for an investigation;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;link&quot;,&quot;yLinkElementType&quot;:&quot;article_link&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/ice-agents-accused-breaking-mans-arm-long-beach-congressman-robert-garcia-calls-investigation\/19957407\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">has called for an investigation<\/a>. Garcia said the man seen being detained is a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Federal authorities offered a different account of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;An individual was arrested after he smashed the mirror of a government vehicle,&#8221; a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday, adding that they are &#8220;investigating potential charges for the damage to a government vehicle.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Eyewitnesses, however, said Gonzalez was riding a bike when ICE agents sped after him in SUVs, took him to the ground and pinned him to the curb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ABC News contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Demonstrators gathered outside Long Beach City Hall on Tuesday evening after video captured immigration agents pinning a man&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[131,133,132],"class_list":["post-503087","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\/503087","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=503087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}