{"id":218289,"date":"2026-05-03T15:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218289\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T15:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T15:14:13","slug":"masked-agents-drag-man-from-medical-center-in-brooklyn-new-yorkers-and-cops-injured-in-pepper-spray-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/218289\/","title":{"rendered":"Masked agents drag man from medical center in Brooklyn, New Yorkers and cops injured in pepper spray chaos"},"content":{"rendered":"

An investigation is underway Sunday after chaos erupted outside a hospital in Brooklyn<\/a> late on Saturday night when masked ICE agents<\/a> brought a man there after arresting him in an apparent enforcement operation.<\/p>\n

Word of the man\u2019s arrest and hospitalization quickly spread, bringing scores of protesters to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center on Saturday night just before 10 p.m. A number of protesters and several NYPD officers were injured after a law enforcement source said an ICE agent unleashed pepper spray on the crowd during the protest.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the NYPD is facing questions about\u00a0its participation in the incident after\u00a0a photograph circulated online showing a masked ICE agent and an NYPD officer together with a detained man inside the hospital.<\/p>\n

According to eyewitnesses and sources, it all began at the Bushwick hospital at around 9:43 p.m. on May 2. Patients at the facility were shocked to spot a detained man in handcuffs inside the hospital with armed and masked men, and images of the arrested man began circulating on social media.<\/p>\n

It is believed that ICE agents had detained the individual during an immigration enforcement operation before transporting him for medical treatment.\n<\/p>\n

What was the NYPD role in Brooklyn ICE raid?\u00a0<\/p>\n

As the news spread of the detained man\u2019s hospitalization, more than one hundred people showed up outside the hospital demanding answers. Just before 10:30 p.m. Saturday night, the NYPD arrived on the scene and, according to witnesses, cops became heavy-handed with the crowd.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than two dozen NYPD officers arrived in a show of force, and in an unsolicited act of aggression towards community defenders, they shoved people to the sidewalk, pepper-sprayed several community defenders, and arrested one person,\u201d a person with direct knowledge of the incident told amNewYork.<\/p>\n

The NYPD disputed this claim, however. The department told amNewYork that when cops arrived at the scene, they observed individuals \u201cacting disorderly\u201d and \u201cobstructing vehicular traffic\u201d while blocking emergency entrances and exits to the hospital.<\/p>\n

\"\"A massive standoff occurred for the next several hours between police and the impromptu protesters. Photo by Lloyd Mitchell \"\"Police face-ff with protesters.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell \"\"A massive standoff occurred for the next several hours between police and the impromptu protestersPhoto by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

Those who arrived outside the hospital say that a massive standoff occurred for the next several hours between police and the impromptu protesters until the early hours of the morning.\n<\/p>\n

Just after 2 a.m. on May 3, two ICE agents were spotted dragging a man in handcuffs along the pavement of the entrance plaza to Wyckoff Hospital, near the corner of DeKalb Avenue and Stockholm Street. They were also carrying a large canister of what appeared to be pepper spray.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe came out pointing it at everyone,\u201d one eyewitness told amNewYork, referring to one of the ICE agents involved. \u201cThey were dragging a Black man in handcuffs on the floor.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n

Protesters attempted to block their path, prompting police to immediately push them back. Several clashes unfolded, resulting in nine arrests, police said.\u00a0 Meanwhile, the ICE agents pulled the detained man into the back of an SUV. The vehicle then sped through the crowd, knocking one person to the ground.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A law enforcement source told amNewYork they believe the Feds released the pepper spray, adding that one sergeant and one officer were also injured from the substance and had to be treated at the hospital.<\/p>\n

An NYPD spokesperson charged that police categorically did not collaborate with immigration enforcement agents and were simply responding to the protest. New York\u2019s sanctuary city laws prevent local law enforcement from working with ICE agents except in serious criminal cases.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n

\"\"New Yorkers attempt to stop an ICE vehicle as it speeds away.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell \"\"New Yorkers attempt to stop an ICE vehicle as it speeds away.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n

However, those who witnessed the incident reported a different narrative. They claimed that police officers aided ICE inside the facility, and later provided ICE a police jack to change a flat tire.<\/p>\n

A short time later, one protester who observed the aftermath said that NYPD officers were observed with the ICE agents aiding with the tire change on the Williamsburg Bridge.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the NYPD fully coordinating with ICE and enabling the kidnapping of a community member through initiating violent attacks on concerned community defenders,\u201d one person said.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much for being a sanctuary city,\u201d X user Alison Klemp\/Fridson posted<\/a> with videos of officers while tagging Mayor Zohran Mamdani<\/a>.<\/p>\n

amNewYork reached out to the mayor\u2019s office for comment and is awaiting a response.\u00a0 \u00a0\n<\/p>\n

\"\"One woman has her eyes washed out with water after she was pepper sprayed.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell \"\"Officers from the 83rd Precinct clashed with residents of Bushwick outside of Wyckoff Hospital after an ICE sighting in the area on Saturday, May 3rd.Photo by Lloyd Mitchell<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An investigation is underway Sunday after chaos erupted outside a hospital in Brooklyn late on Saturday night when…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,2035,2301,9,24,63,103,104],"class_list":["post-218289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-ice","tag-immigration","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-nypd","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}