ICE Agents Tase and Injure a U.S. Citizen on an E-Bike in North Long Beach; Neighbors Block Agents Until Police Arrive

On Saturday, October 17, 2026, immigration agents in North Long Beach, California, tased and injured a U.S. citizen who lives in the neighborhood, according to neighbors quoted by the Long Beach Post. Neighbors said an agent jumped out of an unmarked car and tackled him as he rode an e-bike, that agents tased him, and that one knelt on his back while he yelled in pain and said his arm was broken. A crowd of roughly 50 people blocked the agents’ vehicles; one agent, a neighbor said, made racist comments to the mostly Latino crowd, and agents briefly grabbed two women, both U.S. citizens, who were soon freed. Long Beach police uncuffed the man and took him to a fire station, and paramedics took him to a hospital. Long Beach police said federal agents had called for help for medical aid and a crowd that had vandalized vehicles. DHS did not respond to the Post’s questions. Congressman Robert Garcia said “ICE agents brutally attacked and broke the arm of a North Long Beach resident and U.S. citizen,” and Mayor Rex Richardson said he is demanding answers from DHS.

What happened before the tackle is contested: some accounts online said agents rammed him with their vehicle, but the Post could not locate video of that or any first-hand witness. The account is neighbor testimony and video as relayed by local press and an independent newsletter, not a DHS or court record. It belongs with the documented pattern of citizens detained and injured in enforcement operations; compare 2026-10-06–propublica-tally-506-us-citizens-detained-by-immigration-agents-since-january-2025 and 2026-08-10–ice-agents-draw-gun-us-citizen-carolina-molina-falls-church-fbi-probe-demanded.