Video Shows ICE Agent Tasing Man Multiple Times Ahead of Bushwick Hospital Standoff
THE CITY - NYC News • • nation
Key Points:
- A video obtained by THE CITY shows ICE agents using a taser multiple times and forcefully dragging a man, identified as Nigerian national Chidozie Wilson Okeke, out of his car during an arrest in Brooklyn.
- Okeke was later taken to Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where a tense, hours-long standoff occurred between protesters, ICE agents, and NYPD officers outside the hospital.
- ICE claims Okeke was combative, refused to exit his vehicle, and attempted to use it as a weapon, justifying their use of force as minimal and necessary to make the arrest.
- Protesters outside the hospital were pepper-sprayed by federal agents, and nine people were arrested by NYPD during the demonstration; officials deny NYPD participation in the initial ICE operation.
- Local officials and immigrant advocacy groups condemned the violent arrest and called for investigations into both ICE’s tactics and the NYPD’s handling of the protest, emphasizing the need to protect immigrant rights.
