ICE assaulted a Long Beach resident, causing serious injuries, family says

On Sunday morning, scraped and bruised, Ricardo Gonzalez put his arm in a sling to go to the park to watch his son’s soccer game. The day before, he sustained those injuries after being assaulted by federal agents during an immigration enforcement operation.

“He’s just in pain. He can’t really sit down, it hurts when he gets up,” Leslie Gonzalez, his daughter, told the Watchdog in an interview Sunday. “He’s just trying to get out of the house and move around. He didn’t just want to sit in the house and dwell all day.”

Gonzalez was riding an e-bike near Elm Avenue and 56th Street in North Long Beach when federal agents struck him with their unmarked vehicle, according to Leslie. Agents then tased him twice…

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