Footage released by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement shows Long Beach resident Ricardo Gonzalez tackling a federal officer during an operation last week, debunking the leftist narrative that he was an unprovoked victim of agents who broke his arm while he was simply riding an e-bike.

The initial clips that circulated widely captured Gonzalez pinned face-down in a gutter, screaming that his arm was broken and that he was a U.S. citizen.

Those videos, shared by groups such as StopICE.net and amplified by local officials, prompted protests outside Long Beach City Hall, calls for investigations, and a GoFundMe launched by his daughter Leslie Gonzalez that has raised nearly $29,000 toward a $30,000 goal for “medical bills and recovery.”

In the fundraiser, she wrote that her father “was struck by an unmarked vehicle of federal agents while riding his E-Bike,” was tased twice, pinned to the ground, and taken to the hospital.

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson identified Gonzalez as a former city employee and father, told the Los Angeles Times that he had spoken with him, and filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General.

Rep. Robert Garcia and other California lawmakers, including Sens. Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla and Rep. Nanette Barragán, sent a letter demanding a review of the use of force, according to a KTLA report.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal posted the partial video earlier this week, writing, “Another U.S. citizen was assaulted and injured by ICE. This time in Long Beach, California. Congress must refuse to fund this lawlessness and hold Trump’s rogue militia accountable.”

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Statements from the Department of Homeland Security and ICE described the incident as unfolding very differently.

Agents were conducting a targeted enforcement operation to arrest an at-large criminal illegal alien when “anti-ICE agitators attempted to impede operations, threaten officers, and damage government vehicles.”

Officials said Gonzalez was arrested after he smashed the mirror of a government vehicle, that resisting arrest can result in injury, and that officers used the minimum force necessary.

They explicitly denied that agents struck him with a vehicle and referred to him as a “rioter.”

On Thursday, ICE responded directly to Jayapal’s post with additional video footage.

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The agency wrote that “radical sanctuary city politicians have spent days screaming obscenities at ICE officers for their arrest of this individual shown CLEARLY tackling a law enforcement officer to the ground. There is no place in our society for attacks on law enforcement.”

The clip shows the physical struggle as Gonzalez engages the officer.

Long Beach police said they responded after ICE requested assistance for vehicle vandalism and a person needing medical aid.

Officers found Gonzalez handcuffed and bleeding, removed the restraints at a nearby fire station, and turned him over for medical transport.

Assaulting or impeding a federal officer is a federal crime.

The GoFundMe fundraiser remains active, despite the video evidence that he lied about the encounter.

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