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Crowd Accuses ICE Agents of “George Floyd”–Style Abuse During Violent Street Arrest Bystanders screamed that federal immigration agents were “killing” a man and breaking his arm as several masked officers forced him into custody during a chaotic residential street arrest captured on video. The footage shows multiple agents wearing tactical vests marked “POLICE” surrounding the detainee beside an unmarked silver SUV. Witnesses repeatedly confront the officers, accusing them of using excessive force and warning that the man cannot breathe. “You’re killing him!” members of the crowd can be heard shouting as the struggle unfolds. Other witnesses yell that agents are twisting or breaking the man’s arm. At least one person compares the restraint to the killing of George Floyd, accusing an officer of kneeling on or applying pressure near the detainee’s neck. The most serious claims come from alarmed bystanders observing the arrest from only a few feet away. The available video does not provide a continuous, unobstructed view of every officer’s body position, so it is not possible from the footage alone to independently confirm precisely how much pressure was placed on the man’s neck or whether his arm was injured. Still, the crowd’s reaction is immediate and intense. Witnesses repeatedly warn officers to get off the man’s neck and invoke Floyd’s death—a reference to the 2020 murder of George Floyd after Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes. After the man is placed inside the SUV, masked agents remain at the scene while neighbors continue questioning and condemning their actions. The officers do not appear to explain publicly why the man was arrested, whether he was accused of a crime, or whether he required medical treatment. The video appears to have been recorded in a Chicago-area residential neighborhood, possibly Elgin, Illinois, based primarily on the posting account’s history of sharing immigration-enforcement activity in that area. The exact street, the detainee’s identity, and the agency conducting the operation have not been independently confirmed. The recording adds to growing public scrutiny of aggressive, masked immigration arrests carried out in residential communities, where agents often arrive in unmarked vehicles and provide little immediate information to witnesses or family members.