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Lobbyist on ICE detention videos and the man who says he's a citizen

Evanston police say an ICE agent told them agents were trying to identify someone who resembled a person they sought, and police are preserving body camera footage.

On air: Kenji Moonfield on BBN After Hours
Published 3:34 AM ET, Tuesday, October 20, 2026

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Watch it as it aired: Kenji Moonfield on this story, from BBN After Hours at 3:34 AM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are Los Angeles Times's, the jokes are ours.

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First reported by Los Angeles Times: “‘Help me!’ Videos of ICE violently detaining man who says he’s U.S. citizen spark outrage”, with reporting from KTLA, ABC7 Los Angeles and NBC News.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 3:34 AM ET on BBN After Hours, by Kenji Moonfield.
Topics: ICE, US.
BBN covered this story before: Democratic lawmaker says ICE officers broke US citizen's arm (October 19).

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Los Angeles Times‘Help me!’ Videos of ICE violently detaining man who says he’s U.S. citizen spark outrage
KTLAKTLA's report October 17, 2026 · facts used on air
ABC7 Los AngelesABC7 Los Angeles's report October 19, 2026 · facts used on air
NBC NewsNBC News's report facts used on air

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Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEvanston, Illinois, where a man on the ground yells that he's a U.S. citizen while agents hold him down.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWith us is Desmond Achterberg, who represents the agents' side and the people suing them. Desmond, how does that work?
Desmond AchterbergVery smoothly, thank you.
Desmond AchterbergToday I'm wearing the agents' lanyard, so let me say these incidents are rare, and the other side agrees with me on some Thursdays.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFirst Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli wrote on X that such incidents "would be less common if the targets complied with lawful commands." Comply with whom, though?
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe NBC account says one agent wore a vest reading POLICE and had his face covered.
Desmond AchterbergCompliance starts with correctly guessing who is yelling at you. The mask is what makes that part a skill. Sorry, wrong lanyard.
Desmond AchterbergLet me flip it.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFlip it to what?
Desmond AchterbergThe civil liberties one.
Desmond AchterbergNow I'm saying nobody should have to guess, and surveillance video shows the man in Long Beach riding an electric bicycle when a large, unmarked SUV pulled in front of him.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo he's supposed to obey a mask, an SUV and you, depending on the lanyard. Who do you bill for this segment?
Desmond AchterbergWhichever side that lanyard just was.

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Oct 14US inflation rises to 3.7% as ICE rejects body-cam advice · Axios
Oct 15ICE tactics spark debate before pivotal US midterm elections · Al Jazeera
Oct 19ICE detainee hospitalized, Hurts clots, Earhart search comes up empty · The New York Times
Oct 19Hurts blood clot, ICE video, Rays Game 6, and more · Los Angeles Times
Oct 19Democratic lawmaker says ICE officers broke US citizen's arm · The Hill
Oct 20Lobbyist on ICE detention videos and the man who says he's a citizen (this story)

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