Video captures ICE taser use before Bushwick hospital standoff in Brooklyn

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Source: THE CITY - NYC News
Video captures ICE taser use before Bushwick hospital standoff in Brooklyn
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A bystander video obtained by THE CITY shows an ICE agent repeatedly tasing a man seated in a car as another agent tries to wrench him out, before the suspect—identified by DHS as Nigerian national Chidozie Wilson Okeke—was treated at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. The arrest triggered a chaotic vigil outside the hospital with protesters and NYPD presence; ICE says force used was minimal and the man became combative and refused to exit the vehicle. Witnesses described the incident as violent.

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