Origin: ICE mistakenly detains Evanston citizen

Immigration officers searching for a fugitive in Evanston stopped a resident who resembled their target. Video shows two plainclothes agents in vests marked police struggling with him and taking him to the ground, while five agents were working the area in separate vehicles. He was a U.S. citizen and not the person they sought; the agents released him and left.

Evanston officers were called about 9:49 a.m. Sunday to Howard Street and Dodge Avenue and found the man on the pavement with bystanders helping. He reported head, neck and tooth injuries and was treated for minor injuries at Saint Francis Hospital as police opened an investigation and began preserving body-camera footage and interviewing witnesses. An officer later saw blood on a federal agent’s hands and was told it came from trying to handcuff the man.

Video captures several motorists stopping to help as the man lay face down after the agents left. Agents said he had refused to identify himself and refused their assistance, and that they let him go once he did. A nearby worker who began filming said the agents were rough and that one appeared to strike him in the face.

AI-synthesized from multiple reported sources