Two plainclothes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are shown, in videos posted online, handcuffing a man at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas and drawing shocked reactions from onlookers. Multiple outlets describe the incident as an arrest attempt that appears to stop abruptly while the man remains restrained. The man is reported as being thrown to the ground and handcuffed, with at least one handcuff left attached to his wrist after the agents disengage. One account specifies that the remaining cuff was dangling from an elderly traveler’s wrist, while another describes the event more generally as a handcuffing by two ICE agents in plain clothes.
According to the reports, airport police review the situation and find no outstanding warrants for the person. Airport staff remove the handcuff that remains, and the man is able to board his flight after the cuff is taken off. The accounts are based on social-media video and onlookers’ descriptions, and they do not provide further details about why the arrest attempt is stopped or whether any formal action follows afterward.
