Border Patrol making a show of force in LA's MacArthur Park earlier today.

[highplainsdem]

I’m here in MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, where military style vehicles have pulled up down Wilshire and Alvarado, amid rumors of an ICE raid in the park have proliferated since last night

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:38:10.884Z

Dozens of vehicles have arrived, with CBP, National Guard, and other vehicles have swarmed the park, video uploads slow

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:41:51.561Z

CBP has already hassled us about being on the sidewalk. Massive federal presence here this morning

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:45:13.884Z

Border patrol now sweeping the park

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:48:27.909Z

Border patrol walking McArthur park here in LA

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:49:57.728Z

CBP horses now walking up to Wilshire at MacArthur Park and staging on the corner of Wilshire and Alvarado here in Los Angeles

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:53:09.356Z

Frankly this feels like a show of force in many ways. CBP has their own press guys here, lots of their own folks taking photos of bystanders

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T17:58:24.801Z

Mayor Bass has arrived to the sweep

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T18:07:29.316Z

After Bass spoke with what I assume is a DHS rep, they packed shit up and headed out. The whole neighborhood turned out to chase them out of the park. Some fruit was thrown, alot of yelling

— Mel Buer (@melbuer.bsky.social) 2025-07-07T18:29:14.414Z

[MineralMan]

1. They're looking for the cake someone left out in the rain there.

That's what I think.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. Did you see the David Letterman show with Jimmy Webb and Will Lee?

It’s on YouTube it’s amazing

[MineralMan]

5. Nope. I'll see if I can find it.

[Eliot Rosewater]

12. Here

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[MineralMan]

14. Thanks. It's a favorite of mine.

[malaise]

6. LOL

And I did not see your post when I replied😂

[MineralMan]

7. Well, it was a no-brainer response, reallly.

I just got here first.

[haele]

8. The first thing I was "well, they're a month and a half late..."

No Nievas, Horchata, or Fruitas for them.
And certainly no Tres Leches cake!
Stormtroopers gotta troop, I guess.

[DBoon]

2. KTLA link

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/federal-agents-conduct-apparent-raids-near-macarthur-park/

Editor’s note: KTLA reached out to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for comment multiple times prior to publication. As of publishing, DHS has not responded. KTLA will update this article with any new information as it becomes available.

Federal agents were spotted near MacArthur Park in the Westlake district on Monday as part of an apparent immigration raid.

KTLA’s Rich Prickett reports that he spotted Department of Homeland Security and military vehicles on site.

He also counted at least four white vans similar to the types of vehicles federal agents have recently been using to transport people to jails and detention sites.

[malaise]

4. Who left the cake out in the rain?

These goons have to be stopped

[marble falls]

9. Some concerns are using music to make crowds move on. This is what I would use on ICE ...

...

?si=i9n6X-jXjDa0-TCE

[tishaLA]

10. I live about six blocks away

MacArthur Park has its problems (tweakers, some gang activity) but it's also a community hub. Old Latino guys gather there to hang out with each other, kids (and some adults) have soccer games, various immigrant communities have terrific cultural festivals, street vendors line the eastern border of the park on Alvarado selling pupusas, flowers, fruit, hot dogs wrapped in bacon, etc

This really sucks. It's going to destroy the fabric of the community.

[SheltieLover]

11. Sickening!

[struggle4progress]

13. MacArthur Park Suite