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

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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