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27. One of these times....

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Mon Jul 7, 2025, 05:08 PM

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Mayor Karen Bass @MayorOfLA: This is footage from today in MacArthur Park. Minutes before, there were more than 2 [View all] riversedge Jul 7 OP

WTF mercuryblues Jul 7 #1

There's a quota that must be met. Mumbles Homan is hard at work. nt allegorical oracle Jul 7 #14

To me that video clip markodochartaigh Jul 7 #25

Yep, it's for show, to instill fear in the population. CaptainTruth Jul 7 #38

And probably MorbidButterflyTat Jul 7 #44

Kick SheltieLover Jul 7 #2

Order LAPD SWAT to stop this gang of thugs, Mayor Bass! sop Jul 7 #3

Mayor Bass isn't "concern tweeting" -- she went there in person as soon as she heard what was going on Hekate Jul 7 #4

Thank you! sheshe2 Jul 7 #18

Please Stop Insulting Mayor Bass. nt Cha Jul 7 #13

Tricky Nasruddin Jul 7 #15

This is it Cirsium Jul 7 #21

It will come timms139 Jul 7 #50

Why the hell are military horseback riders moving kids out of a park? irisblue Jul 7 #5

Damn! Such dangerous 8 year olds, they have to corral them on horses, eh? slightlv Jul 7 #34

Holy Fuck and they can't understand why Canadians and others do not want to visit the US of A Bev54 Jul 7 #6

For now, I Gordcanuck Jul 7 #39

I'm Canadian Bev54 Jul 7 #45

Kick WiVoter Jul 7 #7

As all my LA friends told me, only kids playing and homeless folks hang out here obamanut2012 Jul 7 #8

Lots of older Latino men hang there during the day, too. tishaLA Jul 7 #23

They meant, this is a community park, not some gang turf obamanut2012 Jul 8 #67

What kind of police operations proceed by sweeping through a park like slave patrollers? Prairie Gates Jul 7 #9

What do you expect? slightlv Jul 7 #35

Trumped-Up Bullshit-Invasion-Emergency... BurnDoubt Jul 7 #10

Its a republicon military assault on America and Americans BoRaGard Jul 7 #11

The riders on horseback add a literary touch. Kid Berwyn Jul 7 #12

Likely deliberate Nasruddin Jul 7 #17

That is horrifying PatSeg Jul 7 #16

Kidnapping children and terrorizing children is a Federal Crime and a State Crime! Tarzanrock Jul 7 #19

It's suppose to be illegal and kidnapping slightlv Jul 7 #36

Fuck Trump and his goons to fucking hell! Initech Jul 7 #20

The police are not allowed to terrorize people and beat the shit out of them. Tarzanrock Jul 7 #22

They arent targeting "criminals" IbogaProject Jul 7 #24

I agree, except I don't think you went far enough. slightlv Jul 7 #37

That would be half the population. BidenRocks Jul 7 #49

well... slightlv Jul 8 #55

All this talk about bears, BidenRocks Jul 8 #56

Bull Connor would be proud of this show of force! Bluejeans Jul 7 #26

One of these times.... orangecrush Jul 7 #27

One of the reasons the piece of shit and ICE is arresting so many law abiding Eliot Rosewater Jul 7 #28

Exactly! Mopar151 Jul 8 #66

I beg to differ. It's the new norm under the a- hole in the White House Gimpyknee Jul 7 #29

And this is before all the $$$$$ rolls in. nt Nittersing Jul 7 #30

This is NAZI SHIT ! IrishBubbaLiberal Jul 7 #31

The fascists are assaulting our communities JoseBalow Jul 7 #32

Kick dalton99a Jul 7 #33

Gestapo! We're in deep trouble, people. Joinfortmill Jul 7 #40

I think they are being told to get citizens angry and violent. C Moon Jul 7 #41

What that actual F*ck??? tazcat Jul 7 #42

Coming soon to a major city near you misanthrope Jul 7 #43

To ME, that looks like a rehearsal for a raid. James48 Jul 7 #46

WTF! yellow dahlia Jul 7 #47

Performative angrychair Jul 7 #48

Where did they get the horses? Figarosmom Jul 7 #51

When I was a small child in the 1950s, there was a division of Los Angeles Mounted Police (LAMP).... Hekate Jul 8 #59

She could probably do more to stand up for her people SSJVegeta Jul 7 #52

I take it you're not an Angeleno Hekate Jul 8 #60

Somewhat incorrect. SSJVegeta Jul 8 #61

That is absolutely chilling. Yes, I'd say you have a stake in the outcome. Hekate Jul 8 #62

Thank you. SSJVegeta Jul 8 #63

Our country is sick. I'm over in Ventura, where ICE plus whatever thugs they drag along... Hekate Jul 8 #64

I'm so sorry about what is happening in your community. SSJVegeta Jul 8 #68

Don't you think that is ICE had captured MS-13 gang leaders,..... Bread and Circuses Jul 7 #53

Agreed. I made a post about the recent arrests of members of the Armenian Mafia tulipsandroses Jul 7 #54

ICE is Trump's private gestapo army and the US is building concentration camps. WHAT TO DO? (Indivisble) usonian Jul 8 #57

This looks like paid actors for Trump propaganda. Bluesaph Jul 8 #58

Drumpf's brown shirts drooling for an incident to enact martial law or the Insurrection Act. Nazis. Good job Mayor Bass Evolve Dammit Jul 8 #65