Trump’s ICE Raid Backfires Spectacularly
July 8, 2025
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as posted by the channelAttorney Brian Kabateck breaks down how Los Angeles community intelligence networks completely outmaneuvered Trump's massive MacArthur Park raid, emptying the 35-acre park before over 100 ICE agents and National Guard troops arrived to find only 20 kids at summer camp. He reveals how word spread quickly through the predominantly Latino neighborhood, turning Trump's intimidation stunt into a humiliating failure before Mayor Bass arrived to confront agents and demand they leave. Kabateck exposes how this raid violated the Posse Comitatus Act by using military troops for domestic law enforcement, giving California crucial ammunition in ongoing court battles. He explains why "being brown in a Latino neighborhood" isn't reasonable suspicion and constitutes illegal racial profiling. A powerful look at how grassroots organizing and community solidarity can stop federal overreach, while warning that only court intervention can permanently end Trump's war on Los Angeles.
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