‘Reality TV spectacle’: outrage as federal agents raid LA neighborhood with horses and armored cars

Dozens of officers and 90 California national guard descend on immigrant area and a mostly empty MacArthur Park

Dozens of federal officers in tactical gear and about 90 California national guard troops descended on a historic immigrant neighborhood in Los Angeles on Monday - mounting a sweeping show that local leaders denounced as a reality TV spectacle" and intimidation tactic.

The troops were deployed to a mostly empty park in the MacArthur Park neighborhood for about an hour, some on horseback and others in armored military vehicles. Agents were also operating an armored vehicle with a mounted rifle.