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The McArthur Family: A Line Was Crossed, and the Truth Is Now on Video

Updated: Nov 19

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Letter on November 12, 2025


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The McArthur and Burak family has endured months of unlawful harassment by DCFS Los Angeles County and law enforcement. What happened on October 29, 2025 was already shocking. What has happened since then proves something even more disturbing: a deliberate pattern of intimidation, retaliation, and misconduct under color of law. This is not child protection. This is systematic harassment. And today, the truth was captured on video again.

DCFS and law enforcement received a formal cease harassment notice on October 30, 2025. They ignored it. They returned on November 13, 2025. Today, they returned again. Every action they have taken shows a dangerous disregard for the law and for basic human rights.

This blog brings together all the evidence — the false warrant, the email record, the threats, the security footage, and the text messages — to show the full truth.


Security Video Evidence That Confirms Harassment

Watch the security video evidence of today’s visit here: November 13, 2025 Security Video


The footage shows DCFS social workers and police approaching the home today, walking around the property, and attempting contact even though there was:

  • No warrant

  • No emergency

  • No court order

  • No paperwork

  • No judicial authorization


This is not an isolated mistake. It is part of a pattern.


Voice Evidence Confirming Threats and Misconduct on November 14, 2025

Voice Message Recording One Click: November 14, 2025 Voice Recording


Voice Message Recording Two Click: November 14, 2025 Voice Recording


Voice Message Recording Three Click: November 14, 2025 Voice Recording


DCFS and Law Enforcement Are Acting Without Reason or Legal Authority

At this point, the conduct of DCFS and law enforcement shows a complete abandonment of logic, professionalism, and lawful procedure. Their behavior does not resemble child protection. It reflects chaos, recklessness, and a disturbing disregard for the law. No rational agency behaves this way. No responsible department repeatedly shows up without a warrant, ignores documented evidence, or threatens a parent based on their own phone number error.

  • Their actions are not just unreasonable. They are reckless.

  • They are unlawful.

  • And they prove that both agencies have lost control of the situation.


The public needs to understand that what is happening to the McArthur family is not normal. It is not legal. And it is not acceptable.


October 29, 2025: False Warrant and Illegal Entry

The escalation began on October 29, 2025 at 12:31 PM. DCFS employees Juan Hernandez and Stephanie Lopez came to the home with a document they claimed was a protective custody warrant.


There was no warrant.


The Edmund D. Edelman Children’s Courthouse confirmed no such warrant exists in their registry. Despite this, law enforcement entered the home, grabbed Marcus, and detained him in a patrol car for thirty minutes with no judicial authorization.


This was:

  • Illegal

  • Unconstitutional

  • Abusive

  • A violation of the Fourth Amendment

  • A violation of the Fourteenth Amendment

  • A violation of state law


This should have triggered immediate corrective action. Instead, DCFS escalated.

October 30, 2025: Cease Harassment Email Ignored

On October 30, 2025, I sent a formal email to DCFS, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, and county officials. The email demanded that all unlawful contact stop immediately and documented the misconduct from the day before.


The email included:

  • Authorization to act on behalf of Audrey and Marcus

  • Evidence of the false warrant

  • Proof of the illegal entry

  • A summary of constitutional violations

  • A demand to preserve all evidence

  • A warning that a federal civil rights lawsuit was coming


This email is now part of the official record.


DCFS and law enforcement ignored it.


November 13, 2025: Another Unauthorized Visit

Two weeks later, on November 13, DCFS showed up again while the family was not home. There was no emergency. There was no warrant. There was no reason for them to be there.


This showed clear retaliation.


Today: Security Video Shows Another Illegal Visit

Today’s visit, captured on camera, confirms everything the family has been reporting:

  • DCFS and police returned again

  • They approached the home without paperwork

  • They searched the property

  • They attempted contact without a court order

  • They ignored the cease harassment notice


Their behavior is reckless, dangerous, and unlawful.


Marcus’s Text Message: DCFS Threatened Arrest

After today’s incident, Marcus sent me a message that exposed even more misconduct. His words say everything:


“They have an alleged warrant for removal of the children. They said that we did not comply. They said they have been contacting Audrey’s phone number. When we asked what phone number it was, they explained they have been contacting the wrong number. They have a duty to correct this. They are obligated. The caseworker said, ‘Oh well, we already got a remove order. Comply by 5 PM tonight or they are gonna put an arrest warrant out for Audrey.”


This message reveals:

  • A false claim of a warrant

  • An admission DCFS used the wrong phone number

  • A knowingly false accusation of “non compliance”

  • A threat to arrest Audrey with no legal basis

  • Coercion and intimidation

  • A violation of civil rights

  • A violation of the Bane Act

  • A direct attack on due process


DCFS threatened a mother because of their own mistake. That is unconstitutional.


Why This Evidence Matters

When you place all events side by side, the pattern is undeniable:

  • October 29: False warrant and illegal entry

  • October 30: Cease harassment email issued

  • November 13: DCFS returned without authorization

  • Today: Security video captures another unlawful visit

  • Today: DCFS threatens Audrey with arrest


This is not protection.

It is persecution.


This violates:

  • The Fourth Amendment

  • The Fourteenth Amendment

  • State law

  • Federal law

  • 42 USC section 1983

  • The Bane Act


No family should endure this.


I Will Stand With This Family in Federal Court

After reviewing all evidence, I informed DCFS and law enforcement that I will personally help the McArthur and Burak family file their federal civil rights lawsuit.


They crossed the line this time.


I will help them file their Government Claim.

I will help them draft their complaint in the United States District Court.

I will ensure every violation is documented on the public record.

And I will not stop until justice is served.


The McArthur family will not stand alone.

The world will see the truth.

And the truth will be stronger than every lie told to justify this abuse.


A line was crossed.

Today, it was crossed again.

Now, accountability begins.


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