CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Video shows Border Patrol agents arresting two U.S. citizens in Charlotte's Plaza Midwood neighborhood Monday morning after accusing them of honking their horn to alert others that troops were in the area, according to witnesses and family members.
Dramatic video captured the moment agents took the two women into custody following a chase down Central Avenue. The women were later released with citations after spending several hours at an FBI facility.
Neighbor Shea Watts began recording after hearing a commotion outside his window.
In the video, an agent can be seen breaking a car window while pointing an assault rifle at one of the women.
"He's breaking the window— He's got an assault rifle pointed at her," Watts said in the recording.
Watts described his reaction a

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