𝗖𝗣𝗕 𝗢𝗙𝗙𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗥𝗜𝗢𝗧 𝗚𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗟𝗞 𝗔𝗖𝗥𝗢𝗦𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡𝗦𝗩𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘/𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗔𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗢𝗦 𝗕𝗥𝗜𝗗𝗚𝗘 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗕𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗧𝗥𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗔 "𝗕𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗜𝗦"

 

This past Tuesday, the Brownsville/Matamoros Bridge was shut down temporarily while a contingent of U.S. Customs & Border Protection officers in full riot gear marched in nearly single file across the bridge and back in what was referred to as a "hardening" exercise. With the 30F temperatures, it was also likely a "cooling" exercise.

A 19 year old male, waiting in his car for his pregnant wife to cross the bridge, said the CBP officers screamed at him: "Get out of here!  Get out of here!  Go!  Go!"  

The young man continued:  "They could have just tapped on my window and asked me to move if I was in the way."