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Cdn at border asks for manners, gets pepper spray

By THE CANADIAN PRESS

BELLINGHAM, B.C. - A British Columbian man who wanted a U.S. border inspector to say please got a face full of pepper spray instead.

Desiderio Fortunato, of Coquitlam, B.C., says he thought the guard who told him to turn off his engine Monday was rude and asked him to say please.

The 54-year-old says he was stunned and blinded as he was sprayed, pulled out of the car and handcuffed.

He was detained about 3 hours.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesman Mike Milne says it was a lawful order that travellers must obey but the use of force is under review.

Fortunato crosses the border two or three times a week to visit his second home in Blaine, Wash., and says inspectors are mostly courteous.

My experience with US border inspector?

Last year, I went with a few friends across border to go shopping.

In order words, going into US to spend money. Directly feeding its economy.

As we pull up and our turn coming up. I notice the lady inspector was pretty good looking.

Until she opened her mouth.

It's as if she was talking to a bunch of criminals.

We just moved along and commented how rude she was and how we aren't going cross border shopping anymore then forget about it.

How were your experience crossing border into the US?



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I have been in the US like 4 times, they dont make much problems because I lived there for 2 years and my parents are doctors so we dont have any economical needs to be there. But I must say its pretty annoying when they make you almost undress yourself to see if you dont have bombs or weapons.

Here in my country(chile) when u get in they make u pass through the metal detector(dont know how u say it in english, and then they have dogs to check if u bring something illegal, like some kind of food, drugs, etc...; that doesnt bother me, guards are usually very friendly and the dogs are cool.



Id keep my goddamn mouth shut and do what they say



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I went to Canada on a class field trip years ago. Leaving the country was great, a lady gets on the bus and asked where we were going, what we wanted to do, and if we had any firearms on the bus. Making a few jokes with everybody, she smiled and left and we were free to cross into Canada.

On the way back into the country, the experience was totally different. The bus driver warned everybody to not speak otherwise they might not let us back into the country for a while (he even gave a story of how the bus was stuck for hours because somebody said something). A guy gets on the bus looking like he's extremely pissed off. He yells for everybody to get out their papers like we were criminals (we were all a bunch of high school kids). After inspecting everybody's papers, and asking a few questions, he finally gives the go ahead and we can reenter the country.

Though it is the job of the border guard to be cautious and such, we'll have to see where this goes and see more sources for any additional details.

*edit*The Seattle Times

"What I just requested was the word 'please,"' Fortunato said. "He repeated it (the order) three times and I repeated three times the word 'please.' ... He told me, 'Turn the car off or else I'm going to spray you."'

Fortunato figured the officer wouldn't make good on the threat, since he wasn't being abusive or threatening to the officer.

He miscalculated."

 



I dunno about Canada, but if you cross the bridge in El Paso from Mexico, the BP agents have automatic machine guns. I wasn't flip with him.

However, for the brave ones, here are 7 things to tell BP agents:

1. I killed them all, and I hope they burn in HELL!
2. I smell swine - got some BBQ sauce?
3. Nice weapon. At the al-qaida camp, we used the same weapons!
4. Even after a couple dozen doughnuts, you still fit nicely into your uniform.
5. Tase me - I dare you.
6. If you fight me, you better pack a lunch.
7. Anarchy NOW! (extra points if you get kicked in the nards)



I was arrested once on a disorderly conduct charge for mouthing off to cop (face slammed into the hood of his car then beaten in the back with a four D-cell mag-light). My only regret is that I didn't use harsher language.



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