Canadians have a reputation for being nice.

但本周, a British Columbia man learned that niceness may not extend across the U.S. 边境 — or at least not across the border crossing.

当B.C. resident Desiderio Fortunato pulled up to the U.S. customs booth to enter Blaine, 华盛顿, and the customs officer told him to turn off his engine, Fornunato asked the officer to say “please.”

For asking the officer to play nice, 不过, Forunato received a face full of pepper spray.

据 国家邮报:

A Canadian who demanded courtesy from a U.S. border security guard says he was pepper sprayed and held in custody for three hours for asking the disrespectful officer to “say please” when ordering him to turn his car off during a search.

“我拒绝将车熄火，直到他说，请. He didn’t. 他有枪, I guess, 所以他喷我,” said Desiderio Fortunato, a Coquitlam, 公元前, resident who frequently crosses the border to visit his second home in the state of Washington.

Fornunato wondered, “Is that illegal in the United States, asking an officer to be polite?”

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