• GBU_28@lemm.ee
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    14 days ago

    That’s not true,

    As example, 2 years ago I was in Strasbourg for the winter markets and saw 2 things:

    1. Roving squads of military and police armed with submachine guns and even battle rifles. (Some in blue police uniforms, some in camo)
    2. I tried to get a photo from above everything and explored some stairwells. (I like urban exploration) I opened an upper floor office door and was startled by a room full of cops with binoculars and rifles leaning on the wall / resting on a table. They were not very happy with me and it took me about an hour of being a dumb tourist to disengage.

    I saw similar on foot squads in Germany too.

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      14 days ago

      An hour?? That’s crazy-- seems like their fault the room wasn’t secure, but they had to harass you for that long before letting you go?

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        14 days ago

        Checked my passport, called my hotel, checked my flights. agree, honest mistake it should have taken a few minutes. Also I doubt it was a full hour but man it felt like a lifetime.

        Edit I don’t think I was actually detained but they spooked me into agreeing to hang around while they verified things