(Translated here into English, but discussion was in German)
First, to make it clear, these were Polizei Bayern, NOT Bundespolizei
Police, showing his ID: "Gruß Gott!" (Bavarian hello, means Greet ...
P: "But we are checking for illegal migration! As the Bavarian police law allows us!"
M: "So is this a border control then?"
P, stumbles a bit, realises what I am trying: "It is, errr, an identity control"
M: "OK, that was the right answer." and I hand him my ID.
His colleague: "We are allowed to control"
M: "Yes, I know, and this is not your fault - this is decided by Berlin and to some extent München, it's not your decision."
M: "So is this a border control then?"
P, stumbles a bit, realises what I am trying: "It is, errr, an identity control"
M: "OK, that was the right answer." and I hand him my ID.
His colleague: "We are allowed to control"
M: "Yes, I know, and this is not your fault - this is decided by Berlin and to some extent München, it's not your decision."
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