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Jon Worth · 9w
Depart Plattling 4 guys, plain clothes, stand by the door That'll be police I thought They come through the train The control first a guy with his neck covered in tattoos (there are no ethnic mino...
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(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 God! - always makes this atheist annoyed). "Identity check!"

Me: "Could I ask, why are you controlling?"

P: "This is a train to Austria!"

M: "Yes, we are LEAVING Germany!"

P: "Yes, but it is still a border!"

M: "But sorry, I am leaving. Why are you checking?"
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Jon Worth · 9w
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 t...
Petra van Cronenburg · 9w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpqy98u6vcmvnxz0vt0z6d37827zxwzt7zy3dxzxr60x9sd9awh62mq8yy789 Always a joy for Grenzgänger at the German-French border because of Germany's intolerance against Schengen. Hope you are not detained in Bavaria. 😉