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I don't know how to feel about this (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

That's not true,

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

Roving squads of military and police armed with submachine guns and even battle rifles. (Some in blue police uniforms, some in camo)
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.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 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