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Via Daily Mail:
German police are suing a female American academic after she called them ‘Nazis’ in a row over liquids in her carry-on bag at Frankfurt International Airport.
Professor of Peace and Security Studies at Georgetown University, C Christine Fairs, is alleged to have hurled abuse at the officers after being refused boarding.
Police say the 49-year-old woman became ‘unreasonable and irritated’ when they told her she had too many liquids in her carry-on during a screening for explosives.
It was at this point, police say, that she called them ‘f****** b*******’ and ‘f******* German Nazi police’ – claims denied by Fairs.
She instead claims the Nazi comments were indirectly about a young, fellow traveller sporting a ‘Hitler Youth’ haircut who seemed to have avoided the attention of airport staff.
In a 4,000 word description of the events published in the Huffington Post, Fairs wrote: ‘I was literally framed, arrested and, for all intents and purposes, robbed by the Frankfurt airport and German state police.’
It was at this point, police say, that she called them ‘f****** b*******’ and ‘f******* German Nazi police’ – claims denied by Fairs.
She instead claims the Nazi comments were indirectly about a young, fellow traveller sporting a ‘Hitler Youth’ haircut who seemed to have avoided the attention of airport staff.
She described the events further in her Huffington Post blog: ‘As I put my tampons, cruddy travel panties and long-worn travel bras back into my suitcase, I muttered to myself while shaking my head “The crack German police have seized my deodorant…but they don’t seem to care about that Nazi-looking dude over there!”