gnu, having followed this closely in the news here and watched the full video, he was not throwing things around when the police arrived. In fact, when the video was shown with the assistance of a Polish translator, he was actually calling for the the Police, as they came up the wallkway.

If someone told you to "put your hands on the desk" in Polish, how many seconds would it take for you to figure out that was what was requested, in order to comply? Ooops, can't figure out "Polozone wasze rece na biurze" in under 5 seconds? Zap! you're down! Try figuring that command out when your exhausted, dehydrated, confused, frustated and have absolutely no understanding of Polish.

Terribus, the Mother had waited in International Arrivals for over 3 hours and made many inquiries at various information kiosks about her son. She was finally told by an airport official that he was not there and to go home.