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    What Boots Do You Wear?

    You can get them in non-side zip, straight lace up. You can get them in 6 inch and 8 inch models The sole is a Vibram, and when pressure is applied the heel becomes "defined"
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    What Boots Do You Wear?

    Again, I'm not affiliated with LAPG, they just have the best price on my boots. here's a link. http://www.lapolicegear.com/codetabo.html
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    What Boots Do You Wear?

    I dont work for the railroad, except when I was asked for pictures by a certain one. I wear Converse 9-inch Desert Pursuit boots with the steel reinforced Kevlar toe, shank, and heal. Mine are also side-zipper. I like them because they are very lightweight, they exceed OSHA/ANSI standards...
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    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    Actually, there is. ID is not something that can be demanded for just any reason. There is something called "reasonable suspicion", then there is "probable cause". Photographing, were legal, doesnt meet either one. Therefore it is absolutely unconstitutional to request identification for...
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    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    Its actually been their opinion more than a ruling during a case, which is why a case never makes it to them. Most of the cases make it past trial, if there is reason for appeal, make it to appellate courts which use the SCOTUS's long held beliefs on the matter. There is one case that may get...
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    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    Those security guards are mouth breathing morons. If it can be photographed from public, it can be photographed. The SCOTUS's recent rulings on this were crystal clear. Sensitive areas be damned.
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    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    The Constitution and the Bill of Rights are not open for interpretation. They never have and as long as we live in a free society, they never will. There are no limits to freedom of speech. The man who wrote The Constitution and the Bill of Rights did indeed know that the government would try...
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    MTA Officers Detain Man For Taking Photos at Station

    I wouldnt, and I have more than a few friends that are cops. As a cop you take an oath, one thing in the oath is to defend The Constitution. It doesnt mean you get to interpret it. I know there a metric shit-ton amount of laws out there, and I dont expect a cop to know them all, but I do...


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