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		AlbertCory on May 3, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How to Walk (12 miles a day) > despite getting stopped by police more than I would really like. Really? I don't think I've ever been stopped by police just for walking. I did find, at Google, that almost every time I was out, someone would stop me and ask where the Google Store was. Weird.

at_a_remove on May 3, 2022 [–]

Honestly, I think it is a function of being large and a bit odd-looking. Some big pallid dude walking the neighborhood just sets off something on the cop-dar.

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