Schenectady Bombers Changes Policy After Dress-code Backlash

Selective enforcement of ban on baggy clothes raised civil liberties issue The Bombers Burrito Bar downtown changed the sign outlining its dress code against baggy clothing after civil liberties experts complained about the restaurant's admitted policy of selective enforcement. [...] civil rights activists said the selective enforcement opened the business to allegations of constitutional violations. Under state law, dress codes are legal as long as they are applied to everyone, said Angelica Morris, director of the Schenectady County Human Rights Commission. If I did nothing and something happened, people would ask 'Why I didn't try to make the place safer?'

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