The article made me look up the law here in MD. It is illegal for a felon convicted of a gun or drug crime to wear body armor unless he has a permit to do so granted by virtue of his work or other special condition. It is not illegal here for regular citizens to purchase and wear body armor otherwise. So, here in MD, if you are a clean citizen, wearing body armor probably is not sufficient to justify a pat down. I sure hope that any conviction on the illegal gun possession by King Shabazz is not prevented due to unreasonable search and seizure! That dude needs to be off the street period.