My Pants Sag So I’m Labeled as a Suspect
Cities cracking down on saggy pants:
It’s a fashion that started in prison, and now the saggy pants craze has come full circle — low-slung street strutting in some cities may soon mean run-ins with the law, including a stint in jail.
Proposals to ban saggy pants are starting to ride up in several places. At the extreme end, wearing pants low enough to show boxers or bare buttocks in one small Louisiana town means six months in jail and a $500 fine. A crackdown also is being pushed in Atlanta. And in Trenton, getting caught with your pants down may soon result in not only a fine, but a city worker assessing where your life is headed.
“Are they employed? Do they have a high school diploma? It’s a wonderful way to redirect at that point,” said Trenton Councilwoman Annette Lartigue, who is drafting a law to outlaw saggy pants. “The message is clear: We don’t want to see your backside.”
Why don’t they really tell us the point of this?
-Ninoy Brown
September 17th, 2007 at 3:43 pm
And it’s drivin the cops crazy
But ain’t nuttin but a black thing bay-bee, uhhh
No I’m not flaggin, but I’m just saggin
I betcha don’t wanna see the D-O double G
September 17th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
crackdown. ha!
September 19th, 2007 at 7:22 am
There were also points in history when Jews had to wear the Star of David and women weren’t allowed to wear pants. A thin line it is….