Needless to say,many people do not agree this plan, they all posted comments on the forum on tall dating site: Tallmingle…com ,seems it is a break news there.

Yes there is a Racial component to this law, however, what should be the of most concern to us all is this: when the young people begin to apply decency to their behavior? At some point we must demand that young people conduct themselves as quality human beings. Decency dictates that all of us, no matter where we grow up, to at least show a minimal degree of decorum to how one conducts oneself. When purchasing a pair of pants, the salesperson will usually ask you what size waist pants do you want? They ask this because pants are designed to be worn to the waist not below to the hips showing one’s ass. This is the conduct of homosexuals, bieng pimped in jail. As a former correctional officer, at a Maximum security Prison, I know first hand how this discription plays itself out in Prison everyday. Unless young ment want to be considered as Homosexuals they should reconsider such conduct. Let us apply decency to our behaviour. Let us be real men.

I think that they should let the boys wear their pants below their waist. Even though you fine them $25 plus jail time, they are going to do the same thing. Every state copying another state, and stealing their ideas. If they really want to stop the pants sagging, why they cant talk to them their selves and see where they are coming from? I not saying that I’m against it but the point is let them be them, if they dont listen to them, oh well let them do what they wanna do. Its the style, so it aint going anywhere right now!!!!!!

I don’t agree with a law been created for such an ugly trend. My thought is that entertainer suc as Hip-Hop artist should step back and take a look at this issue because our kids look up to them. My son is 17 yrs and I am forever telling him to pull his pants up. It is truly ridiculous!

I do not think that there should be a law for wearing saggy pants, but what I do think is that If the state,city,country,and tha community would not have allow for the prayers to be taken out of the school system and not allow for disciplinary to be taken out of the homes,then I truely believe we would have had a better nation to live in as well as country and a nation for which it stands, but what did we do,we went and played GOD with the land and the people that resides in the land,why? because we are unknowingly playing GOD with the lives of the people.(period)

I actually live in Flint, MI and was at the meeting when Chief Dicks announced he would be targeting saggy pants. He called it indecent exposure. While he was saying that a woman with her midriff showing passed out the minutes. I feel that he is targeting young black males and the law is extremely UNJUST!!! What do you expect from a town where there is the chief of police and a super chief whom is the chiefs father. I don’t even know what a super chief is… does he wear a cape to the scene of crimes?? The city is also targeting youth that play basketball in the street because “they act like they don’t want to move” It is my personal opinion that they youth especially the black youth is no longer welcome in Flint, MI……

What ever happened to educating the youth????

I don’t think people should be fined or put in jail for wearing baggy pants. However, one way to get people to stop this fad is redicule. It needs to be stated more more publicly how stupid these people look. Also, they need to know that getting a job will be difficult. Employers are not going to tell you, but they don’t want to hire people who dress tacky.

Larry: Why should we allow ‘religion’ in public schools (separation of church and state)? There are many that do not follow any religion, myself included. Why force me to say prayers when i do not believe in Christianity? My personal view is that religion was created by man because they didn’t know better at the time (i.e science, astronomy, evolution, etc). The said men then forced others to believe (Dark Ages). The only true, tangible God is our SUN. It created life on Earth, and it will destroy life on Earth when it ‘dies.’

I do not agree with that law. They should be trying to pass other laws not saggy pants??????? So what if you dont like it, its alot of ??#% in this world that i have a problem with that people are doing im not going to try to pass a law against them because they have free will to do so. Its not like nobody is in danger. I see if that law was just for school dress code because then it would make sense. what about females showing off their assets, alot of people disagree and think they should cover up but thats their choice and they should wear what they please. Their just targeting young black males. But boys around my way wear their jeans saggy but their underwear is not showing.

I hate seeing people with their pants saggy , it looks bad Black boys , White boys, even girls do it. I bet UMLAW weres his pants with his flat pan cake ass showing.

If u don’t like it, don’t look. If we allow laws like this to pass what law will b next? A law against u, a law against me. A Law on how long ur hair can be, how many miles we can drive per day. It’s a slippery slope peoples, one that we shouldn’t allow ourselves to get on.

Oh and, jolly green giant….com, quit being so cheap and buy some add space.

no wonder africans like me dont like black people

This thing of wearing sagging pants is a fashion that teens have adopted. I don’t think passing a law is necessary. What about the 70’s with the four inch platform shoes? We have to let these teens be teens. If we want to stop this, the parents need to be the ones to do it. I raised two boys into young men and I talked to them about this style and they respected what I said and did not wear there pants like that. I had girlfriends with teenage daughters and most of the girls thought it looked ridulous. If the girls tell them it looks crazy they will change. but the problem is you have girls who condone this and the boys will continue. this is a social issue and laws will not change it. What needs to be focused on is other issues that have areal effect on our lives.

WE ARE IN 2008,SOON TO BE 2009..TIMES CHANGE AND SO DO FASHIONS..SOME REPEAT THERE SELFS AND SOME WE HAVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN..I HAVE 2 CHILDREN THAT LOVE TO WEAR THERE PANTS LOW..THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE THUGS OUR CRIMINALS..THEY ARE HIGH SCHOOL GRADS AND ON THERE WAY TO MAKING A PRODUCTIVE LIFE FOR THEM SELFS..THEY KNOW WHEN TO WEAR THIS FASHION AND WHEN NOT TO..MY CHILDREN WILL NEVER GO TO AND INTERVIEW OR OUT TO A FAMILY DINNER WIT THERE PANTS SAGGING ..NOW GOING OUT TO DANCE WITH FRIENDS OR TO A FRIENDS FUNCTION THAT IS DIFFERENT..MY CHILDREN ARE VERY MUCH INTO LOOKING GOOD ..FASHION IN OUR HOME IS MAJOR..SMILE..LEAVE THESE KIDS ALONE STOP STIRRING UP TROUBLE ..ALL THIS STUFF SHOWN TO OUR YOUTH ON TV..DAYTIME TV!!! AND THERE WORRIED ABOUT SOMEONES DAM PANTS!! FROM ONE PISSED OFF MOTHER IN PA.

If they are going to go after people who wear sagging pants that show the tops of boxer shorts claiming that they are offensive, will they also go after those people who wear low rider jeans that show off womens bellies, navels, and in most cases the tops of their butt cheeks, or a possible thong? Hey, I’m a man and I love those womens jeans but let’s not be hypocritical.

Jealous?

Okay so I totally understand the problem with sagging pants. It’s very unattractive. BUT why are we worried about things as small as this when there are much bigger issues in the U.S. that need to be focused on. People always want to cause an uproar over minor things that don’t deserve as much attention as it’s give. And commenter FE, that’s the problem in the black community. Whether you are African or not you are still seen as black. And that divide within our community is doing nothing but making it worse!!! People need to grow up and open their eyes.

Jack, Please! Do you really need to advertise your dating site in every comment? Really? It is not even relevant to any of the articles.

I agree that the whole sagging this has gotten so old. I wish the “fad” would just go away, but it’s not. Still I think it is over the top to introduce laws to ban the way someone wears their pants. If their bare butts are hanging out of their pants then there are already indency laws which would cover that; we don’t need MORE laws dictating how high up your pants should be over your undies.

WELL ME I HATE TO SEE YOUNG MEN WALKING AND HOLDING THERE PANTS WITH ONE HAND TO KEEP HIS PANTS UP OR WALKING WITH THERE LEG OPEN TO KEEP THEM UP OR WALKING TWO STEPS PULL UP THERE PANTS WALK PULL UP ETC. WHY THIS STUPID IF YOU COME TO MY JOB i would turn you a round and say good day. stop this maddness.!!!!!!!!!!1

I agree with the lawthese young men need to learn to have respect forthe society in which they live. I personal hate to see this.

I think a law should be pass fining people who do this. Time and time again we see this all over. I shouldn’t have to be subjected on knowing what type of draws you have on. That should be your own personal business. Larry I do agree with you on how the country is taken God out of the picture and now is paying for it. UMlaw it’s not forcing you to pray it an option. Just as it is accepting Jesus as your Lord and Savior (Revelation: 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me).

If you want saggy pants thats your buisness.
As long as you don’t do it in these few selected places, you should be alright: church, wake, funeral, wedding, job interview, place of buisness.

MY OPINION, MY son wears baggy jeans but in descent respectable way. His draws never show and he do not wear them to his knees. What make it so bad is when their underwear, boxers, draws are showing. This style started in prison when one inmate is inviting the other inmate to a booty call. DOWNLOW, to be exact. They brought it out of prison and it is NOT good. MANY DO NOT KNOW ACTUALLY WHAT THEY ARE SAYING WITH THEIR CLOTHING……

Sometime I wonder if t he ACLU is against Black people, especially our children. Everything that is good for our kids they find fault with.

UMLaw: at first all I can say Is WOW to you because the Bible said that we should not worship the sun,moon,statues or anything else other than himself Because he is a Jealous GOD and the bible says that it is a dangerous thing to fall in the hands of a Jealous GOD,some one has poison your mind,and if your mind has been poisoned from believing in the one and only true GOD then you are on the verge of a mind like pharoah a reprobate mind which means to be rejected of GOD to be called the child/children of GOD,the bible says,the bible says that the fool has said in his own heart that there is no GOD,and if you keep this mind that you have then you will be the only one that will have to face GOD upon your judgement amongst those who will be going to Heaven and if they are going to be going to Heaven then where does that make your place of all eternity will be the other place that starts with an H,brother or sister your are walking on dangerous Grounds because to be of the world is to be enmity toward Against GOD/which means you are GODS enemy.

OVERTA-If it is something that is good for OUR kids, its our responsibility to teach, not legislation. This imposes on self expression and will create another classification for racial profiling. I think that we need to see beyond whether baggy pants should be worn. Its a matter of imposing laws that will have substantial affects on young black males. Frankly, I don’t like the “goth” look that many young whites wear, its demonic and offensive, however, there is no legislation to oppose this. We need to be smarter about the laws we support. Honestly, the clothes are the LEAST of our worries, money and energy SHOULD be spent elsewhere. Its time to stop condemning our youth and start instructing and educating them on HOW TO.

The concept that “baggy” pants are the issue is a misconception. Youngsters that wear their pants in such fashion, (if I would dare use the term fashion in the same sentence), could care less about pants being baggy. They simply need them to be large enough to sag and bunch low in the crotch or between their knees and lower. Most pants sizes worn by these misguided youths are so large, that “tying” them around the buttocks, and thighs, is the only way to keep the pants on at all. For some reason, it has become “vogue” to show your behind in public. My wonderment is, for whom is these butts displayed? Do they show their behinds, fancy underwear, (often dirty and streaked), for females or males? Who is the defiance targeted against, the government, establishment in general? I think the concept of decency should prevail and that society has right to determine if lewd and lascivious behavior offend the public morality; moreover, societal laws should retain the right to curtail and/or legislate public behavior. However, I disagree that these under the butt displays are homosexual in nature. I do not believe that the display of butts in drawers has a homosexual leaning. Such behavior is more akin to thuggish gangsterism and misplaced values propagated by hip hop and sub-culture anti-socialism, and perhaps society needs to looks to eradicating these behaviors and with it will go the pants tied around the mid-thighs displaying behinds in public. It is horrible and looks terrible. Prisoners without belts, does not itself promote homosexuality. There are many other snares and circumstances which promote homosexuality in prisons, just as there are those manifestations in any same sexed environments, despite the down low, or should I dare say, the public’s pretense and denial of the existence of rampant homosexuality in all exclusive male environments, such as: the boy scouts, all boys schools, colleges and universities, the military, sports and athletics, (especially professional sports), and of course, prisons. While not all males participate in such behaviors, many do at least for the time spent in such environments. It has always existed as such and will continue to exist as such and NONE of this has anything to do with wearing pants with the waists tied around the thighs.

Okay people this fad, trend, or fashion statement need to be buried and done away with. Showing your underwear is an indecency and I don’t won’t my grandmother, mother, daughters nor sons for that matter to see such disgusting behavior of these young people. I can’t even say that they are young men and women, because a true young man or woman will not behave in such behavior. Pull up your pants and put a belt on. I’m for the law change and the “law is for the lawless and disobedient”, I Timothy 1:9 and God want “Decency”, I Corinthians 14:40. Pull them up…..

While I was growing up I never thought about wearing my clothing down to my knees like a lot of other young men that I mostly see .I think they look at this like its cool and everything but it a trend or phase that you go through while growing-up. Of couse they’ll blame it on rappers but it didnt just start there it started at least 15 years ago as a fashion trend but to me its some peoples style but it looks disgrading to these older heads .The belt loops on your clothing aren’t on their for nothing PULL UP YOUR KIDS CLOTHS because just like the seat belt law this another easy money maker for the system……

The problem is that kids do what they see adults do. We must teach self pride. No man or woman will ever get a good job walking in the door with you butt hanging out of your pants, shirt not tucked in, or the gold teeth in your mouth.

I must say I do believe that there are way more important issues that we could focus on but I can also see how they can come about creating a law like this, but I hate to hear that ppl will be fined and jail, but I can relate, because sagging of pants and revealing your under garments can be seen as an act of nudity, and some people can feel harrassed or uncomfortable with people openly reveling nudity, b/c often times it’s not just adults that someones underwear is visible to but also their children are forced to see underwear, I’ve seen people walk down the street with no shirt on and pants sagging below their butts revealing way more than 3″ of their underwear, but I don’t know if our law enforement needs to turn into the fashion police but I definitely do think it is an issue that needs to be addressed, I use to sagg my pants, until my aunt told me the meaning behind it, it came from Jail, and that how the “Punks” in jail walked around for easy access, and b/c they aren’t given belts in jail.

First off, I am a proud African American Brother, 100% pro black !!! 25 year member of the NAACP, 25 year black greek member. Saggy Pants have nothing to do with being a true Black man in this country. As Chris Rock said, I love black folks, I hate Neegus !!! Lets call it what it is. True black men, would not be caught dead, with this ignorant fashionless garbage. An idiot should be treated like one, be it a fine or jail time, phk the color line in this. Lets not offend my people as if this law targets African American men, it targets ignorance, which comes in all colors !!!! What if Obama were to sport this ridiculous look on national tv, would we say, oh he is just being black? Hell no, cuz that would be an insult to my entire race!!!! How bout Tiger Woods, TD Jakes, Steve Harvey, Michael Jordan, Rev Sharpton, Floyd Flake, or David Dinkins, shall I continue??? Does this law target these men, of all different backgrounds??? Of course not, it targets the worse of our culture, and enough is enough!!! I ask these idiots, of my race, to learn their history of the black man, and please, stop degrading us with ignorance…..This has nothing to do with race, and everything to do with self hatred and unprovoked ignorance !!!! The time to stop the non sense has now arrived!!!

James Brown’s older verteran band The JB’s teamed up with his latest band The Soul Generals two months after he passed to continue his legacy a released a project song entitled “Pull Your Pants Up’. This message was recorded and released to be used as an tool to convey a message to young “multi-cultural’ inner city communities, to encourage the “Saggin” population to regain their dignity and self respect. The JB’s have been unsuccessful in getting main stream radio to air this message. These legends in the industry have fallen on hard times since Mr. Brown’s death and d o not have the finances to market this song. Instead of fines and jail time lets reach the young people through music the universal language.
Kindly view the following information:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUoBbpgvSyk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBHDNchL-8w

Co-Producer “Pull Your Pants Up”
Jaemar333@hotmail.com

Whats taking the orther cities so long Its be a long time coming

UMLAW…there is a place hotter than the sun, this place does not create life but it will serve death and pain. I feel sorry for people who use their minds to create a God from something that will die one day. It shows how simple they really are, no dreams, no vision, just living for the next day. The Devil loves people like that , they are easy Pray for him because they only worship in them selves and science. they think that man can do anything in time and space. It is easy for these people to see other people as items , they begain to view them selves as being smarter and stronger, than other people. And on the flip side you got the same type of thought with the Cult Religions.

Lynn your to much ,got me rolling…
Olatunji your 100% correct I been telling people this for years,
that the fashion of letting your pants hang off you butt started in
prison, it’s a sign of prositution, in prison they would pass your azz
around for a pack of cigarettes wearing your pants like thatR 30;̷ 0;… ;…
We here in Chicago want to see that law here, stop with the baggy pants.

passing law on wearing ya pants low is stupid, i’m wayy from the Bahamas n i wear my pants low, why not let young teens be teens.. from what i’ve heard in america ya not allowed to beat a child the Bible clearly states u spear the rod u spoil the child, foolishness is bound in the heart of a child so if u dnt teach that kid right from wrong wat u expect , then i heard they took prayer out of school come on that shows that they dnt believe in God… n to that UMlaw person u talkin crap there is a GOD n in wat religion ppl dnt pray or woship some form of god… There is ONLY ONE TRUE GOD THE GOD THAT CREATED HEAVEN N EARTH!! THE SUN DNT GIVE YOU LIFE N MAKE U BREATH hommie wake up… THESE ARE THE END TIMES…

Lynn: I meant your first comment got me rolling…

This law will definitely add to more legal problem for our youth. I agree with a fine that can be paid but being sent to prison is way to far, that just adds to the long list of reasons they (the man) has to lock us up and ruin our lives.
We need to understand that there’s a difference between wearing baggy jeans that are comfortable and wearing pants down to our knees for no apparent reason.

!!! IN JAIL I COULD UNDERSTAND, THEY DONT HAVE BELTS SOMETIMES, BUT THESE KIDS WITH THEIR PANTS SAGGING IS HORRIBLE, NOW MY QUESTION IS, WILL IT GO THE SAME FOR THESE STARS THAT ALSO WEAR THEIR SAGGY PANTS, OR IS THIS JUST FOR REGULAR KIDS? IF U ASK ME, IT SHOULD APLY TO EVERYONE , BUT I THINK JAIL TIME IS A BIT TOO MUCH!.

when will women showing off their boobs be found criminal? Let us look at who pushed for this to be a crime…men. So of course they don’t care if a women exposes her thong, butt cheeks, or boobies. They want to see that.

When will the community take action and demand that this ridiculousness stop? This is a fad that will pass, just like low-rise jeans for women. If more white kids did this, would this be criminalized?

Why would we want to look like slaves anyway.

Its so ignorant how many of us feel we have to beat our children and stuff the bible down their throats to turn out quality adults. Interview most people in jail and they definately were beaten in childhood and exposed to the bible. Some met their criminal friends in church. Perhaps we should model moral behaviora at home, model a thurst for knowledge a education, and give children a graduated sense of responsibility from a early age on up. We need to go back to our roots and realize that children need a sense of responsibility for something beyond themselves so that they wont be these immature, hedonistic teens and young adults. Model the behavior first.

Listen most of these guys are GAY you know this started in prison and these are closet guys but they would never admit it.

I guess this is a sticky situation. It seem a little harsh to go to jail for wearing pants below your waist; nevertheless I hate seeing their underwear. what is the purpose? What statement are they trying to give? Why do they want to show their underwear or walk around holding on to their pants to keep them from falling off? It does not make sense to me but I guess it does to them. I do think it is distasteful and very disgrading.

On the same note, I dislike seeing women showing most of their breasts or those short skirts where the woman has to hold her hand in front of her legs when she sit because the skirt will not hide her underwear. Fine these women if they are going to fine these men. Neither one should have the right to show their underwear in public.

WOW THAT IS STUPID THE ONLY REASON THEY IS DOIN IT IS TO SEPARATE THE BAD PEOPLE FROM THE GOOD…..NEXT THING WE KNOW THEY IS GONNA START SAYIN GIRLS CAN’T WEAR SHORT SKIRTS OR SHORTS AND CAN’T SHOW CLEVAGE WHO IS THE GOVERNMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT TO WEAR AND HOW TO WEAR IT ITS A FREE COUNTRY NOT THE F***** NAVY OR ARMY WHERE THEY CAN TELL YU TO WEAR A UNIFORM

I feel that wearing saggy pants is not hurting anyone, although I may be greatly disparaged by some, saggy pants are not in the forefront of problems in America today. Get gas lower and more young black men like me in college and then we can talk.

Lynn: the mindset that I am ‘with the devil’ or that i’m a part of a cult just because i don’t believe in religion/God, is the same mindset the empires of the Dark Ages had when they forced others to believe in their God/religion. Me saying that the most tangible ‘God’ is our Sun is just realistic. Our earth is about 4.5 billion years old…due to the perfect mixture of gases/sunlight/water, life formed…this is science.
Larry: man wrote the Bible….yes?

a $25 fine is bad enough…but prison?! come on!!
like one of the comments i read above…its just a fashion trend like platforms in the 70s
It won’t be that long before boys stop doing that, so it is unessecary to make this part of the law when there are much more important matters to worry about than how boys wear their jeans! or is this fine just an excuse to get even MORE money out of American citizens??

hmm…

Well Emeka that’s the problem were trying to get more young men in
college like you ,but they keep tripping over their pants legs because
their pant’s is hanging off their butts.

What will be next, sagging breasts and saggy butts? Maybe our elected officials should concern themselves with health care and help people lose their sagging stomachs!

I don’t agree with the law at all..talk about targeting black people for real this is a style stemming form hip hop a culture for alot of young people…i don’t like it but oh well i don’t have to look at it..if the government don’t like it so much then they can start buying their clothes unless you buy their clothes i don’t think that they have the right to say anything about it..and if you pass this law then you should make it mandatory for woman to wear clothes that cover up their parts too.at least these guys are just showing their under wear, but some woman actually show their goods, what about those gothic kids with the makeup and piercing and tattoos can’t leave those out, their just as offensive to others as well..they make me want to wear my pants low so i can see myself get thrown in jail..i would sue the fuc* out of the legislative for not passing laws against all of the other stuff mentioned because thats discrimination..young woman showing their ass is worst then some guy showing his under.. tryy me..

Come on now…..looks like these people apparently don’t have more pressing crimes to deal with and now they’re trying to be the Fashion Police. If folks aren’t showing their naked azz then leave them alone. These are the same politicians/officials who spent time in strip clubs or watchin young girls walk down the street wearing Daisy Dukes and NEVER had a problem with it. I’m not going to go as far as to brand it racist, but a majority of young Black men and women wear their clothes like this. Just because they refuse to conform to what these politicians/officials feel is appropriate they shouldn’t have the right to ban it just because they wouldn’t wear it.

this is rediculous if they really enforce the law like they say then the prisons would b filled with people who arrested just bcause where sagging there pants. So many people do it, so are they all criminals?

and what about women who wear shirts that show there stomachs is that also considered insicent exposure because I just think of it as a trend that people do.

I definitely don’t agree with the pants sagging trend, but a law about it is ridiculous. This particular situation may be a small thing, but what’s next? Are we gonna have a dress code for America, with violations punishable by jail time? Cause I’m sure regulating the way everyone dresses will fix our problems with crime, health care, racism, and the many other problems our city, state, and federal governments should be worried about.
GIVE ME A BREAK!!!
Time should not be wasted on making a law about something simply because it annoys some people.
I do hope the trend dies soon though.

Waisting money on frivolous crap like this is one of the reasons this country has a deficit right now.

yes they should pass a law.you brothers walking around thinking the ?%@$ is cool,hell to the no.Do you guys no what that mean?In prison it means you are inviting a ni#$er to get some of your ASS.So lets all grow the @@#@ up and put belts on your want to be fake hard MOTHER-FUCKERS.

Another excuse to throw innocent black men in jail. There are more things important than baggy pants that plague the poor black neighborhoods that need to be solved.

UMLAW:

I am a Christian and I strongly believe in GOD. If you want to worship the sun then you worship the sun and I will pray for you. I worship JESUS CHRIST, MY LORD AND SAVIOR!!! Not because I lack anything better but because he has revealed himself to me and I have a personal relationship with him. He is the center of my life. I don’t disrespect anyone else’s spirituality or religion but I know where my help comes from!!! As a child of GOD I am compelled to rebuke anything that demeans my GOD. This is not science, astronomy, evolution or any of your other theories. THIS IS SPIRITUAL AND BASED UPON FAITH AND REVELATION!!!

You have a right to your beliefs and I have a right to mine, I will not debate my faith with you (or anyone else) and I CAN NOT be moved by anything you say!!!

HAVE A BLESSED DAY!!! (I know that I will)

Sagging originated in jails. Some male inmates sagged to show that they were taken by another male. I can understand why some people don’t agree with the negivite image that comes with this cultural trend. At the same time, I’m a young person I believe that you should be free to express yourself through clothing. We have a law against nudity. I think it’s going a little too far with sagging. This is America the free country. It seems like the government has more power then the people. Someone needs to speak up. Fight for you rights!

i’m gonna pray for your soul sense you don’t have enough sense to pray for yourself. i’m gonna ask god to forgive you for the ignorance of your words because you truly don’t know any better. you and the rest of the atheist on this blog will be in my prayers. god is god whether you acknowledge him or not. that’s the good thing about him; even the nonbelievers can be saved. for you are definitely hell bound and hell is way hotter than your sun!!!

I have to say that I do not enjoy seeing these young boys and grown men’s underware and doo doo stains hanging out, but I don’t think you should be jailed or fined for it. It is a fashion statement that was started in the 90’s and never went away (I wish it would). What we need to do is teach our kids that this is not cool, it is not a fashion statement and that no one wants to see your nasty drawls. We need to let them know that they can by bigger jeans for comfort and wear a belt all in the same turn. Most boys and men buy the jeans big because they are comfortable and they don’t hug in areas they don’t want. But they forget that a belt needs and must be worn with them. I honestly believe that if this is the only thing that these idiots are concerned about there are more people leaving in a bubble with blinders on than I thought. There are more things in this country and world to be concerned about besides saggy pants. Get over it.

Every state copying another state, and stealing their ideas. If they really want to stop the pants sagging, why they cant talk to them their selves and see where they are coming from? I not saying
priyan
Addiction Recovery South Carolina

I agree with you DJTONYLOVE.
Yuck! I hate sagging. In my 26 years of living, I can honestly say that sagging has NEVER made me swoon over any man. I mean it’s disgusting to go to the mall and see some silly young person with their drawers showing. That is NOT cute. Fines, jail time, whatever needs to be done to get these people to stop is cool with me. Now a young person will spend $60-75 on a pair of jeans and won’t pay $10 for a belt. Come on. That’s crazy. Try TJMaxx, Marshall’s, Ross, anything. They come cheap at those stores, so there is NO excuse for your pants, which are already 3 sizes to big, not to be held up with some cowhide. I mean a person can wear baggy pants and not sag. I prefer it that way. Sagging is an old trend anyway. Let it go people! It’s time to move on and grow up. Get a clue!

Hmmm…
We have implemented laws…to remove “time for prayer ” from schools…( everyone but atheists pray…mono-theistic or not …for -the-record)and laws to allow abortion …even heinous partial-birth abortion…we have supported the porn industry…as well as lowered our standard of allowed language and subject matter on “prime-time” t.v. and radio and support same sex marriage… to name a few of our legislative efforts.

YET …
we want to support laws incarcerating folks over boxer shorts showing…?

I for one concur …it looks and is ridiculous…and watching one of those cats try to run…while rocking that style…is hilarious….But it did come from prison with definite homosexual purpose…as others in the inustry confirm.

it hurts my spirit to see men…particularly young black men ….emulate the criminals…the average racist -white americans see them destined to be.!!!

I don’t see any laws prohibiting women from wearing shorts low enough to nearly expose their *#*?~ hair….or short enough to show their butt cheeks&# 8230;.or …t ops that leave 3/4 of their breasts out !Never min women walkin’ aroun with their thongs showing all the time.
WHAT’s up with that ?

I hate the sagg look…it is very unflattering as well …makes even guys with great builds look dumpy or extra -skinny ( the straight-leg jeans make ‘em look even worse.and wearing shorts sagged make ‘em look deformed …I hate watchin them ride bikes around with their butts up in the air…drawers all-out.

With all that being said…. I see it as an attack on minority youth…as much as I hate it…they are dead wrong .

Blessssssssss

No one should go to jail for baggy pants , but should be fined.
It’s vulgar I don’t think my little four year old daugter should be seeing
a grown man azz when were out walking ……

First of all, the people talking about the sagging pants coming from Prags in prison is true. Secondly, we need to worry about educating our youth more than their ability to sag or not sag.

As a community, we have so many issues at hand that it is ridiculous. Are crime rate is still way too high, which leads to our prison rates being out of control. How many single Black mothers are taking care of 1, 2, 3, 4 or more babies, and how many of them are fathered by multiple males (men is used for a man, not somebody that got a woman pregnant).

Our forefathers fought and died (Mostly horrible deaths) to gain so many of the freedoms that we take for granted today. We allow the TV to raise our children and teach them what is cool, and how to think. Let’s take responsibility for our youth, and start being a community again.

I have read some of your comments, and I can tell you that some of them are bull for various reasons. Don’t think that they are trying to run you out because of a sagging law. How about the fact that people just don’t want to see your daws. Also, how can somebody’s child sag without showing their draws. Physically impossible I would say.

I have an idea, and if you agree, try it out. The next time you are about to do something. Talk to a female, buy clothes, decide where to shop. Think for one moment what our forefathers and foremothers gave up so that you have the right to make that decision. Then, try and make the decision that would make them proud that they gave their life in a unbelievable struggle.

Trust me, we were not always a people about fancy cars, bling bling, or any of those bull stereotypes you hear about. We were a people about community, family, education, and improvement. The media has taken that fight out of us.

One last thing, the next time you hear a person that is not African-American say the :N” word (any variation), sock them in their mouth, and then lets stop using that word ourselves.

LMAO!!!! !!!̷ 0;… ;.. OK LET’S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS ARE YOU REALLY UPSET ABOUT OUR YOUTH TODAY THAT YOU WILL TRY ANYTHING TO ABOLISH OUR WAYS AND HOW WE EXPRESS OUR DIVERSITY. THIS TO ME MAKES NO SENSE BECAUSE AMERICA IS A VERY INDEPEDANT STATE AND IS OPEN TO EVERYBODY PERSAY. THIS LAW IS CRAZY TALK AND FOR YOU TO AGREE MEANS YOU DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OUT FOR YOURSELF. I MEAN IF WE SEEN HINDU’S WALKING AROUN WITH THEIR WRAPS ON SHOULD THEY TAKE THEM OFF?? IT ALL FALLS IN THATCATEGORY THE WHIT MAN CAN’T STAND UNITY WITH OUT IT BEING CONTROLLED IN HIS LAW OR WAY. I SAY DO WHAT YOU DO CUZ IN THE BAY WE GO STUPID MAN WITH THE MIDDLE FINGER IN THE AIR SAYING $@?@ ALL THE HATERS….

how is it that the united states goes by the right of free speech, the right of privacy, free press, guns, etc but when it comes to the rights of our own and what we chose to do with our bodies, is now getting taken away. Everyone knows that the african american community is being targeted by this, because we are the most common people that “choose” to dress a certain way. no one is targeting white communities when there parents allow them to leave the house dressing in all black which signifies hatred and the devil!!!!! theres no laws telling women that going out to the clubs half naked with there titties out, ass out, and stomach out is against the law….so how is it, that these states are coming up with laws pertaining to saggy pants….theres a lot more things that our tax paying money should go to, such as ending the @@$*#@ war, poverty and education….and stop blaming everything and anything on HIP HOP and raise your own damn children.

And UMLAW who do you think created the sun. I am praying for your soul. Back to the subject. If we as a people talk to our kids more about sagging and what it actually represents then maybe our kids wouldn’t do it. Learning how to respect yourself starts at home….

So you mean to tell me, you people like to see men and boys walking around with their pants off their behind and I mean that literally. Actually tying a belt around their THIGHS, so that the pants can be under the behind? You all think that is cute? You honestly don’t think it’s time to GROW UP? You all keep saying that there are other things more pressing to concentrate on, but you keep forgetting that even the small things are a part of the big picture. It’s called RESPECT for yourself and others. You don’t see Obama with his pants sagging, nor any other powerful, influential black man. So why are we accepting this as yet another OK thing. C’mon people, we are so much more than this. Men/Boys PULL UP YOUR PANTS!

I agree with D July 22 statement (see above) shouldn’t the law be dealing with more pressing issues~ like ‘crime’! folks should able to wear what they want to wear…period. To each his own this is a FREE country isn’t it???

THOUGH SAGGING PANTS SHOWS A LACK OF CONFIDENCE AND SELF-DISRESPECT, YOU CAN NOT USE THOSE ISSUES IN LAW. THAT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND ALSO UNRATIONAL. WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, THROW ALL THE YOUNG MEN WHO CHOOSE TO SHOW THEIR UNDERWEAR?!THATS ABSURD

I DONT THINK THE BAND AGAINST SAGGING IS RIGHT, BECAUSE THATS VIOLATING OUR RIGHTS AS YOUNG PEOPLE IF I WAS A BLACK MALE AND I GOT FINED OR SENT TO JAIL OVER THIS DUMB MATTER I WOULD HIRE A LAWYER AND FIGHT IT BECAUSE ITS JUST UNCONSTITIONAL I MEAN PEOPLE CANT TELL U HOW TO DRESS AS LONG AS U HAVE SOME CLOTHES ON WHO CARES

I agree with this new law no matter your race, gender creed whatever I don’t want to see your underwear no nasty dirty draws or nasty dirty thongs it should apply to females as well. Yeah just have some decency cover yourself up!

It’s so sad that we hide behind this constitution to say, “it’s our right, it’s violating our rights!” Well, that’s why we have laws; to help control people when it seems like they can’t control and regulate themselves! When do you as a man/boy say, “Ok, this was a fad. Let me now wear my pants like it was intended?” You don’t and that is why the laws are made and generally by white men. For those who keep hollering and hiding behind the constitution; the passing and signing of the Patriot Act, took away your Constitutional Rights. Read about it! Be responsible for yourself and wear your pants as they were intended, because if you don’t the law will make you and I’m 100% for it!

@Stephanie, that’s the point; you DON’T have clothes on, they’re hangin’ off your ass. And as a young woman, I would hope that you expect more than than out of a young man. But now, women settle for so much less. *smdh*

I TOTALLY DISAGREE WITH THE FINE & JAIL TIME. THE GOTHIC KIDS DON’T GET FINED OR JAIL TIME. BUT IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THEY DO ANYTHING TO LOCK US UP & CONTORL US. I HAVE A 12 YR OLD SON’T HE DOESN’T SAGG. BUT HE WEARS HIS PANTS A SIZE BIGGER & HE WEAR A BELT HE LIKES THE BAGGY LOOK . SO I GUESS THEY BE GIVING THEM FINES & JAIL TIME NEXT?

Seschris:
I will respond to you again when the statement was not made towards you. I respect your faith, as i do with anyone else’s faith. I am just writing what i believe in. i went to church for many years, and i even attended catholic school. Upon studying science, the universe, and the many contradictions between Church and science, i made my own designation on religion. I just don’t like the fact that so many on here and many other places, try to demean anyone that isn’t a follower (’i'll pray for your soul…you’re going to hell’). That’s the same type of mentality that pushed me from the Church and also the same thought patterns of all of those who killed in order to push their religion on non-believers.
The Bible was written by man…that’s all i know.

For the people that think this is not right. It is not right for some one to show you their behinds. This is the right way to go . Fined them all . I am tired of seeing this. Some of them have their pants near the knees and show where their underwear stops. Half of the time their under wears are not clean. The the girls need to be fine too, wearing low cut pants. When, they walk and bend over, they show their behinds too. I don’ want to see their tongs. They are called under wear, not showing wear

Although I really, really don’t like this sagging “style” I think to @$@@# a law to criminalize it is not the answer, in my opinion. Ideally, (if the young men are not adults) the objections should come from the parents/parent (but I realize not all parents care or have a problem with this). I’m finding that the men sag baggy pants, more form fitting jeans, sweat pants, basketball shorts and athletic pants. I’ve seen them sag everything!

However, schools, theatres, malls, shopping centers and other places that are established for the public can establish a dress code or state what attire is not acceptable in their establishment.

it’s going to be up the family & communities and the larger society to make this code unacceptable. However, when families and communities of these men remain silent or simply don’t care, then it’s taken to the next level…

Although I really, really don’t like this sagging “style” I think to %@$~~ a law to criminalize it is not the answer, in my opinion. Ideally, (if the young men are not adults) the objections should come from the parents/parent (but I realize not all parents care or have a problem with this). I’m finding that the men sag baggy pants, more form fitting jeans, sweat pants, basketball shorts and athletic pants. I’ve seen them sag everything!

However, schools, theatres, malls, shopping centers and other places that are established for the public can establish a dress code or state what attire is not acceptable in their establishment…

It’s going to be up the family & communities and the larger society to make this code unacceptable. However, when families and communities of these men remain silent or simply don’t care, then it’s taken to the next level…

@Ava, the gothic kids don’t walk around showin’ their ass, I’d rather see them then the guys with their pants around their thighs, underwear showing. No, they won’t be fining your son or putting him in jail because you said your son DOESN’T sag, he just wears his pants a little baggy with a belt. No problem with that.

I do believe that the goverment needs to be worried about more important things than saggy pants. BUT I am glad that they are letting people know that it is NOT RIGHT to have your undewear showing in public. Some people get disgusting with it! And the true story behind saggy pants is from prison; if a prisoner wore his pants below his waist, it was a sign of homosexuality. People who do wear they’re pants so low that other people can see their underwear, need to go up! So yes, I do agree with the new law.

You can’t tell people how to dress that’s just like taking away another part of their freedom rights…. And I do believe that this is another attack at the black community seeing how we are the predominant race that sags their pants. And then to say that you can be thrown in jail for a simple way of dressing that’s really doing way to much… Dressing is a way of expression if your not free to be your self in this world then who can you be. The governmet is trying to shape us into their ideal image it like another form of assimilation except for its not being done to natives its being done to the black culture…

GOOD! It’s ugly, distasteful, stereotypical and utterly disgusting! I am all for the ban on those nasty lookin’ pants. If you wear pants that fit, then you don’t need a belt.

I understand what the states are trying to do, but will it really make an impact on young people? Will it really teach young people to stop wearing their pants below their waist (showing their underwear)? It’s a clothing trend. It’s a style. Are they fining girls who show to much of their chest $25 dollars? Are they throwing women in jail who show their bras or wear those lingere type tops? No. And for everyone who is so eager to agree with this new law, when does it end? If they can slap out laws like this, what do you think they will think of next. You may think that it’s ridiculous to think that they would think of anything else but it can happen. Would you like it if your state told you how you should dress? People always think that when things like this happen it will somehow change how the young adults of this world, but in order to change the young adults you have to change the way they think. That is really where the rubble meets the road. So don’t be so quick to say hooray…the state might just be telling you how you should live your life as a decent citizen next.

This is all bull…

This law is nothing but bull - with the media constantly talking about how America may be nearing (if we ain’t already in it) a recession, various cities around the nation are going to try and pass any and every law imaginable to make money, including ridiculous fines such as this. If you don’t like it, you ain’t gotta STARE at it

On a side note, I personally hate saggy pants - tried once in high school and almost fell. And dudes need to be seriously educated on this - let ‘em know that they rockin’ *$%~ wear when they do this. Pull yo *ish up, homey! Don’t nobody wanna see dat!

Another way I suggest to get dudes to stop this is tie their shoelaces together and watch as the fun ensues…but that’s just me…

I personnally don’t like the look, but I don’t think they should be fined $25. The fad of showing their underwear has been around longer then I thought it would be, I remember when I was their age the teenagers, girls and boys wore greased down stiff Levi’s way below their waist and white shirts. Of course their underwear didn’t show, but the Levi’s were down around their hips. It was just a fad.
Its not just one group of boys that wear their pants down, its most teenagers, black, white, mexican, chinese, trying to make a statement, or so it seems. Leave them alone.

I agree with CoCo, if laws are passed with either a fine or jail, what’s next. There are more critical problems that need attention then a persons dress attire.

I have noticed this saggy pants trend slowly making it’s way into the elementary school level of young boys particulary african american boys. I am however saddened and dissappointed with our brothers, who are instant roll models reguardless of their choosing. Even white men are roll models in their communities in the same way. Black men just continue to think that they are Islands. Nothing they do effects anyone but those who choose to be effected due to their own participation. But, everything anyone does wheather white or black effects everyone around. Slavery didnt just effect blacks, it effected whites as well. It was all negetive and the white man still until this day is paying for his crimes. Look at the children in schools now, they come to school looking like they dont know how to dress for school. By wearing our pants down we are saying more of nothing to the white man then we have ever said before. We know its stupid to show our under pants in public. And to make it so bad we are showing our whole ass. Men are walking around like they have a pile of mess in their pants and see nothing wrong with it. Look at us, the white man had to come in once again and tell us whats proper and then make a law so that we would be FORCED into doing something that should come easy to the average HUMAN. It’s disrespectful and rude but again our black men feel that thats YOUR problem. We are forever making silent statements that dont never get heard because of the ignorrance that underlines them. When are we going to just SAY IT in plain english?

I THANK THEM CRACKAS IS IGNORANT AN RACIST AN JELLUS THAT THEY AINT GOT NO FLAVA

I am all for this law and hope other states follow. Personally, I think the fine should be more. Seeing this act in public among civilized people is rather embarrassing.

About time. im happy about this, i feel sorry the guys or girls that saggs, good luck to them. society look down on you. change for once.

Why should I look at someones’ rear end and boxer underwear ? This law should be implemented ASAP. I would not hire people that wear their trousers in that manner to work in my business establishment. If they want to dress in that attire at home…so be it.

Just because it displeases a small part of society doesn’t mean there should be a law against or a fine to it. They might as well slap a fine on showing cleavage in public or wearing a thong up high! How pathetic this is….

What i think is, i really see no problem. It’s a style for young people such as myself. I don’t think everything in the world will be how people would want it to be because, everyone’s not perfect, your not going to like everything you see. Why come every boss i ever had is Caucasian. Look where people come from. The type of lifestyle that they lived sometimes. I’m not saying people who sag lived ruff lifestyles but it’s a trend dat has broadened & it will never go away, no matter how much your grandmother, mom, dad or whoeva dislikes it, it’s always going to be here. I sag, that’s just how i like to wear my jeans and shorts. You really not going to tell a grown ass man to pull his pants up, he mighy listen for a minute. Of course when you go to a job you supposed to go presentable, businees casual as I would say, at your job or interview. People do know when to do that. Let them be them, that’s their style.

I’m trying of looking as dirty drawers, even the slaves had ropes for belts.

I honestly think they should pass the law I guess if you say its an fashion statement it is. But I guess you were one of the ones who over looked the ones who walk by drooping with dirty underwear on and may even smell if you got close enough. Its nasty and disrespectful they dont even have the nerve to pull their pants up around their elders or they get smart when someone says its a shame, Im 22 and its not a turn on nor is it cute!!!!!!!!!!! Come on please get a little class and respect for yourselfs and others, please EVERYBODY!!!!!!

THAT’S WHY THIS IZ AMERICA…. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM of such WONDERFUL Things as Speech, And Self-Expression! The Style isn’t “Tacky” this is a clear attempt to DISCRIMINATE Against a particular class and type of people, OUR YOUTH, Especially OUR Black Youth! I Have seen Many references to Homosexuals And Prison as to this style, However that may have been the case back in the days But…. Now its part of the hip hop culture…. People Should HAVE the Freedom to Do thinsg that DO NOT HARM Others Such as Wearing Saggy Pants, Or Same-Sex Marriage! Really I See a Potential for A “SNOW-BALL Effect” I Mean whats next they will start passing laws as to what color cars you can or can not buy? Thats ridiculous! Just ridiculous That we allow so much infringment on our cival Roght’s! And if no saggy pants is a law so should be wearing skirts that go above the knees or any flesh showing at all, lets just step back into the 50’s we are all about advancement as a people and Look at this what about high-heels they were originally worn by Prostitutes but not its ok to wear them to a job interview or in Everyday life, so then is Every person that wears High-Heels A Prostitute? Is Everybody that wears Saggy Pants A Homosexual? The Answer My Friends…. NO!!!!!!!!! We Are Simply AMERICANS!!!!

Worry whether a man’s pants are sagging is ridiculous. we have children right here in America that could use that $25.00 to get the food they need.
Putting a man in jail for a non-violent crime is a waste of tax payer’s dollars.
I look at it as self expression and a fashion statement. There are more important issues to worry about then sagging jeans. It looks better than the TIGHT fitting jeans men are wearing.

i can see a high school passing dress code, but a community… you’re just asking for more problems. start a crusade over something important. wow, get a life Eugene.

THAT’S WHY THIS IZ AMERICA…. BECAUSE WE HAVE THE FREEDOM of such WONDERFUL Things as Speech, And Self-Expression! I AGREE 100% WITH KENNY WHTIE Which I Believe is a typo and is WHITE, And as for Dressing for an Interview… EVERYBODY Knows YOU DRESS DIFFERENTLY For that, not Because the way you were dressing originally was wrong but because you have to dress up business-style, just like casual-style, atheletic-style, e.t.c. And Women have been wearing the “LOW-Ridder Jeans That also show there Thongs but I See No such Law passed on that! It’s Pure Racisim! The Style isn’t “Tacky” this is a clear attempt to DISCRIMINATE Against a particular class and type of people, OUR YOUTH, Especially OUR Black Youth! I Have seen Many references to Homosexuals And Prison as to this style, However that may have been the case back in the days But…. Now its part of the hip hop culture…. People Should HAVE the Freedom to Do thinsg that DO NOT HARM Others Such as Wearing Saggy Pants, Or Same-Sex Marriage! Really I See a Potential for A “SNOW-BALL Effect” I Mean whats next they will start passing laws as to what color cars you can or can not buy? Thats ridiculous! Just ridiculous That we allow so much infringment on our cival Roght’s! And if no saggy pants is a law so should be wearing skirts that go above the knees or any flesh showing at all, lets just step back into the 50’s we are all about advancement as a people and Look at this what about high-heels they were originally worn by Prostitutes but not its ok to wear them to a job interview or in Everyday life, so then is Every person that wears High-Heels A Prostitute? Is Everybody that wears Saggy Pants A Homosexual? The Answer My Friends…. NO!!!!!!!!! We Are Simply AMERICANS!!!!

I understand what these communties are trying to tell us, but I don’t think that they should make it against the law or charge a fine. What happened to the United States being a free country??? They shouldn’t tell you what you can and can’t wear. I beleive that what you wear on your OWN time should be your OWN business. Like I said before, I know where they are coming from, what you wear shouldn’t be up to them. I would understand that they don’t want to see your underwear, but so what?!?! DON’T WE HAVE SOME KIND OF FREEDOM OF APPEARANCE??? I think that it’s a waste of our fellow tax payer’s money to put people in jail for nonviolent crimes. The way people choose to express themselves has nothing to do with the person who looks down on them. MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS!!!!! I think that it’s more offense for someone to actually show unnecessary SKIN, rather than fabric…I wish someone would walk up to me and charge me with a fine or throw me in jail because of the clothes I was wearing. We have some many people in Jails that they are having to buil more!!! Why throw someone in there for unnecessary reasons when you could fill their spot with a @#~$**, murderer, or something worth taking up space…

I was brought up to think this country was all about freedom..the freedom to be able to express yourslef in any way you want as long as it doesn’t harm the well-beings of others..now how does sagging your pants treaten anyones right..if you find it ovensive than its simple DON”T LOOK..this country is getting worst and worst..it first started with you can’t hold a phone while driving your own car..now to this those America really have nothing better to do there’s millions of crimes such as drugs dealers and sex offenders and health care and all they can pass a law on is sagging pants??? thats seems a bit irrational to me..why don’t they pass a law on them lil white boys who where tight pants or have chains hanging every where or where weak up….i find all of this just to be so dumb the government has nothing better to do..how about this..TRY AND SAVE THE LIFES OF MILLIONS OF BLACK TEENS THAT ARE DYING EVERYDAY..INSTEAD OF WORRIYING ABOUT WHAT THERE WEARING..THANK YOU

If it takes a law to stop this disgusting style, trend, or whatever you want to call it then I’m all for it!!! Where is the sense of pride in our black youth? Where has it gone? What is even more disgusting is seeing 40 year old MEN like Jay-Z and other “old school” rappers and every day men on the street walking around looking like idiots! They not only wear sagging pants in jail because they can’t get belts, it also has a sexual connotation to it too. Why on earth would our young people want to emmulate or glorify such a disgusting trend? Who wants to see somebody’s drawers - boxers or briefs?? Have some dignity about yourselves, especially as young black men! You have so many things going against you as it is: Your skin color, you’re a male, you’re a target by police no matter where you go in this country, you are more than likely not going to live to see the age of 25 or 30, it’s hard for you to get jobs, especially if you have a criminal history, many come from single parent families, and many are the products of babies having babies. Why add to the struggle making yourself look foolish? I went to a McDonald’s one day and just about all the young men who worked there had sagging pants. There is no way on God’s green earth I would allow an employee of mine dress that way on the job, let alone HIRE them! It’s slouchy, it’s uncouth, it’s disgusting, it’s trampy! Where is the self respect? Where is the pride? You can’t go in the corporate world dressed that way. You can’t be taken seriously in the real world looking for a legit career dressed that way. It’s a shame it’s taking a LAW to make us wake up! This should have started in the HOME!!!!

It doesn’t make sense to pass the law!!

people have the right to wear anythig they want!!
wearing saggy pants are kinda fshion and it looks so cool( though some don’t think so) ..not all kind of job should refuse sagging,it depends on what kind of work it is…

however this law sucks

The world is beautiful because of its variety!!

i totally agree with the law. people like martin and malcolm died so that we could be respected as a people and here we are acting like a bunch of ignorant niggers walking around with pants sagging, gold all in our mouths, earrings in our ears big enough to choke a dinosaur. when are we going to learn to conduct ourselves with some class. if you want the white man to respect you learn to respect yourselves first

I think it is just another reason to put young people away in jail, people should have a right to wear or buy their cloths any way they like. I dont even sag my pant but i think its a violation of human rights, they should be trying to keep young people out of jail rather than putting them in. Also the hip hop world isnt the only ones who sag their pants. They might as well put everyone in jail in that case because mostly every guy I see sag their pants. People who are for the law are nothing but hypocrits, especially African Americans because if they think about it, they are sending atleast one young male in their family to jail. no ones perfect.

Memphis Tennessee

Their worred about paints bing wore low , more then how ,who are puting drugs and guns in the hands of kids?

Don,t want the truth to be told.

this is a disturbing trend black teens pickup annoying trends from these rappers, whom most wealthy and live by thier own beat. they set the worst fashion and young teens admirer them and popularize those images, wake up black community and leave irnogrant to those who can afford it.

I am sure that my comments will be unwelcomed after reviewing most of the posted comments; and I understand that sagging is some how what is “in and/or cool” at this time and it applies to mostly black males. However, I find it offensive to see young black males who wear their pants soooo low that I can see their whole butt!!! I am all for freedom of expression and the right to wear one’s clothes as he/she wishes. However, there should be a limit. I should be able to walk in my local stores and malls and not see several young men’s behinds or dirty dingy underwear. What about my right not to be exposed to that? What about my right not to have my children exposed to that? It’s not like this is at the club or a private affair. Its not like I can choose not to go to certain places where it wouldn’t be in my face. We are talking about public places. AND what is wrong with dressing with self-respect? What is wrong wearing “baggy pants” that have room. Why must the ALL of the underwear be exposed? The fine mentioned above is $25. To avoid the fine, GET A BELT, WEAR A SIZE SMALLER so the pants DO NOT FALL off of your lower half!!! This is not rocket science. I am all for this, I wish we had a similar ordinance where I live.

To UNlaw and poison control there are 2 roads a single person can take according to the word of GOD that you said man wrote UMlaw and to you poison control and If I understand you right,your name means something and you need to turn it around and control your poison, and let me tell you a thing or two lets say man did write the bible,were you there to witness it? and if so then can you tell me how it started when there was one time we as black people could not even read a book according to the so call white mans policy,could it be because we would gain knowledge and if so then you gain it too,there knowledge,do you know where you came from,because if you did then why are you trying to go back to an everlasting one that just won’t stop burning something you would not be able to quench,u know what don’t even though I know you will write me back, to only state your case,but guess what only a fool would respond to you again,because you and the other one is truely a pathway for someone to turn from GOD and turn to your foolish accusation,the bible says that when your time comes and you have not walk with GOD in the days of your youth, the LORD will say unto you DEPART from me I NEVER knew you which would be your final stage that you guys would not have to repent,because there would be none for you,Peace and I truely hope that Peace finds you before your Judgement before the FACE of GOD the One and Only TRUE GOD Judge you and the other that is not of this fold.

UMLAW:

Any comments on this BET blog are open for response; remember as you are so fond of reminding me…this is a public forum. Just as with anything, some people are fanatics about their religion and can go overboard quoting scriptures to justify wrong doings and “acting” religious and doing atrocious acts “in the name of the lord”. Only GOD can decide who goes to hell and who does not. Don’t be offended when true believers tell you that they are going to pray for you…prayer never hurt anybody. Also, true Christians will NEVER demean a person for not believing or being ignorant about GOD…that’s the opposite of GOD’s will. Finally, the bible may have been published by man…but all scripture is inspired by GOD; men moved by the Holy Spirit which is spoken from GOD, therefore GOD is the author of the bible.

UMLaw,

I am not a religious person, however, I do believe in the God. I got to know God, not through religion but through, me. (I’m not saying you have to believe in God or a God).

There are many scientist who have reconciled science & God. I define God as the Creator of all things (including science) seen and unseen. God is the creator of Laws (universal laws) for all things–and they are created equally for all and apply to all…

Tadjata: i respect everything you said. Personally, that doesn’t clear anything up for me. There are too many contradictions between factual science (i.e. dinosaurs/evolution) and Christianity/God for me to believe. I am not hoping there is no God…i just would not believe in something that is not factual, or proven beyond blind faith.

This law unfairly targets African American Males. However I hope those who signed this law into action is willing to uphold it when those defying it are young white males, who seem to gravitate towards the hip hop culture. And while we’re placing laws on decency, I hope this law include women who insist on the world seeing their under-wear, mid-rif, breast, tight clothing, heck where does it end, matter of fact lets just enact a law requiring folks to wear burkas! lol

P.S This law will be taken off the books as soon a white male is arrested and his parents realize this affects his chances of getting into a good school. We’ll then be taught a lesson into why this law is unjust!

UMlaw,

I understand…life is a journey discover as much as you can.

Because of the way I was introduced to religion, I considered myself athiest, then agnostic, then I discovered there was something that has been guiding me. I’ve been exposed to different religions and religious people and I respect a lot it/them. However, for me, religion is not the only path–neither is science… Neither can answer all of life’s questions.

This problem does not need a law or fines. I am an over weight mother of two teenage boys. All I have to do is wear my old lady underwear and threaten them that if they wear their pants like, I will too. Funny how fast they pull up their pants. They don’t want to see mine, I don’t want to see theirs. Problem solved.

U people need to stop walking around looking like you took a sh1t in your pants. lol

What ’s wrong with just pull’n up your pants and wearing a belt? I don’t want to see an other man under pants or ass crack.Just say no to crack people.What are they five year olds, please they need to grow up.

Joe:

For future reference, when you start out a post with “U people” your done before you even started!!!

WELL, IF THAT’S THE CASE, THEY MIGHT AS WELL BAN THONGS AS WELL B-CUZ ONE CAN TAKE THAT AS IMMORAL SELF EXPRESSION WHEN ONE SEES IT ALL FROM LACK OF COVERAGE. THEY’RE JUST TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER WAY TO MILK BLACKS AND BUILD THEIR COUNTRY ON THE BACKS OF BLACKS AND ITS NEVER GONNA END UNTIL WE STAND UP. THIS COUNTRY WAS AND IS FOREVER GONNA BE BUILT BY BLACKS UNTIL WE STAND UP.

I’M GONG TO PLAY DEVIL’S ADVOCATE. I THINK IT IS VERY TACKY TO WEAR YOUR PANTS HALF OFF YOUR TAIL. BUT WHAT ABOUT FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION. I DON’T LIKE WALKING DOWN THE STREET OR IN A STORE AND SEE SOMEONE’S PANTS HANGING BELOW THEIR BUTT. BUT WHO ARE WE TO TELL SOMEONE HOW TO DRESS. IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE TARGETING BLACKS, BUT THEY ARE NOT THE ONLY ONES WHO WEAR SAGGY PANTS. I HAVE ALSO SEEN NUMEROUS WHITE GUYS AND EVEN SOME GAY FEMALES (BLACK AND WHITE) WITH THEIR PANTS SAGGING. I THINK THAT JAILING SOMEONE FOR THAT IS GOING JUST A LITTLE TO FAR. IN THIS COUNTRY WE ALREADY HAVE SO MANY OVERCROWDED PRISONS AND JAILS, THIS WOULD JUST ADD TO IT. THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER THINGS THAT THE STATE POLITICIANS SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT, LIKE THE HOMELESS, AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS FOR KIDS, UNEMPLOYMENT, ETC.

they need to worry about catching rapists, molestors, drug dealers and murderers before they make laws about the CLOTHING that people wear. absolutely ridiculous. they should be ashamed.

does anyone know where this originated, how saggy pants became the new trend in clothing amongst the young folks in the african-american community( and trsut me there are just and many young white guys doing the same)…Prisons !!!!!!!!! wearing saggy, below the waist pants in prison identified those inmates who were “available” to other inmates who needed “male companionship” to put it lightly. The was a study done in this some time ago; and part of it was aired last year on either CNN or TRUTV - as a part of the sexuality in prisons. I work for the department of correction in my home state and this is an ongoing issue on how to address it.

Its all good im glad they have this ban. Im a black male, 28…i sag sometimes still cuz i been doing it since a teen. Not to the extent that my a$$ is visable…but its still sagging.
I am assuming since they have this law…they will make a law for people who wear ‘high-water” pants…
people who wear tight-a$$ pants (males/cowboys/females with no booty)
And definately women who still wear pants that show their panty lines…
Lets get em all Chicago and other Copy Cat cities!!!

tha eLement AKA CaliSupastar:

TOO FUNNY.

There ’s a few things that I don’t want to see no more either and I wish somebody would fine these folks:

thongs that show
too much cleavage
crotch bulging tight pants on men and women
crack of the butts showing
size 12 clothes on size 18 women
baldheaded men with comb overs
women with facial hair
men with breast

I think all states need to do something about sagging pants. Some of this guys have their pant all the way down showing their behind. I think it is disgraceful for a male person, regardless of race, to walk showing their underwear. But I guess it makes no difference when some women go around showing their bras. My goodness, what is left for the imagination?

I DON’T LIKE THE SAGGY PANTS THING MYSELF… BUT TO EACH ITS OWN!!!! I JUST KNOW ONE THING I TELL MY SON I BETTER NOT EVER SEE YOU’RE UNDERWEAR AND NOBODY ELSE FOR THAT MATTER…… RESPECT YOURSELF AND OTHERS!!

I have a 16 year old son and until he’s 18 he will not wear saggin jeans. I don’t like the concept but it’s a trend and people have the right to do it. It is discriminatory and if we are going to fine young african american males for wearing their pants low and showing their underwear then we should fine the young caucasian males for wearing their pants too tight and exposing imprint or their *%$$~%?. If people keep being racist before long black girls are going to be fined for having big bottoms and white girls for having big tops. It’s crazy but there’s always some racist sitting at the top of the food chain waiting to get his claws into the black community. I think we do enough damage to ourselves and we don’t need their help. So stand up black people and stick together pull your pants up and then write a letter to these same ignorant lawmakers to make those white kids clean up their act. They wear their pants just as low as our kids do in some commnities.

I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER THINGS GOING ON IS THIS WORLD TO BE WORRING ABOUT SAGGY PANTS YES IT IS A RACIAL WHY ARE THEY PICKING ON BLACKS ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???????? ???

This is not a racial issue because I see people of all races doing it. This is a matter of tact. Why wear pants if they are going to be ari\ound you freekin Knees. That is just ridiculous. And all of the grown a** rappers on t.v. doing need to grow the F*c* up and pull the pants UP!

i believe people should be able to wear there pants how they wnt them becuse this is a free country and people have rights. if people didnt wnt to see their under clothes they can turn there head. their may be somethin to do wit race somewhere along this law because mostly blacks wear their pants below their waist. i really think people should have a choice of how they wnt to wear their clothes.

Okay even tho we dont like them to bagg there pants thats the way they want to were them I think if you going to stop man for wereing what they want then you mine of well go all the way in say white people cant were them dazzy dukes,black people cant were tight cloths,rock in roll people cant were them tore up cloths hell just ##%% it give the whole USA a damn dress code mines of well.In why you at it go back to slave time in let the blacks go to one school in the whites to another becuse thats how you making black people feel.I feel as if its a race thing.In i put any mont of money if a white man walk with his pants saggy he want be touch but a black man do it alll hell break loose.Lets face it the world still biult on black in white thats why there gangs in thugs out there why becuse they feel thats the only way to get the freedom if you notice the more you say they cant do the more people get kill,in hurt but who cares no one

Aint nothing but a race thing #@?# you white people go to hell

I really don’t understand how an individual can get fined or how the government can just band someone from wearing the clothes they’ve purchased. I come from up north milwaukee, wisconsin and guys out there been wearing their pants down since, who knows when. That’s a personal decision that can only be made by the individual wearing the pants. To me personally that’s not indecent exposure at all, because it’s not like the individual is showing his bare “a**,” he’s just wearing his clothes the way he wishes to wear them. But either way it goes these people are not going to stop wearing clothes they’ve bought, just because the law has come up with a band for “Baggy Pants.”

I really don’t understand how an individual can get fined or how the government can just band someone from wearing the clothes they’ve purchased. I come from up north milwaukee, wisconsin and guys out there been wearing their pants down since, who knows when. That’s a personal decision that can only be made by the individual wearing the pants. To me personally that’s not indecent exposure at all, because it’s not like the individual is showing his bare “a**,” he’s just wearing his clothes the way he wishes to wear them. But either way it goes these people are not going to stop wearing clothes they’ve bought, just because the law has come up with a band for “Baggy Pants.”

You know, I am white & not into hip-hop. However, it is so clear that this is racially motivated. It is also just another example of how the “system” attempts to control the African-American community by inflicting fear. Back in 1992 when I was “younger”, this same story made the rounds with people who just wore boxer shorts (thanks to TLC) & the “system” tried this then. When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I am a 33 year man…if I choose to wear boxers, or saggy jeans, or even go naked, the whole goverment can suck everything that hangs out the front & the back of my baggy clothes!!! CHALLANGE THE SYSTEM!!! DON’T LET ANYONE REPRESS YOU!!!

i agree thats just a mess. what is the point of saggin most of them have belts on and still sag!! thats y god made belts to wear and keep ur pants on ur waist. saggin aint cute. its rude and disrespectful. i dont think it has anything to do wit racism because black, white, hispanic and so on all of them sag

Frankly, I think this new law is bulls*** because America is a FREE COUNTRY and no one should tell you how to dress or how to wear you pants, or any clothing item for that matter!

whats really the difference between a very revieling bathing suit and a pair of boxers.Funny but a two piece should be controversal before saggy jeans

HI I AM A 17 YEAR OLD FROM HARTFORD CT.I DONT AGREE WITH THE FACT OF MAKING THIS SAGGIN OF THE PANTS A BIG DEAL I FEEL AS THOUGH THERE IS TOO MUCH GOING ON IN THIS WORLD TO WORRY ABOUT THE WAY PEOPLE ARE WEARING THEIR CLOTHING.PEOLE ARE DYING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND THIER TALKING ABOUT THROWING SOMEONE IN JAIL FOR SAGGIN THEIR JEANS BUT WHAT HAPPEN TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ATCUALLY COMMITING A CRIME AND BREAKING A LAW ???I JUS FEEL THAT PEOPLE NEED TO THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THINGS THAT ARE REALLY BRINGING US DOWN AS A COUNTRY THAN TRYING TO STOP THE WAY PEOPLE DRESS.WHAT DOES THE WAY WE DRESS HAVE TO DO WITH LEARNIG IN SCHOOL ETC. IM SURE WE ALL KNOW HAVE CERTIAN DRESS CODES WE HAVE TO FOLLOW AT WORK BUT AS CITIZENS WE PAY TAXES AND ALL WHY CANT WE HAVE THE RIGHT TO DRESS HOW EVER WE FEEL WHEN WE ARE NOT ON DUTY??

I think it would be a good law, but in a way its kind of stupid. The reason y i say that is because, its not like a cop or sheriff is gonna catch every person who is sagging. Its like impossible to catch everybody who saggs. But i think boys and also girls should not sagg, and should pull up their pants/shorts. People do not want to see peoples bottums.

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i think the law is stupid, sagging your jeans is a way of expression. It is a trend just like any other trend

THiS iS RiDiCUlOUS!
SAGGiNG JEANS iS JUST A TREND LiKE EVERY OTHER FASHiON.
iF THEY PREFER TO SHOW UNDERWEAR SO BE iT!
AT LEAST THEY AREN’T SHOWING THEiR BUTT!
iTS JUST STUPiD.

IM A UP AND COMIN ARTIST FROM FLINT, MICHIGAN… I THINK SAGGING IS OK TO A CERTAIN LEVEL. I FEEL LIKE WHEN U SAG AND LET THE WORLD SEE YO SKIN THATS SUPPOSED TO BE COVERED UP, THATS WHEN IT BECOMES A PROBLEM. IF YOU GONE DO IT KEEP IT AT A RESPECTFUL LEVEL.

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I am 55 yrs old and know where and what this type of show really means. The younger generation pic up trends and dont know the real meaning of where it exactly started or what it really means! The sagging pants part in the prison system is not just about no belt. I was in for over 20 yrs and I know no belt stuff dont fly . The real reason a guy wore his pants and was showing his underware was because he was offering his booty to others. Mabe if more peeps knew this they would tend to pick up their pants and hide there underware. I know i had plenty of time to see what happened to those with their buts showing. I tend to keep mine in my pants and up on the belt line.

as messed up as this trend is, the people following it shouldn’t be fined or put in jail. If the person following this trend chooses to wear his/her pants like this knowing full and well how its hindering them thats on them. Soon enough a new trend will come along and saggin pants will go out of style like mesh t-shirts. If anything the police should be happy that men/women wear their jeans this way because if they are commiting a criminal act it makes it harder for them to run and easier to catch. I would not be happy if a law like this passed in my state because what would keep them from passing a law that would fine me for wearing tight jeans or short skirts. Laws affecting what u wear are ridiculous.

check out the 2007 may 8 issues of Jet Magazine, a story on sagging pants with comments by judge Joe Mathis and Pastor Dianne Robinson who is from Jacksonville,FL Pastor Robinson is known as the pullem up preacher, and has written a hand book titled Pull Up Your Pants,Dress For Success. Currently she will be in 6 school in Jacksonville encourageing our young people thath pulling up your pants is a matter of respect, respect of them self and others check out the hand book and check out Pastor Dianne Robinson, and You can also check her out or even e-mail her at
secondchancefamilysoultions07@yahoo.com or yevette@workfromhomecouch.net for contcact info.

I do not care what the NAACP or any other group feels about Saggy Pants. I do not appreciate seeing a slimy ass in front of me in public places if you want to show your ass do it all you desire in private. It is a moral issure so if the NAACP is against it. Then that proves to me that It and its member must be Imoral, I have always wondered about them now we have proof.

Don’t we have more important things to worry about? I don’t care if a guy wears only his underwear. If you don’t know the difference betwen male and female GO BACK TO SCHOOL and get it right. This is NOT offensive. If you don’t like it don’t look. Stop complaining about stupid stuff. Worry about gas prices, poor people, jobs. Things that matter. Find something to do. Get a life.

come on man people should sag their jeans its good fashion

come on man people should sag their jeans its good fashion

You all are over reacting !!!!!!!!!!!