The city of Jonesboro, Ga., now considers sagging pants "disorderly conduct."The Jonesboro City Council voted 5 to 1 to approve an ordinance that bans the saggy style after heated debate among residents and councilmembers, the AJC said.
Mayor Luther Maddox noted that the ban is an amendment to the city's disorderly conduct law. It stipulates that anyone who wears pants, shorts or skirts more than 3 inches below their hips can be cited for “disorderly conduct” and fined, the mayor said.
"People in Jonesboro don't want to look at other people's drawers," said Maddox, who proposed the ban. He called it a tourism issue, as well. "Jonesboro is home to ‘Gone with the Wind'," said Maddox. "We get visitors from all over the world, and we don't need to show them our underwear." Source
According to the AJC, police would issue a warning to 'saggers' at first; but if they refuse, they could be cited and have to appear before the city’s municipal judge and pay a fine. I don't get young men and, in some cases, women, emulating the prison culture by wearing sagging pants. Where's the logic in that? When will these young people learn that no-one is going to take them seriously, much less offer them a job, dressed in such a manner. You are, in essence, perpetuating a negative stereotype walking around with your pants hanging down and showing your underwear -- a thug.
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