Fashion Police: Flint Cracks Down on Sagging

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  • Posted By: fastram408 @ 07/18/2008 3:12:15 PM

    Sure it looks dumb as hell but everything is covered up so therefore it is not illegal. What about the girls that wear shorts so short that their labia hangs out along with the bottom of their ass? I bet the old police chief wouldn't mind seeing that!

  • Posted By: jabkr @ 07/18/2008 3:11:52 PM

    Used to be that you didn't have to see males' boxers and you didn't have to see womens' bra straps. I personally don't want to see males in saggy pants & I don't want to see womens' bra straps with their spagetti strap tops. But I guess it falls under "freedom of expression" just like tats and body piercings.

  • Posted By: Pierz @ 07/18/2008 2:44:57 PM

    It gets better. As an almunae advisor to a Kettering University (located in Flint) sorority chapter I learned that while Kettering fraternaties that are all male have chapter houses where members live, sororities cannot. You see, according to local laws in Flint, if more than six women occupy a house within the city of
    Flint is is deemed a brothel. The no sagging law pales in terms of ridiculousness in light of this absurd law.

    • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 3:04:49 PM

      I like that

  • Posted By: kiki b. @ 07/18/2008 3:04:45 PM

    I don't understand how anyone can be that "offended" by the way another person dresses, If none of their naughty parts are showing, who cares. It shouldn't be illegal to express yourself through the style of your clothing. It should be no more illegal to walk through the street/mall/store wearing baggy pants than a three piece suit. And sagging pants are a lot less revealing than some of the latest fashions for women. High school age girls are walking around looking like hookers, but guys are expected to wear their panta at waist to avoid arrest???


    schoolm

  • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 2:19:22 PM

    to sagging sucks. you are the dumbass. if you knew any history what soever you can speak. until then shut the hell up. the first recorded incident of "sagging" was a fashion in the jazz and blues african_american clubs between 1925 &and 1926.this is clearly a man with dislike for a style, although i do not agree with it i understand his opinion, .it is not a good look and it does not say alot about the men that wear it ;but let's not forget it is attire for a teenager. we all had our phases and made alot of fashion mistakes as teens some of us still do. however, dislike for another persons fashion taste does not give the right to violate a persons rights.

    • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:22:40 PM

      OH I AM SORRY BRO...YOUR RIGHT I DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT BLACK HISTORY..BECAUSE I AM A NATIVE AMERICAN..SO AS YA SEE WE ARE THE AMERICAS MINORITY..sell it to someone who gives a *** garboon!

      • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 3:03:53 PM

        low educatioal level. We can tell.

      • Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 07/18/2008 2:27:57 PM

        Saggin Sucks has removed all doubt about their intelligence, "Black History" is part of American history.. and as a Native you of all people should know a little about differences and tolerence.

        • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:42:08 PM

          no im just tired of us tax dollars going to drug dealers on section 8,,and illigals having 10 children that americans have to pay for..but since you fit in 1 of these catagories of course you dissagree with most on this page right!! RIGHT<

          • Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 07/18/2008 3:00:28 PM

            As a Native there are a lot of things I can say about you... Ill refrain and take the high road, I dont fall into any of those categories and as a person of candor, I must point out that you dont want your tax dollars going towards "drug dealers, section 8" but that is exactly what this initiative enables!!! P.S. Reals Natives dont pay taxes!!

    • Posted By: Rickster68 @ 07/18/2008 2:37:13 PM

      Yeah!! Tell it like it is, brother!!! BTW, go Google "Zoot Suit", and you'll see old-school saggin'...

  • Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 07/18/2008 3:03:43 PM

    This is Flint diverting attention from them being the Murder capital... while they are out stopping the real criminals, those sagging!!

  • Posted By: syork@msnhotmail.net @ 07/18/2008 3:02:46 PM

    I TOO, BELIEVE THAT SAGGING IS DISGUSTING. I THINK SPIKED, BRIGHT COLORED HAIR (ORANGE, RED, GREEN, ETC.) IS DISGUSTING. I DO WISH THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING THAT I AND THE REST OF US THAT THINK IT IS RUDE & CRUDE COULD DO. BUT, IT IS NOT ILLEGAL. IT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THE BUYING PUBLIC AND THE HIRING PUBLIC. WHO WANTS TO HIRE A PERSON WHO CAN ONLY WORK WITH ONE HAND BECAUSE HE HAS TO USE THE OTHER TO HOLD UP HIS PANTS?

  • Posted By: tipoftheiceberg @ 07/18/2008 3:02:06 PM

    Way to go Flint! Pull your pants up thugs, your communituies are sick of your do nothing attitudes!

  • Posted By: tipoftheiceberg @ 07/18/2008 3:01:08 PM

    Flint, Michigan is just the tip of the iceberg. It's about time some has the nuts to take the "thug" community on. Pull your pants up thug wannabes.

  • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:58:50 PM

    OK ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!! NO ONE thinks its pleasent to smell or look at another persons dirty shorts! if you are standing in line behind somone and you can smell their ass crack. do them a favore like i do and tell them to clean it up...

  • Posted By: demon38 @ 07/18/2008 2:57:19 PM

    I thought the sagging fad came from prisoners, that wearing their pants like that meant they were available.

  • Posted By: jmaalis @ 07/18/2008 1:19:31 PM

    What country are we in? The land of the free....

    • Posted By: dtbham @ 07/18/2008 1:22:36 PM

      No kidding! All these anti smoking cell phone etc. laws are pissing me off.

      • Posted By: tiredofidiots @ 07/18/2008 2:02:36 PM

        Smoke in your home, car or bars all you want. But, for people who have cancer running in the family which has killed 75% of your family, why should we have to be subjected to your nasty habit because we want to go have a decent meal outside of the home? Smoking is a smelly, disgusting habit that people smart enough not to do it shouldn't have to suffer in public!!

        • Posted By: dtbham @ 07/18/2008 2:55:28 PM

          I don't smoke first of all. Second of all go do an establishment that doesn't allow it. Third, leave if you don't like it.

    • Posted By: cmtrujillo76 @ 07/18/2008 1:37:29 PM

      We are in the land of the free, but are we free to murder, rape, rob, ect. No, there are and needs to be limits to being "free".

  • Posted By: demon38 @ 07/18/2008 2:51:36 PM

    I thought that "sagging" actually came from prisoners and that in prison it means your available.

    • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:54:55 PM

      NAILHEAD BRO,,NAILHEAD!!!!

  • Posted By: MamaMandyJ @ 07/18/2008 2:53:36 PM

    I think if it goes past the crack (underwear or not), there should be a public indecency fine and it should apply to anyone and similar rules in any type of dress. Fashion or not, you're offending others! This guy has gone a little too far with the ruling though!

  • Posted By: shells5boys @ 07/18/2008 2:48:55 PM

    This guy is crazy. How can anyone justify the money and time in arresting young adults because of the way they wear their clothes. I lived in Flint, and the City should definetly be focusing on some other issues such as safety and crime. The jail was recently closed due to a budget short fall. Where does he intend on harboring these so called criminals when they do not pay their tickets and a FTA puts them in jail??? Come on, what a joke. My 10 year olds sags; he is tall, skinny, and no hips and his jeans sag down along with the belt. I won't be going to Flint with him. :)

    • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:52:55 PM

      buy some elastic waistband pants and be a parent?

  • Posted By: BlueJeans @ 07/18/2008 2:51:00 PM

    Good for the Police! "Sagging" is unsightly and disgusting to many of us. I don't like taking vacations and seeing this no matter what their ages are. I would not hire anyone with this "loose" attire because it would be a hazard to them, other employees and equipment. I worked on one construction site where an 18 year old was killed because his "baggy" clothing got caught up on a piece of machinery. We also recently had an incident where the "Probable Cause" would be great where I live in a rural community, due to weapons and theft were in their "saggy" clothing. So I hope the Flint Police department does make a stand to keep our communities safe and a pleasure to be able to enjoy the amenities it has to offer.

  • Posted By: RMCrocker @ 07/18/2008 2:28:15 PM

    Sagging in the jails and prison was a sign who takes it in the rear. When they got paroled they would wear this style to let others who have been released that they are available. This takes out the guess work and gives the parolee a better chance to find the recievers. This still takes place today.

    • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 2:38:02 PM

      if a persons attire can intimidate you.you have way bigger issues..Enter Your Comment

      • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 2:49:18 PM

        There is history available out there past 19666.

    • Posted By: saggin sucks @ 07/18/2008 2:30:13 PM

      here here bro...here here!!

      • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 2:39:31 PM

        re-do your research. This time go back a little further than 1966.Enter Your Comment

  • Posted By: mstrish @ 07/18/2008 2:37:34 PM

    Sagging is not a fashipn trend, unless you've been to prision. This "style" is derived from convicts. I can't say it should be against the law, becuase I believe in civil rights, but it should not be marked a "fashion" anything!

    • Posted By: knowledge is strength @ 07/18/2008 2:46:57 PM

      ha-ha., I like that.

  • Posted By: Average citizen @ 07/18/2008 2:45:15 PM

    Amen to the City of Flint and it's police. It's about time someone took a stand. City Council of Flint, stand behind your Police Department, soon other cities will follow. Thank you.

    • Posted By: RMiller007 @ 07/18/2008 2:46:56 PM

      Yeah this will clear up crime in Flint.

  • Posted By: kennygee @ 07/18/2008 2:29:56 PM

    Showing off your underware in public is not a fashion statement, it is a hostile statement done to intimidate the majority of the public. Lets face it the style as it is called only by those that dress in this garb was originally done to draw attention and disorder to those people who would otherwise be ghosts, because they have no respect for the people around them because they have no respect for themselves. Their parents should be the one that gets the fine if they are under the age of 17. If these type of people had any type of values they would only dress like this when they are around their own kind who does not find this dress repulsive. But them that would not be the point, would ity, the only reason they dress like that at all is to just intimidate the rest of the population. As far as the police are concerned records show that that sagging is more associated with gang violence and drugs than not, the polise are just looking out for people who respect others and their space.

    • Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 07/18/2008 2:45:52 PM

      And what about the personal space they are infringing upon?? What about the women in short skirts and thongs?? What about the muscle heads with barely there shirts?? And lest we leave out the rave scene wild spiked haircuts?? Should the be censored too??

    • Posted By: RMiller007 @ 07/18/2008 2:37:36 PM

      Dude, where did you get these facts from. I know where you made them up. The fact is there are people that look for reasons to control others and this is an example. How is screwing up someone record and taking food out of his mouth going to stop him from sagging. this will force him to have to do something illegal to feed his self and pay the fines like go to nice neighborhoods and rob people that are not sagging and sell drugs. Jails are overloaded with murderers, drug dealers, and rapist, hey I have an ideal lets lock a kid up for not having a belt on up with them. That'll show him. Please

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