Fashion Police: Flint Cracks Down on Sagging

This "style" came about as a result of former inmates dressing on the street the way they did in prison (where finding clothes that fit is difficult at times) to announce that they had done time. In my opinion, anything the discourages our youth from acting like felons is a good that strengthens the moral fiber of the community. Good for the police chief for standing up for this!

Some of the people on this board sound like they have never been to a public beach, you see people as near naked as can be and a public street is PUBLIC meaning for everyone, sagging is the times and you do not have to like it but you do have to live with it. With each new generation comes new fashion statements get used to it or stay home.

I don't like this "fad". They say it is a form of expression...well so is public nudity...if you want to allow sagging then allow public nudity. If you allow one form of expression then you have to allow it all no matter how offensive it is to some people.

I was born and raised in Flint. There are worse things for the Police to be concerned about. How about crime and drugs? If you don't like your kids sagging their pants, pull them UP! Other than that, I don't see anything else that can be done. Having the police waste precious time on a person's sagging pants vs. controlling "real" crime in the city is just ignorant to me.

They have the right to dress that way, and I have the right to not hire them to represent my non-subsidized business.

Body odor is offensive as well should we outlaw that?? So are the spiked hair dos especially in movies or public forums, but they are perfectly legal. Rush Limbaugh is offensive but in America we are free to express ourselves, the government is not here to make personal decisions for us and if you support this type of government intervention move to a communist country!!

I used to be a big supporter of the ACLU, but have started questioning some of their responses. I am all for individual expression, but some of these "fashion statements" have gone a little too far. Pants that are hanging a bit off the hips and showing a small portion of underwear should be acceptable. However, I see many people with them hanging way down below their crotch area and some boxers have that easy access slit in the front. Let's face it, although they may not be intentionally showing their private area, if that slit is open at all, you can see their business and I for one don't want to see that part of their body. I am pretty liberal, but I forbid my sons to wear their pants too low when they were growing up and today they dress respectively. I have had to discipline and even terminate employees who refused to conform to a dress code at work and insisted on wearing their pants hanging below the private area. Not exactly the view someone wants to see when they are eating dinner in a restaurant.

It's time someone took action to get some ;rules; back in America! This "do what you want, feel good society" is a recipe to chaos. No one looks good on the streets anymore. There are no dress codes, no morals and no values! Without tradition and rules you have no civilization.

Okay...what is with that one comment about this 'sagging' being made by gay men in prison? Who cares if they are gay? Wow...the amount of bigotry in this world is insane.
Also, arresting people for letting their boxers show isn't right. In beach towns, they let men and women walk down the street in their swim wear so what is the huge deal if a man is showing the top of his boxers? At least it's not a thong bikini.

Okay...what is with that one comment about this 'sagging' being made by gay men in prison? Who cares if they are gay? Wow...the amount of bigotry in this world is insane.
Also, arresting people for letting their boxers show isn't right. In beach towns, they let men and women walk down the street in their swim wear so what is the huge deal if a man is showing the top of his boxers? At least it's not a thong bikini.

I do not care to see people "sagging", it looks even more pitiful on older men but it is not a crime we live in a free country and self expression is one of our freedoms. If they are not being obscene, showing nudity in public, then leave them alone and stop wasting manpower and money harassing them.

Okay...what is with that one comment about this 'sagging' being made by gay men in prison? Who cares if they are gay? Wow...the amount of bigotry in this world is insane.
Also, arresting people for letting their boxers show isn't right. In beach towns, they let men and women walk down the street in their swim wear so what is the huge deal if a man is showing the top of his boxers? At least it's not a thong bikini.