Fashion Police???

Several towns have already instituted a ban on sagging pants, and now Saint Louis city alderwoman Marlene Davis has proposed a similar ban. Under the proposed legislation, violators will have to pay a fine between $50 and $100, or face up to 90 days in jail. Yep, you read that right.

Violators would have to pay fines between $100 and $50, or face up to 90 days in jail.

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Violators would have to pay fines between $100 and $50, or face up to 90 days in jail.

Read More at: http://www.wlos.com/news/features/waking-up/stories/st-louis-looks-ban-saggy-pants-73.shtml

So, my question is how much sagging is too much, and how will it be monitored? Will it be 2 inches, 3 inches, maybe 5 inches of exposed underwear to warrant a citation? What if you forgot to wear a belt that day? What then? I'm sure Police Academy trainees are brimming with anticipation, at the opportunity to roam the streets of Saint Louis with a fucking tape measure. Look, I get it. It's an absolutely stupid trend. It's so stupid. I rank it right up there fedoras, and dudes that wear striped shirts with plaid shorts, but fining people for it??? C'mon man!

At least once a day I see a fat chick wearing yoga pants along with a shirt snug enough to be sold at Baby Gap. So, What about that? I find that fashion trend just as, if not far more revolting than the sagging dilemma. I've even cracked jokes with my friends before, about how that sort of attire should be illegal, but the notion of it becoming a punishable offense, is absolutely appalling.

The Fashion Police should remain what it is now. A horrible segment on the E network after every major awards show, featuring D-list celebrities ripping apart A-list celebrity's wardrobes. Not an actual division of a police precinct armed with the task of checking citizen's waistlines.

What happens if they can't pay the fine, do they get thrown in jail? I guess, prisons are a lucrative source of income for the government, so they'd be just as obliged to lock you up for that, as they would be for anything else. The concept that an individual can be incarcerated for his pants sitting too low on his waist, is far more than disturbing to me, than the concept of an individual walking around with his pants sitting too low on his waist.  Especially in Saint Louis, a place that holds the title of "Most dangerous city to live in" in the country. It seems to me that focusing more attention on gang task force units, and perhaps internal investigations, on said gang force task units, would be a more productive use of resources. Instead, this city alderman thinks that fining or locking up anyone with sagging pants, will help lower crime.That logic is more backwards than Criss Cross's Levis.

Criminality exists in the mind, not in the appearance. Sagging pants isn't an indication of a thug, the same way every tattooed guy you see isn't a ruthless, drug-dealing, motorcycle gang member. He could just be a dentist, or something. This proposed ban is far from the answer, and I hope the public has the insight to realize this. There are real problems that need to be addressed, and this isn't one of them.