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From NYPost.com:

You have the right to look ridiculous.

A Bronx judge has thrown out a summons issued against a Bronx man for wearing saggy pants, finding that “the Constitution still leaves some opportunity for people to be foolish if they so desire.”

Judge Ruben Franco said that although Julio Martinez may have offended the fashion police with his low-hanging and underwear-exposing pants, his manner of dress didn’t deserve a ticket from a cop.

“While most of us may consider it distasteful, and indeed foolish, to wear one’s pants so low as to expose the underwear . . . people can dress as they please, wear anything, so long as they do not offend public order and decency,” the judge wrote.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/easy_one65/ easy_one65

    I’m telling you now…the next fashion trend is walking down the street totally butt-naked!!!….(Remember the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes”??!!) How far are we going to go and embarrass ourselves and look “foolish”…just for the sake of fashion??!! Funny…you don’t see other people like Asians, Indians, or any upstanding ethnic group walking around like this…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jayevans20/ jayevans20

    It’s kind of gay walking around with your ass out like that. If, I ain’t around woman, then no dude will see my drawers. Period.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    ANd I don’t understand how some girls would STILL talk to these clowns with their pants down. SMH…..you’ll NEVER see ladies do this, unless they’re MAIN STREET MAMAS…….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/TMAC_35000/ TMAC_35000

    This is one fashion trend that just won’t die and I don’t understand why.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cubsfan1973/ cubsfan1973

    WEARING SAGGY PANTS LOOKS STRAIGHT UP RETARDED!!!
    YOUNG PEOPLE DO NOT EVEN KNOW THE ORIGINAL CONCEPT OF THE SAGGY PANTS LOOK — IT STARTED IN THE PRISON CULTURE — BASICALLY FOR EASY ACCESS FOR GAY BOOTY ACTION.
    I ADMIT IT THAT WHEN I WAS IN MY YOUNGER YEARS I AM NOW 37, I WORE BAGGY SAGGY JEANS, BUT I KNOW BETTER.
    WEARING THAT LOOK SHOWS THE LACK OF MATURITY, IT SHOWS A GHETTO MENTALITY, BASICALLY IT JUST LOOKS PLAIN STUPID!!!
    I COULD NEVER TAKE ANYONE SERIOUS WHEN THEY WEAR THOSE LONG WHITE T’S THAT LOOK LIKE DRESSES AND BAGGY JEANS THAT BASICALLY SHOW THE CRACK OF THE A$$!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/I_Like_Thugz/ I_Like_Thugz

    it is dumb. it looks dumb. but we have cops killing innocent people and kids dying from starvation. lets put our focus to that yall. smh.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MisterUnderstood425/ MisterUnderstood425

    The history of this developed in the prison culture for a few different reasons: 1. The guards would confiscate all personal items including belts and therefore would lead to pants not staying up. 2. The homosexual tendencies in prison (derived from lack of heterosexual access and just some homosexual individuals) also caused those that were wearing sagging pants to sag lower to indicate you were property of an inmate and you would “show off” yourself in such a manner.

    There are other indicacies of this manner in prison, but those are the main two. If people really knew the history and the implications of this particular fashion style, I doubt it would stick around for very long, however you do have many who would do it just for the simple fact that they think it’s cool.

    Moving along though, there are many other more important factors that should be addressed when it comes to this world we are living in right now including that of starvation, murders, hate crimes, disease and self-hate. I think once our focus becomes more positive, much of this negative will be a thing of the past.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/killasweet82/ killasweet82

    im tired of that s**t its getting worse, youll see cats with there pants/shorts, under there ass to the point you can see there boxers/under shirts,basketball shorts. i believe its going to get to a point where you can see a dudes thigh. this s**t has to stop

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sosogood33/ sosogood33

    The white boyz use to fear us now they got us lookin like whoes pink shirts, reebox tennis shoes, skinny jeans, with r ass hanging out. How u got run r fight with ur pants around ur ankles.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blksouthern_belle/ blksouthern_belle

    Well I feel like people can wear what they want how they want. I’m not really offended by sagging pantz.. it’s just a trend, yet in jail they say it’s showing u are “available” 4 some late night bootie sooo I dont kno, just dont sag in the cell fellaz lol, not a smart move. but on the streets they get away with it. Alot of oldheadz got a major problem with this style, when its all just regular ghetto fashionta to alot of the peers..on other words doesn’t it give off the message Kiss My Black Azz??? just a thought lol

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