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Atlanta Suburb (Jonesboro) Bans Saggin’ Pants + Celebrity Saggers (Who’d Get A Ticket?)

Aug, 10 2011 | Written by ATLien
If Soulja Boy and Bow Wow were to walk down the street with this gear on, they would likely be ticketed for “Disorderly Conduct” in the city of Jonesboro!

The Jonesboro City Council has approved an ordinance banning sagging pants, joining other Georgia cities which have already outlawed the practice….

The ban stipulates that anyone who wears pants, shorts and skirts more than three inches below their hips can be cited for “Disorderly Conduct,” and, therefore, have to appear before the city’s municipal judge and pay a fine. The ban comes hot on the heals of a similar one adopted last month in the City of Hampton.

Monday, officials in Jonesboro approved the ordinance in a 5-1 vote, but only after residents and councilmembers engaged in a nearly 20-minute-long debate that exposed heated, and passionate views on the topic.

“I don’t think that anyone has a right to force their opinions on what constitutes decent fashion on anyone else,” said Jonesboro resident, Dalton Smith.

“I would call it fashion fascists. I don’t think it’s necessary to legislate against this … If you vote for this ban, I know it’s a very minor issue, but in the spirit, it would be like the Pledge of Allegiance we just took earlier.”

But Ann Sligh, an outspoken proponent of the ban, told council members the practice should be banned because it’s indecent.

“I don’t care what anybody says, it IS indecent exposure. It offends me, and I know it offends other people. It has never been a problem before. It has become a problem, and we have got to do something about it.

I told you, twice sitting on my mother’s porch, I saw a boy’s pants fall to his knees. If it’s not offensive to these folks, I don’t’ know what it’s going to take to offend you. Surely people like us still have some rights.

Officials in the Henry County town of Hampton recently passed a similar measure outlawing sagging pants.

I personally don’t like the saggin’ craze BUT it is a freedom of expression.

And while there are some of you who take that sh*t way too far, I, personally, still can appreciate a lil bit of looseness to allow for your ummm…. package. 😕

To sag or not to sag? Who’s side are YOU on?

Are there any celebrities you can think of who are constantly in violation?
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- Y. Lattimore DryerBuzz via Facebook
  
  i’m totally disgusted by it. Gag relexes go into over load
- Mzbozz Ha via Facebook
  
  T.I. Grown ass!
- Ebony Hustlehard via Facebook
  
  To me there is NOTHING attractive or fly about a man that sags his pants on top of that watching them struggle to walk and pull there pants up every other step is more annoying than anything. Then Fleece Johnson says that means your available for sex in the pen LMAO.
- Onya Brumfield via Facebook
  
  saggin spelled backwards is niggas… so only the immature and ignorant still do it… no one wants to see your drawers…really???… and many celbs would get MAJOR violation tickets…
- Tammy Griffin via Facebook
  
  I don’t think I have enough time right now to name everybody, but definately Lil’ Wayne!
- Evern L. Williams via Facebook
  
  This picture makes me want to vomit
- Audrey Bryant via Facebook
  
  I am praying the City of Atlanta passes the same law and charges them with indecent exposure.
- K.D. Isaacs via Facebook
  
  Its funny that only women responded and pretty much had the same sentiments.
- Nickolas Pele’ Parker via Facebook
  
  PLEASE DONT ATTACH JONESBORO TO MY HOME!
- Darwin Gill via Facebook
  
  sagging started in prison…so when ppl sag what are you trying to say: look at me draws, let my pants sag around my knees, buy the your clothes oversized to sag in them…
- Darwin Gill via Facebook
  
  i sag but it is a natural sag from me having a belt on
- Salaam Akbar via Facebook
  
  Im not a fashion expert, but i do know for sure the saggy pants look is out of style, when i see ppl where i live(new York) the only mothafuckas wearing that style is some broke ass nigga, who hasn’t been shopping in 3 or 4 yrs. U could wear jeans that are comfortable and still be flossin, now someone who has the means to go shopping at least 2 to 3 times a year has no biznezz wearing something that’s out of style, keep your game up nigga! Dress accordingly and dress your age!!!
- Gina Sharon Kirk via Facebook
  
  Dis 1 will controvert fo a long time 2 come! =t’s like country VS. CITY, like 2 b r not 2 B?, like freedom r judgemental? Like aritocrasy vs. Revolution!!! So all I got 2 say, cuz wut offends me is wen da gays wear dem skinny jeans n have dere’s pulled all da way down wit da loudest drawers dey can find, sayin freak me in dat ass! But I still blieve it is dere right 2 do so! Wut offends me most of all doe is dat folks think dey can control wtf sumbody wears as dirty r offensive r disorderly? Dat is jes anudda way fo dem 2 racially profile while collectin money fo da city! Keep it trill guys!!!Gina In Da ATL!
- Bill
  
  Anyone who wears pants down showing their drawers and ass cheeks is…. GAY!!! I don’t give a damn about what you think style is… that shit is GAY!!!
- Wendy Strain Boykin via Facebook
  
  I hate sagging. I am disgusted by it and a strong opponent. Unfortunately I think this will lend excuse to “racial profiling” and how is that “disorderly conduct”? Indecent exposure…yes…I see a problem brewing…
- Chil Hush
  
  Good!!! It should be banned all over the U.S.!!!!
- MoneyQueen Harlston via Facebook
  
  rick ross but he gotta lose his gut too cuz it sags too and his man boobies sagggggggggg!
- Essie Reynolds via Facebook
  
  Sagging is disgusting. I saw a guy yesterday w/pants hanging down right under his butt, so it made his butt w/those white sweaty drawers on really pronounced. He looked like he was selling funky sweaty booty!
- Sakina Sims via Facebook
  
  this is just plain retarded. I support the ban *applauds
- Sojourner Marable Grimmett
  
  I’m calling on young Black male artists, sports figures, fathers, and professionals to set the standard for what is and isn’t appropriate. You can wear your pants a certain way and not be seen as Steve Erkel. I also believe it takes a village to raise a child, and when I see young brothers sagging their pants, I become embarrassed. I want to pull up their pants for them. It’s not cute or professional. It’s tacky.
- James Is An Atlanta Jeweler
  
  I strongly feel that the BLACK MEN should have more respect for themselves than what they’re showing the public as well as the females today.
  
  No I don’t feel the government has the right to tell you how to dress, but just look at it this way BLACK MEN! What if your mothers or grandmothers decided they wanted to wear their pants off of their butts, Now how would you feel about that?
  
  BLACK MEN the wearing of your pants off of your butss is not attractive in any way, and if you don’t want the same sex trying to hit on you, then don’t attract them with your dress code.
  
  BLACK MEN PULL YOUR PANTS UP, AND HAVE SOME RESPECT FOR HOW YOU LOOK IN PUBLIC. I DO FEEL THE FEMALES WOULD AGREE WITH WHAT I’VE STATED HERE AS WELL, BECAUSE THERE’S NOTHING TO BE SAID GOOD ABOUT A TEEN-AGED BOY OR A GROWN MAN WALKING AROUND IN PUBLIC GRABBING HIS CROTCH AND SHOWING HIS BUTT TO THE PUBLIC.
- Gwen Hickson via Facebook
  
  I’v told my son if he starts sagging I’m buying some damn rope and tying it around his damn waist!!!!
- Albin Nelson via Facebook
  
  That saggin’ shit is str8 up gay! You advertising your wares just like nigga do in jail. How you gonna be actin’ hard and your ass hangin out?
- Kendric Lucas via Facebook
  
  Good! I hope the entire city of Atlanta institutes the ban.
- Smart Baller
  
  Saggin’ is a prison fashion and it means somebody owns you in prison. So if these fools want to go around saggin’ then they are a man bitch and lack self esteem and dont get me start on these celebrities – just because you have a pocket full of $ does not give you the right to saggin’ you dont see Russell Simmons or Rev Run saggin do you?
  
  I disagree STFA – saggin is not a freedom of expression it is an act of self defeatism and stupidity.
  
  I remember one winter i was in the store with my son and i didnt appericate these group of kids sagging – so i raise my voice and said yall need to pull your pants up – that is mad disrespectful. They were startled and they all pulled up reluctantly. Dude in front of me was dressed up professionaly and he didnt say anything but look at me like I was crazy and I said you got a problem – you didnt say anything but you wearing a $2000 suit yet you dont said anything to these teenagers? One of the teenager said he was sorry he thought it was cool to have his pants sagging like that – I told him no it isnt cool because if you knew where that sagging foolery came from you would think twice before doing it again.
  
  #dropthemic #BANSAGGININALL50states! lol
- Chil Hush
  
  N the choir said Amen!!! Preach Smaller Baller Preach 🙂
- Darien Hamilton via Facebook
  
  Anybody ever thought about trying to find out exactly why this trend (and I hope that’s all it is) exists? We all know the source of the style, but I have a theory on a root cause: Somebody he’s ( or she’s) trying to impress likes that style. We know folks do strange (to us) things to impress other people. Rule of thumb, if you fix the root cause, there is a greater chance you’d be successful at eliminating what you dislike.
- Gina Sharon Kirk via Facebook
  
  Freak U above! U obviously don’t know Atlanta n it’s civil rights history, which is prolly where dis will fall! U also have no idea da gay power in dis ATL! Not da 1 u obviously know nuttin bout! Gays didn’t start dis, da United brus, U know, like we use 2 have fo dat “N” word u all like 2 throw round @ each udda dat perpetuates it, not difuses it @ all wuz??? SMMFH I c above on da blackhand side az well as da iggy piggy caucs hornin in on dis issue dey kmow nuttinbout!! DonSt hold ur Breaths racist peeps above, both Blacks n Whitey bois n gurls! Dis ban will neva happen here in da ATL!!! N I’m glad, so peeps like u all canSt cum afta me n my alinated guaranteed nex, jes cuz u don’t like r undastand it! Dis is clearly a Brutha thing n u wudnSt undastand! So dapps n higs 2 all my brus wearin dem pants saggin! Even dem gay bois, cuz u don’t have no right 2 do nuttin but turn ur head! I canSt wait till da rappers git on dis band wagon! Dey’ll blow ur shizzle right out ur own door!!! Dis is a movement, not goin away jes cuz u want it 2!!!()^*},,Gina in DaATL!!!
- Gina Sharon Kirk via Facebook
  
  Sorry Brus!!! Dat wuz Lil Wayne DAPPS N HUGGS, not HIGS! Ban 2gether on dis 1!!! Time we had a 60’s revolution anyway da way I c it!!!IGNORANCE us NEVer BLISS N MUST B STAMPED OUT ALONG WITH ALL PHOBIAS! GOD STILL HOLDS DIS COUNTRY IN HIS HANDS! YA’}} DON’T DICTATE NUTTIN IN HIS REALM!!!GINA 36 YR, ATLIEN in ATL!!!
- reita collins
  
  PLEASE PLEASE PLEeeeeeze bring this shyte to Philly!! This is so great! Just the first start in making our young men know that it’s not just grown folk but all folk that want so desperately for them to realize that this is the number one reason you WILL NOT get a job.You may be and probably are the most intelligent of youths but you’re being held hostage by your criminally minded peers. You were fly before we were forced to look at your azz,you will be fly blocking that view! And all of your mothers,grandmothers,family females and the ones you don’t know will respect you for it.
- reita collins
  
  @ Gina: As you can see,bloggers just LET you have that,mainly cause we don’t know what in FK you’re tryina’ say. Are you speaking for yo’ Bru’s, yo chics yo bois.WHAT?!! I can tell by yo’ sway you hangin’. And I can tell by yo’ swag you a Boi,and you can tell by what I said that I’m a "OG" compared to you. I get where you’re comin’ from.Every generation makes it’s statement. But the statement your making is total negative in fruition.How can you be gainfully employed. How can you have your own business and expect general populace to cater to you? Okay,if you’re a musician,tattoo artist,artist or drug dealer. Those are your options.Why play yourself like that?
- reita collins
  
  Oh,and Gina…it’s hard to believe you’re pushin’ 40ty (you’re on that other side of five) and still trynna hold on to this shyte! Your azz is gonna spread in two years and you’re proly’ gonna need that extra room. But it’s not gon’ look the same on you as it did when you were 16 or 22 which really should be the cut off point for a boi.Time to mirror up lil dawg. Pull them damn pants up over yo’ azz!
- reita collins
  
  …and this is just another reason the MAN has instituted to tag your azz.All you need is one tag,one citation…"BAM!"…you’re in the "system" and you cannot get out. Therefore you cannot claim discrimination if you can’t get a job!
- Albin Nelson via Facebook
  
  No matter how you guys continue with this “movement” type rhetoric, the shit is sill gay.
- RealTalkFromARealNigga
  
  damn shame this a site full of Blacks ready to condemn other blacks because u dont like sumthin… its like when they passed that law up north that basically stated having crack was way worse than having cocaine!! at that point ur targeting poor blacks, cause we can only afford the 5dollar crack vs the more expensive pure white cocaine. Wake up people, its not about what you do and dont like, its about our rights and you gotta stand up for u and urz.. My God whats happened to our people!! I mean every comment here is stating how this is Gay and outta style, what about our damn rights!! sometimes i wish i was a different race..
- RealTalkFromARealNigga
  
  sorry i didnt acknowledge Reita Collins comment… and she is right, they only need to get your sons in the system one time and ur voice becomes smaller and smaller. please wake up black people, I PRAY!!! @Kurt_Kobaine for anybody who wants to talk about what we can do about this!!
- Rikky Smith Jones via Facebook
  
  That’s done played out now…and it looks nasty ….it started in the jail house …the real meaning is that u r saying that ‘I GOT A MAN lol.
- Jason Cornish via Facebook
  
  That shit old doggy.
- Sally SoBlessed via Facebook
  
  it’s self expression in my opinion–the government should not be permitted to dictate how one chooses to dress.
- teetee
  
  PLEASE HURRY AND PASS THAT LAW IN COBB COUNTY. IM SO SICK OF SEEIN NIGGAS ASSES. ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GOT SHIT STAINS IN THEY WHITE BOXER BRIEFS. If u saggin…keep faggin….they understand that trend came from prison. Meaning ur sumbody bitch
- Samuel L.Blackson
  
  Saggin didnt come from prison and you can keep trying to make that rumor true all you want. Saggin came from MC Hammer, yes nyggas, MC Hammer, poorer folks couldn’t afford hammer pants and or baggy jeans, so they would sag their regular pants. As a man who unfortunately has dealt with a lot of criminal issues, I can assure you that "saggin" didn’t "start" in no dayum prison, WHERE THE FUCKIN DRESS CODE IS MANDATORY and YOU WEAR ONE PIECE JUMPSUITS. I swear sometimes, it you nyggas who think you educated or refined, make the simplest shit everytime you see something you dont like.
- Keisha Davis via Facebook
  
  It’s probably illegal to ban it but I’m sure those(not all but most) that will get the tickets won’t have the vernacular to protest or file a suit for violation of their rights. They will probably speak about it in a way that makes them seem (may not be) disenfranchised. Although their violation of rights may be founded it won’t be expressed in a way for many to see the point. I hate the look but what about goth, whorish and so on. I agree I think it makes them look broke and it’s old. They don’t have to be tight as heck but I really wish Blacks would start to be and look more educated.
- reita collins
  
  It’s one thing to say whether or not "Goth" wearers or whatever other adolescence choose to do is right or wrong. Nobody really gives a damn. Black kids ARE judged.Especially if their employers ARE white. If they are white and their employers are "BLACK" they may not give a damn about how they look or WHAT they do.If you are a Black youth,you should take real care of how you present yourself when applying for a job.If you’re white or "comparably light"…you may not have this problem.
- Ja’ Price via Facebook
  
  Yes the s— is old ,it looks nasty,ppl who do this over the age of 21 need to grow up. Really it shouldn’t be done at all. One more thing its another way for city to make money. (Then waste it!)
- WakeUpPeopleNDaATL
  
  You people are all so judgmental and its sad.. So when are you going to understand this is a violation of rights and you need to stop letting your personal feelings blind you. So when are they going to ban and make it illegal for your females to wear really short mini skirts and extremely tight dresses? Or when your half your breasts are being exposed do you think you should be fined? Or how about the shirtless hairy old men running up and down the street with only some tight suppression shorts on, is that something we all care to see? And how foolish are you to say since sagging is exposing peoples underwear its bothering you? Seriously people get over it. This is totally bias and I hate how quick most people are to say this is a good thing. What if someone is sagging and has basketball shorts on underneath, then what, you going to fine them for that for because of how they wear their clothes?? If so that makes no sense because if that didnt wear the jeans over the basketball shorts then it would be fine. Dont even get started on how people dress at PUBLIC beaches. People get over it and see how dangerous this law can be. Do not be stupid and allow a precedent on how people can dress become the norm.
- broalo
  
  This is SAD to see a young man with his pants hangin off his rear end,it’s embarassing, this is not style, why even put them on. Some guys can’t even walk properly because of the sagging. This style started in the prison system, when they took the belts and the shoe strings from inmates for a security precautions, and when the convicts were released they continued to wear the pants without the belts, which made them sag. This prison style is SAD. I say leave it in the prison. It should be outlawed all over the world. The guys think this looks cool, but they really look foolish, stupid, ingorant and tacky. It should be outlawed.
- broalo
  
  SAGGIN CAME FROM THE PRISONS, BELTS WERE TAKEN FROM THE INMATES FOR SECURITY PRECAUTIONS, IT WAS THE SAME THING WHEN GUYS WOULD WEAR TENNIS SHOES WITHOUT THE STRINGS, THAT ALSO CAME FROM THE PRISON, STRINGS WERE TAKEN FOR SECURITY PRECAUTIONS, AND ALL THAT FLOWED OUT INTO THE FREE WORLD.ALL PRISONERS DO NOT WEAR JUMPSUITS, THEY WEAR SHIRTS AND PANTS ALSO. THIS IS PRISON STYLE AND IT SHOULD STAY THERE.
  I SAY OUTLAW THIS HIDIOUS PRISON STYLE. IT IS INDECENT EXPOSURE.IN PRISON IT IS LOOKED AT AS ADVERTISING AVAILABILITY.
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