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Four Tennessee high school students have been charged with indecent exposure in recent weeks, and two of them jailed for it -- all because they wore sagging pants. 

Two seniors at Bolivar Central High School, about 70 miles east of Memphis, spent 48 hours in jail because of their low-riding clothing. 

"I just took it and went on," one of the students, Antonio Ammons, told local NBC station WMC. "I didn't know what else to do."

He told the station he had never been in jail before, and was placed with the other inmates.

"I really didn't like it," Ammons told WREG, the CBS station in Memphis. He said he also has to figure out how to pay more than $250 in fines and court fees.

Saggy pants violate the school dress code, and the school's resource officer, Deputy Charles Woods, said he had alreadyreprimanded the students several times, according WREG.

Records posted online by the Hardeman County Sheriff's Department show four arrests for indecent exposure between Nov. 1 and Nov. 15, with three of the arrests made by Woods. 

The arresting officer of the fourth is not listed. 

Woods said in an affidavit that Ammons had been suspended previously for allegedly "showing gang related/hate violence or intimidation," and that he "walks around all day every day disrespecting the rules of the school, the principal, the teachers, other students and even the SRO,” according to the Daily Beast. 

However, not everyone agreed with the decision to jail the students for their clothing choice. 

"I think jail time might be a little too much, but at the same time there has been a lot of sagging pants," parent Crystal Wing told WMC. 

"Maybe we have them do some community service, pick up some trash, help at the dog kennels, things like that," Sharon Till told WREG. "I think putting them in jail is just a little bit much."

Saggy pants have become a point of contention in some communities, and have been banned in several places includingOpa-Locka, Florida, and Wildwood, New Jersey. Earlier this year, a city council member in Dadeville, Alabama, proposed banning sagging pants because "God would not go around with pants down.”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/tennessee-saggy-pants-arrests_566e5175e4b0e292150e558b

 



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I can't care. They should have listened to the repeated warnings.

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I thought you would enjoy this article since you mentioned saggy pants. And, then i went online and there it was!  smile



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I really don't want to see their underwear. If there is a community with a law against showing your underwear - more power to them.

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Personally, i think it's a big Who Cares. The man bits are covered. So what?

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Personally, i think it's a big Who Cares. The man bits are covered. So what?

 It looks stupid. 



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Personally, i think it's a big Who Cares. The man bits are covered. So what?

 It looks stupid. 

 Yeah, lots of things look stupid.  But if we arrest every stupid person than we won't have anyone left.  It's a fashion statement.  That's all it is.  No different than ripped jeans or rings in you nose or purple hair or whatever.



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
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Personally, i think it's a big Who Cares. The man bits are covered. So what?

 It looks stupid. 

 Yeah, lots of things look stupid.  But if we arrest every stupid person than we won't have anyone left.  It's a fashion statement.  That's all it is.  No different than ripped jeans or rings in you nose or purple hair or whatever.

 Not according to this town.



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Who cares? I care.

I am so sick and tired of seeing underwear and butt crack every where.

What started as a little bit of wastebasket has become, in a lot of cases, pants around the knees.

I don't know about jailing someone for it. But I can get on board with fines and community service.

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Who cares if YOU care? So what if you don't like it? You dont' get to dictate what other people wear. If you don't like it, don't look.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Who cares if YOU care? So what if you don't like it? You dont' get to dictate what other people wear. If you don't like it, don't look.

 Well, apparently this whole town, because it is ILLEGAL.  LOL!  And the school cares b/c it's against dress code. 



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I'm sorry but it's trashy.

Why have we become so lax that walking around with your pants around your knees is ok?

Doesn't anyone have any self pride anymore?

And why would you want to see it?

You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Who cares if YOU care? So what if you don't like it? You dont' get to dictate what other people wear. If you don't like it, don't look.

 Well, apparently this whole town, because it is ILLEGAL.  LOL!  And the school cares b/c it's against dress code. 

 Pretty stupid down if they have nothing better to do than arrest people for saggy pants! 



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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
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Who cares if YOU care? So what if you don't like it? You dont' get to dictate what other people wear. If you don't like it, don't look.

 Well, apparently this whole town, because it is ILLEGAL.  LOL!  And the school cares b/c it's against dress code. 

 Pretty stupid down if they have nothing better to do than arrest people for saggy pants! 

 Well, the school tried to enforce the dress code multiple times and they wouldn't listen.  Perhaps they should have just expelled them.



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I think the law is stupid. What is so upsetting about seeing cotton cloth. What if is was swim trunks that were under the jeans and being seen would that make a difference? How about bra straps, should we make showing them illegal?

I did not check the TN law but last time this was up I believe the FL law was no could show from 2" below the waist.

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I think jail is a bit extreme, but for god's sakes, pull up your damn pants.

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I'm sorry but it's trashy.

Why have we become so lax that walking around with your pants around your knees is ok?

Doesn't anyone have any self pride anymore?

And why would you want to see it?

You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

Wrong.

It shows that they've taken your belt away. 

How do you come up with this stuff??



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weltschmerz wrote:
lilyofcourse wrote:

I'm sorry but it's trashy.

Why have we become so lax that walking around with your pants around your knees is ok?

Doesn't anyone have any self pride anymore?

And why would you want to see it?

You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

Wrong.

It shows that they've taken your belt away. 

How do you come up with this stuff??

I heard the same thing about the saggy pants and prison.  I don't know if it is true or really care but there is nothing attractive or masculine about saggy pants.  That use to be what circus clowns wear. 



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Seen it first hand.


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Those kids need to grow up.

Follow the dress code, or suffer the consequences.

It's not rocket science folks.

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lilyofcourse wrote:

Seen it first hand.

Seen WHAT first hand? 



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Look. I've been in lockup.

I've seen what happens on inside.



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Look. I've been in lockup.

I've seen what happens on inside.

Lovely.

In any case, they do take belts away in lockup so you don't hang yourself. Or hang somebody else.

They also take belts away in acute psych.



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Look. I've been in lockup.

I've seen what happens on inside.

Lovely.

In any case, they do take belts away in lockup so you don't hang yourself. Or hang somebody else.

They also take belts away in acute psych.

That makes sense. Anyway it is a dumb fashion statement. 



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Lindley wrote:
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Look. I've been in lockup.

I've seen what happens on inside.

Lovely.

In any case, they do take belts away in lockup so you don't hang yourself. Or hang somebody else.

They also take belts away in acute psych.

That makes sense. Anyway it is a dumb fashion statement. 

Yeah, I'm not a fan, either. 



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Look. I've been in lockup.

I've seen what happens on inside.

Lovely.

In any case, they do take belts away in lockup so you don't hang yourself. Or hang somebody else.

They also take belts away in acute psych.

 Yes.

But the uniform you wear in prison has an elastic waste.

You are thinking an over night in the holding cell.

You don't get shoe laces, matches, lighters, and linen is regularly removed.

Shaving is done under a watchful eye and there are tons of other things taken and regulated and watched.

 



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You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

Wrong.

It shows that they've taken your belt away.

How do you come up with this stuff??
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actually, lilly is absolutely correct--it originated in stir

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You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

Wrong.

It shows that they've taken your belt away.

How do you come up with this stuff??
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actually, lilly is absolutely correct--it originated in stir

burns and Lily are right. 



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You know that's a prison thing, right?

Shows your willing to be someone's butt buddy.

Wrong.

It shows that they've taken your belt away.

How do you come up with this stuff??
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actually, lilly is absolutely correct--it originated in stir

Of course it originated in stir. That's what I said. They take your belt away. 



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There's a "pro" and a "con" at work in this situation.

On the "con" side, I think the fashion statement is ridiculous, tacky, and rude. Underwear has the prefix "under" in it for a reason.

On the "pro" side, with their waistbands around their knees it makes it harder for them to run from the local constabulary.

If there's a law about it, which there was in this case, and they broke that law, they should expect, and pay, the penalty. I can't feel sorry for them either.

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I actually appreciate when somebody is willing to flag themselves as an idiot. There's no guess work that way.

Certain ways of dress are as good as holding a sign that reads "Don't bother with me, I'm a complete moron."

I appreciate getting the message up front so I am able to avoid these total wads..

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I actually appreciate when somebody is willing to flag themselves as an idiot. There's no guess work that way.

Certain ways of dress are as good as holding a sign that reads "Don't bother with me, I'm a complete moron."

I appreciate getting the message up front so I am able to avoid these total wads..

 



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