by Twomucht(source:smokinggun.com)
SEPTEMBER 3--Meet Kenneth Smith. The Florida man, 29, was arrested yesterday for wearing baggy pants. Smith was busted by Riviera Beach cops for violating a city ordinance governing low-slung trousers (or, legally speaking, "exposure of undergarment in public"). According to a Riviera Beach Police Department affidavit, cops were investigating a report of a man selling drugs from a parked Chevy Impala when they spotted Smith standing beside the vehicle. As Officer B. Jackson noted in the report, Smith's brown and white plaid shorts "were so low that it exposed his blue and white boxer shorts approximately two inches below his waist." Smith, who was also charged with disorderly conduct, could be fined up to $150 on the pants charge. In a bid to criminalize a fashion style popularized by urban youth and hip-hop fans, Riviera Beach voters approved the new ordinance earlier this year. While first offenders like Smith only face a monetary hit, if a baggy pants devotee gets nabbed more than once, he/she could face up to 30 days in jail.
If you wonder why they wear this style.I interviewed several young black men around the city of Atlanta,Ga.They all mentioned the style goes back to slavery.
Many advocated that this style is to represent their new found freedom.Apparently,they are no longer bound to belts,whips or chains.
To be quite truthful,this idea sounds very revealating and free;however most of these characters don't even know the truth about slavery;moreover most of them today, don't even know their grandparents,and much less about what it really meant to be "Really Bound".
Because if they did,they would realize that their forefathers wore them because they had too...In the future,be aware of your history before you start to wear it first.