Saggy-pants wearers face big fines

SHREVEPORT, La., Aug. 29 (UPI) -- The City Council in Shreveport, La,, has had it with low-riding saggy-pants favored by some youths and next month a fashion offense could cost $100.

Mayor Cedric Glover is expected to sign an ordinance setting a community decency standard approved 4-3 Tuesday that essentially bans people from wearing their pants below their waists, exposing undergarments or flesh, the Shreveport Times said.

Fines would range from $100 for a first-offense, $150 for a second offense, and $250 for a third violation. Chronic saggy-pants wearers could be sentenced to court-ordered community service like picking up trash.

However, civil liberties advocates say the law is flawed because it also could ban wearing a bikini or jogging shorts.

“There’s no question in my mind that this will be challenged,” an opponent of the law said.