RIVIERA BEACH, Fla., Sept. 8 (UPI) -- Police in Riviera Beach, Fla., have made at least four arrests for violations of the city's new baggy pants ordinance, records indicate.
The statute that went into effect in mid-July prohibits wearing pants so low that undergarments or skin are exposed.
The first person arrested under the new regulation was Jose Eisenberg, 20, of West Palm Beach, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Monday. He was stopped by police July 31 for showing 3 inches of purple boxer shorts.
Morrius Bleau, 18, was on his way home from church one Sunday when he was arrested for violating the ordinance.
"I understand people don't like underwear showing over pants. I don't like it. But … it is constitutionally protected," says John Pauly, chairman of the Palm Beach County American Civil Liberties Union.
The ACLU has said it will support any challenge to the law.
