Louisiana May Ban Low-Slung Pants

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BATON ROUGE, La. - People who wear low-slung pants that expose skin or "intimate clothing" would face a fine of up to $500 and possible jail time under a bill filed by a ****erson Parish lawmaker.



State Rep. Derrick Shepherd said he filed the bill because he was tired of catching glimpses of boxer shorts and G-strings over the lowered belt lines of young adults.


The bill would punish anyone caught wearing low-riding pants with a fine of as much as $500 or as many as six months in jail, or both.


"I'm sick of seeing it," said Shepherd, a first-term legislator. "The community's outraged. And if parents can't do their job, if parents can't regulate what their children wear, then there should be a law."


The bill would be tacked onto the state's obscenity law, which restricts sexual activity in public places and the sale of sexually explicit items.