STRIKE UP ANOTHER ONE FOR AMERICAN LEGAL ABSURDITY !!! WERE THEY THINKING OF THE OTHER TYPE OF "CRACK"... ;-)
Less crack in city after pants ban
TROUSERS that dangle way below the belt and expose what the wearer has on - or even just has - underneath have been banned in the US city of Alexandria, Louisiana
"We unanimously passed the legislation because we have had so many complaints from citizens who don't want to see young men with pants hanging so low, showing their underwear and, in some cases, their posterior," city council member Louis Marshall said today.
"The legislation is gender neutral - we wouldn't want to see young ladies walking down the street showing their underwear either," he said.
"Dressing like that - it's just not right or decent."
Because the legislation was passed unanimously by the council, it cannot be vetoed by the mayor and passed into law immediately, Mr Marshall said.
Press reports said a similar ban was passed in another Louisiana city, Shreveport.
But the city council there was split four in favour and three against over the ban, which needs to be approved by the mayor to pass into law.
Councillors in Atlanta, Georgia, are also debating whether to ban saggy pants, and the very low-slung fashion statement is already against city law in Delcambre, Louisiana, where offenders' cheek can earn them a fine of $US500 ($610) or up to six months in jail.
In Alexandria, the punishment would be "a fine starting at $US25 ($30.50), that goes up every time the pants go down", Mr Marshall said.
